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[ModelTrainLover]

Hey guys check these out! Also can one og you tell me what the green one is?

[ModelTrainLover]

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[tmcc man]

QUOTE: Originally posted by ModelTrainLover




Hey guys check these out! Also can one og you tell me what the green one is?

Hey ModelTrainLover,
The green piece of equipment is a ballast regulator. I believe that it makes sure the ballast stays away from the insides of the rails
Can anyone help me on this?

[ModelTrainLover]

so how do you like the red white and blue one?

[ModelTrainLover]

any one here?

[tmcc man]

ModelTrainLover I love the Maine Central Spirit of 1776 GP9. It really stands out from anything that I have ever seen.

[alstom]

Hey all-

I forgot to mention it, but yesterday I finally caught one of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway's rarest most hunted locomotives! The number 6381 (ex - EMDX) in the maroon, silver and light blue paint scheme. It is a SD40-2. I got four photos of it.

Oskar - I have a few questions. Since no-one seems to be posting on my latest thread, maybe you'll know.

Why does the CSX 7576's blue nose paint come up so far. It's hard to explain, but on most normal C40-8s, the blue is back towards the cab a little further instead of out further towards the front of the nose. You know what, here's a photo:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=133671

Also, if you know - how many other C40-8Ws are in the YN3 paint? I know about 7846, but someone else said there is more.

Last but not least, which C40-8s are in modified paint again. I sit just 7509, 7587 and 7588 or is there more?

Thanks!

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[CMSTPP]

Lets try this again.
Revengeome, If you are still on here, here is what the diesel engine is like in a locomotive.
First thing a diesel engine does not use a spark to generate an explosion with the fuel to force the piston down.
A diesel engine uses compressed air to ignite the fuel in side the engine. Now this air is usually compressed to about 400 psi. when air is compressed to that type of level the air gets to be around 1000 degrees fahranfiet.
Now If you know what a piston is, this will be easy to understand.
In most locomotives today an engine called a two stroke engine is used.
I will explain.
The first thing that happens is this: The piston is ready to be pushed down. The compressed air(talked about above) is let into the chamber above the piston. As soon as the piston gets close enough to the fuel injector (the fuel injector is what releases the fuel into the chamber) this releases the Diesel fuel into the chamber were the super heated air ignites the fuel making an explosion and this forces piston down. This would be the first stroke as it is called.
The second stroke begins after the piston is forced down. Now the piston rod is connected to the crankshaft. The Piston rod is the rod connected to the piston head.(this will be shown the picture below) the rod is connected to the crankshaft which is the steel rod that is spun by the pistons. When the piston spins the crank shaft a full 360 degrees and piston is shoved back up into the chamber to begin the process again this would be the end of stoke number 2. Remember this is a 2 stroke engine so once the piston is back up in the chamber the firing process would begin again and the 2 stroke process would start again also.



This engine is called incline diesel engine. The only difference is the pistons are straight up and down. This type of engine is more effecient than the V engine. They can bring out more horse power also. The engines in a locomotive are called " V " engines. The reason being is that the pistons are at a 45 degree angle with the crankshaft forming a " V " shape.



This engine is the standard V engine. This would be called a V8 but, only two of the pistons are showing. There would be 6 more pistons behind the two shown, 3 on either side. making four pistons on either side of this engine which makes 8 pistons and this is the reason for it being called a V8. Now a locomotive ranges from a V12 to a V20. Some are even smaller. Also the pistons in a locomotive are much bigger than those in the truck. This would be for more horsepower. But there are many other things that contribute to horsepower which I will explain in other posts.

The picture above shows the right piston cut in half. This is to show what it looks like inside the piston. The piston on the left shows the out side of it. Here the piston is unscene.

Hopefully this helps out on the engine part.

James

[Anonymous]

Rich, nice ATSF picture. Well this is the last of me that you guys will here in a *** good spell. If y'all want to catch up to me everynow and then you can find me floatin' around my forum at http://www.rrredneck.proboards99.com
Redneck, out!

[CMSTPP]

Don't mind the engine. revengeome is gone for good thanks to the people trying to help oh so much!!!!!![V][}:)][:(!][:(!][:(!][}:)][V]

I'm taking a leave of absence for awhile.

[oskar]

Rick- I do not know why the paint is like that.

There are 3 CW40-8 or C40-8W CSX 7870,7926, and 7927. 7509,7587, and, 7588 are the only YN1 C40-8's. 7509 was on Q692 past here.




kevin

[ModelTrainLover]

ok can get back to (we are all on the same page) please I can't tell who is talking to who much if some one it talking about a past post???????????

Much thanks MTL. STEAM IS IN FOR ME!!! who wants to argue?
Unfortualy I'm getting board with this Post can we spice it up???

[coborn35]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CMSTPP

Don't mind the engine. revengeome is gone for good thanks to the people trying to help oh so much!!!!!![V][}:)][:(!][:(!][:(!][}:)][V]

I'm taking a leave of absence for awhile.

Nope, just locked for a while.

[trainboyH16-44]

MTL - I do appreciate a good steamer, and try to see CP 2816 as much as possible. But diesel barely wins with me. You know how it is with stuff you grow up with..

Richard - I am getting tired of them rejecting interesting vintage diesels for bad colour, they already did that to me with a faded RS-11. You may remember the shot...

Today before school I went railfanning, oh man, it was great! Got up at 6:15, left at 6:30, sun rose around 6:40, saw a bunch of trains, poppped down to the hump yard to see if the new CP Green Goat was in photographic range, but it was unfortunately in the shop - DEEP in the outside shop tracks, and it wasn't going to be moving soon.
I saw that CP's got a good sized dead line of SD40s in the 5580 and 5600 series..One of them was an ex - N&W high hood SD40-2. ON the bright side, I also caught an ES44AC in good light (Speaking of which, in a week or so I'll be getting some prints back, and I'll post them here for sure!
Back to my day. I also found a sperry car in near perfect light, but not near perfect condition...flaking paint, rust, thinly painted over graffiti..(SRS 127) And then I also found a LORAM rail grinder, but I couldn't quite get to it..there were a couple trucks blocking the path along the ROW (rent-a-fire trucks!) and I didn't want to squeeze through and anger the workers...all in all, I took about 25 pictures, and changed my film in the exact same place that I did a year and a half ago! Ahh, memories!

[wctransfer]

You railfanned BEFORE school eh? I did that a while back, but i skipped science today and went and caught this train . Rare to find 2 SD45's on one train no matter what road name it is now. Trailing is ex WC 1774, now IMRL 1744.


Alec