"Jcarr" (jcarr)
07/21/2016 at 17:07 • Filed to: Trainlopnik
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"Jcarr" (jcarr)
07/21/2016 at 17:07 • Filed to: Trainlopnik | 5
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I’m entranced by the sight of all those mechanicals working. Anyone have any idea how much those coupling rods weigh? Fascinating to see them move that quickly.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Jcarr
07/21/2016 at 17:15 |
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I didn’t know anything about it, despite having a bunch of general steam train knowledge, so I looked it up. I would have thought such a mammoth would be a three cylinder, but apparently not. Did *not* recognize it from the
Shining Time Station
credits, it’s been too long.
Ash78, voting early and often
> Jcarr
07/21/2016 at 17:15 |
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Wow...I’m always amazed by the machining on these things. For 100-150 year old hardware, I never cease to be impressed standing next to an old locomotive. Almost everything is hand built, bespoke, small production runs. And gigantic, yet with pretty small tolerances. I don't know how they did it.
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Jcarr
> Ash78, voting early and often
07/21/2016 at 17:17 |
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I know. The idea of trying to make wheels that big perfectly round and balanced blows my mind.
MonkeePuzzle
> Jcarr
07/21/2016 at 17:20 |
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what is teh purpose of the big blinder looking things on the side of the boiler?
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Jcarr
> MonkeePuzzle
07/21/2016 at 17:22 |
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Couldn’t tell you.
leicester
> MonkeePuzzle
07/21/2016 at 17:29 |
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Smoke deflectors referred to as ‘ elephant ears ’
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leicester
> Jcarr
07/21/2016 at 17:32 |
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Mentioned it before, but grew up along the UP mainline east of Cheyenne, so had plenty of opportunities to hear/see 844 or the Challenger heading out and back to various events. Rare and impressive monsters.
Telumektar
> Jcarr
07/21/2016 at 17:51 |
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I recently had the opportunity to ride on a steam train, albeit with a smaller and older locomotive, and all I can say is I was happy. There’s something about trains and even moreso about steam trains that makes people truly happy. It felt like progress even though it was a 100+ year old engine. Must be the esscence of Modernity.
gmctavish needs more space
> Jcarr
07/21/2016 at 20:31 |
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God I love steam locos
Agrajag
> Jcarr
07/21/2016 at 22:00 |
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Freaking awesome!
Weirdly enough, I was just watching some of my favorite train videos.
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And then here’s a video I shot of the same one above.
The Powershift in Steve's '12 Ford Focus killed it's TCM (under warranty!)
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
07/22/2016 at 13:46 |
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American railroads never took to 3 cylinder steam engines. They didn’t like the extra cost involved in maintaining it, relative to the extra efficiency and power it provided. The solution was simply to make larger and larger locomotives, as cheaply as possible.
European railroads, with tighter size constraints, higher fuel costs, and shorter haul distances (where regular maintenance happened more frequently) thought the extra effort of a third cylinder was worth it.