Official train.
Jan 27, 2016 09:12:19 #
The Queen opened a new rail line from Edinburgh to the Borders in September 2015 and this is the train that she travelled in.
Jan 27, 2016 09:18:17 #
riada22 wrote:
The Queen opened a new rail line from Edinburgh to the Borders in September 2015 and this is the train that she travelled in.
Wow!!! What a fantastic train and exhibit of engineering. Very nice photo.
--Bob
Jan 27, 2016 09:20:15 #
rmalarz wrote:
Wow!!! What a fantastic train and exhibit of engineering. Very nice photo.
--Bob
--Bob
Thanks Bob.
Jan 27, 2016 09:20:52 #
That's a good looking, steaming, coal burning locomotive!
Wonder why the other cylinder cock is not open?
Pat
Wonder why the other cylinder cock is not open?
Pat
Jan 27, 2016 09:26:16 #
Jay Pat wrote:
That's a good looking, steaming, coal burning locomotive!
Wonder why the other cylinder cock is not open?
Pat
Wonder why the other cylinder cock is not open?
Pat
No idea what you mean, perhaps that's why the driver is looking out.
Apparently the driver is the owner and bought it years ago and brought it back to life. I do know that on the return journey it had to be pulled with a diesel as it couldn't push the carriages back up the line, and there was no turning point at the end for it to turn round.
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Jan 27, 2016 11:15:04 #
Jay Pat wrote:
Wonder why the other cylinder cock is not open?
Pat
Pat
riada22 wrote:
No idea what you mean, perhaps that's why the driver is looking out.
Well, I made the assumption that the front steam on the side is from the cylinder. It could be from something else.
The working locomotives that I have been around have a drain cock/valve on the bottom of the cylinders. The locomotives I've been around have one lever to open/close the cocks/valves on both sides of the locomotive.
The purpose of the drain is to allow any steam that has returned back to water to drain out when the locomotive is starting to move. Water doesn't compress in the cylinder.
Also, I think engineers uses the drain cocks to run steam thru the cylinders to warm up the cylinders before moving the locomotive. I don't know if that is correct statement or not.
Pat
(A steam locomotive enthusiast)
Jan 27, 2016 11:17:35 #
Jay Pat wrote:
Well, I made the assumption that the front steam o... (show quote)
Sounds OK to me, maybe that's why the driver was looking out.
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Jan 27, 2016 11:53:34 #
creativ simon wrote:
Great angle of view
Thank you. I had to wait two hours for it to appear.
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Add wrote:
Flying Scottsman?
No not the flying Scotsman it is The Union of South Africa.
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