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  1. Allegheny
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    Back Of The Shed

    Don't forget money:)
    Post by: Allegheny, Jun 14, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
  3. Allegheny
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    Back Of The Shed

    I think a dummy smoke generator was used.
    Post by: Allegheny, Jun 14, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
  4. Allegheny
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    Yellow Stripes

    I'm not sure if this has been posted before, but this is a Youtube clip of a 25kV flashover onto a B1 at Liverpool Street....
    Post by: Allegheny, Jun 14, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Locomotive Front End Designs

    Thanks Courier, The article is from the issue of "The Engineer" dated 25th June 1943, starting on page 500.
    Post by: Allegheny, Jun 10, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Locomotive Front End Designs

    I've been reading about the Niagara 4-8-4's on the NYC. These had a "Selkirk" front end. Does anyone know any more about these, I can't find any...
    Post by: Allegheny, Jun 9, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    LMS 2P 4-4-0

    Don't forget the LNWR George V project. http://newprincegeorgesteam.org.uk/
    Post by: Allegheny, Jun 9, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Edward Thompson: Wartime C.M.E. Discussion

    I remember reading somewhere that if you had a locomotive with a 50 sqft grate on standby, it used a fair amount of coal just preventing holes...
    Post by: Allegheny, Jun 7, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Hydraulic transmission as 'green energy'?

    Interesting idea, the traction motors, and probably any other type of transmission, are sized on maximum torque and maximum speed. Starting...
    Post by: Allegheny, Jun 2, 2018 in forum: Diesel & Electric Traction
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    Edward Thompson: Wartime C.M.E. Discussion

    I'm not so sure, I heard somewhere that one of the main problems of running steam alongside Diesel was in maintaining two parallel sets of...
    Post by: Allegheny, Jun 1, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Edward Thompson: Wartime C.M.E. Discussion

    I would think that back in the day, if you had lots of coal you would burn it in a steam locomotive. What fuel did Hungary use to generate its...
    Post by: Allegheny, Jun 1, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Class 321 EMU's to be powered by Fuel Cells ......

    I remember reading somewhere that the fuel cell was invented by William Grove in 1838 and has been a good idea ever since... I think the aim is to...
    Post by: Allegheny, Jun 1, 2018 in forum: Diesel & Electric Traction
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    Edward Thompson: Wartime C.M.E. Discussion

    Central Europe also had ample hydro-electric power, which would have shifted the economics, compared with the UK.
    Post by: Allegheny, Jun 1, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Edward Thompson: Wartime C.M.E. Discussion

    Am I correct in thinking that Gresley was planning a 4-8-2? I suppose we can only speculate on how much power it would have produced.
    Post by: Allegheny, Jun 1, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    71000 Matters

    Were there any locomotives, other than the rack type, which could actually apply their theoretical TE to the track without slipping?
    Post by: Allegheny, May 30, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    71000 Matters

    I'm just wondering if it would be sensible to include exhaust back pressure in the calculation of T.E. I've always thought of T.E. as being...
    Post by: Allegheny, May 29, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Class 321 EMU's to be powered by Fuel Cells ......

    There are occassions, when there is surplus electricity generation, to shut down renewable generators such as wind turbines. For short term dips...
    Post by: Allegheny, May 29, 2018 in forum: Diesel & Electric Traction
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    Class 321 EMU's to be powered by Fuel Cells ......

    I'm just wondering if they will leave a trail of white vapour.
    Post by: Allegheny, May 29, 2018 in forum: Diesel & Electric Traction
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    Inter City 125 program on channel 5

    I didn't really get that bit. I remember the Class 50's double heading on the WCML. The combination is nominally more powerful than an IC125.
    Post by: Allegheny, May 25, 2018 in forum: Diesel & Electric Traction
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    I suspect the locomotive and equipment was owned by a group of enthusiasts who might not have charged too much.
    Post by: Allegheny, May 24, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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    Current and Proposed New-Builds

    I also remember from decades ago that once a year someone laid a shortish length of temporary minimum gauge track along part of the route and ran...
    Post by: Allegheny, May 24, 2018 in forum: Steam Traction
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