Watch a 4000 HP locomotive get built by hand in 1928
Jan 4, 2015 19:22:43 #
idaholover wrote:
What does the 4-8-4 and 4-6-4 designate?
Wheel arrangement on the locomotive.
The "Northern" type had 4 lead wheels under the front, 8 drive wheels to propel the locomotive and 4 trailing wheels to support the fire box and cab.
see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whyte_notation
Jan 5, 2015 06:16:16 #
morris cowley
Loc: australia
Was great seeing a huge engine coming to life and puffing steam. Would like to see one in retirement, but unlikely unless I win a lottery
Jan 5, 2015 06:51:05 #
Jan 5, 2015 07:05:52 #
we visited Bressingham (Norwich - UK) a few years ago and saw this German loco
Kriegslok German locomotive
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Kriegslok German locomotive
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Kriegslok German locomotive controls
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Kriegslok German locomotive cab controls
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Kriegslok German locomotive view from the cab
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Kriegslok locomotive was in a film
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Jan 5, 2015 08:14:14 #
idaholover wrote:
What does the 4-8-4 and 4-6-4 designate?
The number on 'bogie wheels and the number of 'Driving wheels.
Thus 4-8-4 means 4 'Bogies in front, 8 'Driving wheels and 4 'bogie wheels following.
Jan 5, 2015 08:25:53 #
Jan 5, 2015 09:06:44 #
[quote=Leicaflex]
I wonder if the loco is still running or in a museum?
Like the last of the good ol' puffer trains
I'm the last of the blood and sweat brigade
And I don't know where l'm going, or why I came
I'm the last of the good old fashioned steam-powered trains
I'm the last of the good old renegades
All my friends are all middle class and gray
But I live in a museum, so l'm okay
I'm the last of the good old fashioned steam-powered trains
Ray Davies - The Kinks - Last of the Steam-powered Trains
Peter
I wonder if the loco is still running or in a museum?
Like the last of the good ol' puffer trains
I'm the last of the blood and sweat brigade
And I don't know where l'm going, or why I came
I'm the last of the good old fashioned steam-powered trains
I'm the last of the good old renegades
All my friends are all middle class and gray
But I live in a museum, so l'm okay
I'm the last of the good old fashioned steam-powered trains
Ray Davies - The Kinks - Last of the Steam-powered Trains
Peter
Jan 5, 2015 09:23:16 #
Something I couldn't help noticing was the near-total lack of safety gear in the shop. Cloth caps or fedoras. No safety glasses. A welder with no mask. I bet there were no steel-toed boots in 1928. Watching those guys with the trip hammer with no more protection than aprons and (some) gloves... my heart rate went up! :shock: :XD: Amazing piece of footage! Thanks!
Jan 5, 2015 09:48:05 #
idaholover wrote:
What does the 4-8-4 and 4-6-4 designate?
According to Wikipedia:
"Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-4 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, usually in a leading truck, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and four trailing wheels on two axles, usually in a trailing truck. The type was first used by the Northern Pacific Railway and is consequently most commonly known as a Northern."
Jan 5, 2015 10:15:19 #
Thanks becheary, great video. Makes me wish I would have filmed some of our work in the car shops. In the early 70's we were still rebuilding wrecked cars with forges and tossing white hot rivets from forge to tin bucket, grab um' with tongs, air drivers to push them thru the lined holes and buck them with air riveters. Also, no hard hats, steel toes, safety glasses, we usually wore cotton gloves because we couldn't afford leather ones. Amazing video, thanks for sharing.....P.S my boss would have told me to go home if I pulled out a camera in those days....wish we would have had P&S cameras then---
Jan 5, 2015 10:17:30 #
Jan 5, 2015 10:18:54 #
This is just how the large diesel engines were made where I was apprentice. There was a foundry where the casting was done. The pattern makers made the wooden moulds for the foundry. The machine shop had a planer exactly like the one in tbe video. Everything was made on site from nuts and bolts to the huge engine blocks. Sadly the market for large marine engines became weak and the company went bust. But what an engineering grounding I got,it stood me in good stead for the rest of my life. Thanks for the video it brought back so many memorkes
Jan 5, 2015 10:31:00 #
bcheary wrote:
:thumbup: VERY interesting :thumbup:
Jan 5, 2015 10:38:18 #
If you live near Southeast Michigan, there is a huge locomotive on display at the Henry Ford Museum. It features 12 drive wheels in 2 articulated sets. Here is a short movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSawD4TzQtY " rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSawD4TzQtY
Jan 5, 2015 10:44:00 #
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