April Fools.
Very funny. But remember the curse of Trains Magazine! This is a Kalmbach forum, and might partake of that...
Thought the 844 was being made into a electric 'tea pot'.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Thanks a lot! I just sprayed coffee all over the laptop!
BaltACD Thought the 844 was being made into a electric 'tea pot'.
In the interest of "green," I heard they were going to stretch catenary and put heating elements in the boiler...
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Hmmmm, don't give them that idea...
tree68 BaltACD Thought the 844 was being made into a electric 'tea pot'.
... haa - haa ...
hmmm
(=J=)
I believe the Swiss had such an engine that drew current to heat the water in the boiler.
You had me there for a minute, BN.
Smart not to try that with the 4014!
I was thinking about reworking the firebox to put a small BWR core in it... The main boiler shell would be for the ECCS water storage.
Well, Overmod of course just writes '8055' - how many readers know this is not one odd PRR number but the incomplete number of a 52.80 class, way over the Atlantic and into Europe, an ex DR Decapod, unhappily revamped at SLM, Winterthur, Switzerland into a so-called 'NG' engine, 'new Generation' (the Swiss have the same subservience as the Germans about their own language). As far as I know, the engine has a special small burner in the middle of the firebox for keeping pressure during stand-by. If she had later received that electric heating, it is because it was one of the more successful features of Waller's, SLM, small cog engines where it made sense because on these tourist railways there is no running over the night but engines should be kept warm. It would be of much lower versatility in an engine in regular traffic, like were the 52.80s on DR in full steam time where there was little more than 1/2 h, maybe h, standing in a shed before the next scheduled run. That was covered even without having to put some coal on the existing fire. Overnight standing in shed was rare and then there was a shed fireman putting on some in periods.
Unhappily revamped: well, just look at some pictures of '52 8055 NG, SLM' - you see a formerly harmonious and well proportioned engine made into something broad and thick and unwieldy.
Juniatha
JuniathaWell, Overmod of course just writes '8055' - how many readers know this is not one odd PRR number but the incomplete number of a 52.80 class, way over the Atlantic and into Europe, an ex DR Decapod, unhappily revamped at SLM, Winterthur, Switzerland into a so-called 'NG' engine, 'new Generation' (the Swiss have the same subservience as the Germans about their own language).
As far as I know, the engine has a special small burner in the middle of the firebox for keeping pressure during stand-by.
Extensive lagging and insulation was provided on this locomotive, which does make it look ... well, charitably, remember Ralphie's kid brother in the Christmas Story movie? The "official" excuse is that this is the look of thermodynamic efficiency, on a locomotive designed for 'plandampf' service to make money; with aesthetics or nostalgia comparatively unimportant. There was much the same 'argument' made for the ACE 3000 in the '70s.
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