Steam Turbine Locomotives When I was creating the “largest Locomotive” list, I got my first real look at the steam turbine locomotives. There weren’t many of them, and for the most part, they were unsuccessful experiments. But a few had short lives before being replaced by the diesels. Most of them failed because of maintenance …
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Month:February 2021
Kevin’s Komments 02/18/2021
With all the snow this week, and more to come tonight/tomorrow, I thought we’d take a peek at snow on the railroads. This pic was titled “proper snow plow” but it’s actually a Jordan Spreader, often used to clear snow off the tracks and the immediate roadbed. We’ve talked about the multiple uses of these …
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Kevin’s Komments 02/11/2021
“Largest” steam locomotive I was bouncing around one of my favorite websites, https://www.steamlocomotive.com/ , my quest still being details on CNor 2791 heavy pacific. I was trying to figure out when and how often Worthington Type SA feedwater systems were added to the heavy pacifics. The Mantua boiler casting has a molded detail at the …
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Kevin’s Komments 02/08/2021
Steam Engine Repair I’m still detailing out CNor #2791 4-6-2 for the layout. I’ve been looking at everything from Pyle generators (dynamos) to Worthington feedwater systems. Which brought me to today’s topic – locomotive shop photos. It always strikes me on how many large shop machines were needed at each loco facility for the roughly …
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Kevin’s Komments 02/01/2021
Yard and Interlocking Towers Joe has been discussing with me (and a few others in the club) about yard and interlocking towers. I think he resolved his questions, but I thought RR towers (in general) would be a nice topic to look at. Some of Joe’s questions were about construction – So…we’re looking at the …
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