Was the nick name Concrete mixer given due to noise or footplate uncomfort.? The B1 was only allowed 30% balance from Civil engineer.As one had...
The unanswered question in these almost 5000 post is how Thomson dared to make some of the Great mans inspired creations work.. Will a new...
Do we know if they did same kind of work and was used indiscriminately? If the A1 was reserved for ligth ,fast and few stop jobs mileage goes up...
Cox mentions that tests on LNER had shown no advantage of Peppercorn A1 over A2 below 90mph that was speed limit from civils. Adhesive weigth was...
The horrible derailing in India that forced Cox and Stannier to India for investigation was on almost straigth track. There is some mentioning of...
If and when rebuilding seeks funding I am in if it is rebuilt like Thompsons B16/3. Raven was right ;front wheel drive looks best Thompson A2...
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On the WD 2-10-0 there was total half an inch side play on first and last driver. Let us assume one inch on Ps and nil on the crank shaft.Enter a...
The pacific boilers were 6feet five at their fatest and could be placed over 4 feet eigth wheels(Like BR44) as 9fs had six feet one boiler over...
If I had been asked how to make wheel-crankshaft connection ,a pressfit with key solution would be the last option. The best connection has...
A shaft that is 8.25 inch one end and 9.62 at the other that transmits pure torque will have specific stresses that are 1.58 times higher at the...
I have realised that two twenty inch outside cylinders 6 feet 8 apart will not allow plus minus 1 inch lateral movement of first driver ,but...
We know quite well how much well made two step compounds improve steam consumption in Post Chapelon machinery. He tried,but not desperate,to even...
Bulleid could have made a much better job and cheaper as well by doing a Hymek like Heisler variant. A boiler instead of Diesel engine and a V2...
A 9f high speed version with 3 cylinders would have had lateral space for Krauss Helmholtz/Zara truck up front and then 120 kmh was scheduled in...
He patented conjugated gear that only could benefit three cylinder simples with drive to second set of driver. He patented a double swing link...
As I see it Gresley started selecting three cylinders for everything because then there would be a crank shaft,and if there was a a crankshaft it...
It was due I think to tradition.Drivers should not revolve faster than 5 revolutions per second from two cylinders. If it has three or four...
Exhaust steam injector?
WP_20180721_003[1] by Hermod posted Jul 21, 2018 at 3:24 PM BR class 7 was 143 tons fit for figth and 62 was adhessive. The one hour rating was...
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