Merci.
Thank You.
That might make sense. The coaches do not look to be typical CPR style.
John
NDGEarly Diesel Fan Trip??
Possibly run by the Mass Bay Railroad Enthusiasts, who have been running fan trips since 1934.
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
FYI.
FWIW.
Back in the day, many CN Steam Locomotives were sent straight from Overhaul and the Paint Shop to the Scrap Line w NO Steam Miles.
And while it's been a week since this happened, it wouldn't be right not to post this to String Lining, 4-6-2 CN 5080 has hit the road to restoration, and is now at the Aspen Crossing tourist railway in Mossleigh, AB.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLtZsmDXr3Q&feature=youtu.be
http://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=41623
https://www.aspencrossing.com/
5080 was overhauled 6 months prior to being put on display in Prince Albert, and only ran around 2500 miles during that time. An excellent candidate for restoration. Her tires in particular look brand new.
Greetings from Alberta
-an Articulate Malcontent
Bottom Google map shows Jarry Park... original home of the Montreal Expos which later became the Washington Nationals.
Watched at least a half dozen games at Jarry Park. Great fun place. A place like that would never fly today in MLB.
The last couple days have been like taking a trip to Montreal, only back in time. So many streetcars, so much has been lost. But I do love that Brill bus, and the story of its tempermental operation.
Also glad to see you are still enjoying the Weston Langford site.
When I was a child (not so very long ago) we would regularly take the bus across Edmonton, usually it was a GM New Look or one of ETS's unique New Look trolleys. Both had a sideways facing front bench seat from which I could both watch the driver and stare out those fishbowl windows.
On the LRT I would stand behind the cab door and peer through its window at the track ahead. Usually the Motorman would not notice, but a few times I was spotted and invited in for a cab ride!
Couldn't do that today, what with cameras everywhere and all the paranoia about security.
Thanks for the trolley rides today. Felt like I knew exactly what it was like to ride in the city in 1947.
NDGThe best place to ride was the right front seat, It was wood, set length-ways as there was a sand box beneath. Another seat similar, opposite on the left.
They are called "beauty seats" down here. I don't know if that's just a local thing.
My favorite perch was standing at the right front window next to the motorman. I don't think he minded.
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NDGFYI. Niobrara Dam Destroyed, Nebraska. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI-qSAJ50ZQ https://www.google.com/maps/@42.8085314,-98.6527256,1168m/data=!3m1!1e3 Niobrara Dam. Before. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hNVvyncFOI Thank You.
Looks like a war zone - and it was - Mother Nature vs. Humans - Mother Nature won!
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.8085314,-98.6527256,1168m/data=!3m1!1e3
I have read that the motorman involved in the CTA disaster at 62nd and State was known as a hotrodder and had a less than satisfactory disciplinary record. The underpass on State was flooded at the time and cars were being short-turned at 63rd Street under the direction of a route supervisor. The motorman was speeding at the time and failed to reduce speed for a crossover which in this case diverted him into the gasoline tanker.
tree68The French Citroen automobile had steerable headlights, tied to the steering wheels. Not in the US, though.
Back in 1947, Preston Tucker manufactured 51 Tucker automobiles that had three headlights where the middle one was connected to the steering system so as to direct its beam in the direction the car would go. Unfortunately, the business was not a success.
From Wilkipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1948_Tucker_Torpedo_8511815871.jpg
NDGBlueprint says fitted with Economy Piston Valves and Superheater. http://www.cnrha.ca/node/658/ Is this locomotive a one-off, or were others so fitted?
http://www.cnrha.ca/node/658/
Is this locomotive a one-off, or were others so fitted?
I am NOT an expert on CN steam, but it appears to me that the diagram (not blueprint) specifically mentions only a few examples of O15c, and 7311 is specifically called out as being the example with the conversion steam chests. The Wagner throttle would be a 'logical' thing to try at the time these chests were being marketed, and a big confirming thing for me is the installation of the superheater to give best steam quality in what could only be relatively slow service ... not the place most railroads found real returns on investment in superheating, I think...
Something to check -- I am sorry I don't know -- is to see if the Universal company (it was a brand name, not a term of art, if I recall correctly) offered a combined installation with the vertical cylindrical bores for Wagner throttles incorporated within -- it would make sense, as maintaining a dome throttle with superheaters leads to Really Stupid Problems if there is any priming carryover.
As an aside, note that the bore of the piston valve does not 'match' the bolted cover dimensions; the axis of the actual valve in there lines up with the actuating rod from the 'Stephenson' valve gear ... and the attachment point of that interesting curved pipe connecting the valve heads on both sides with a rise to spill condensation down through the valves. Perhaps this is simple and obvious but just not known to me, but it seems to me to be as great a mystery as the other sophisticated-for-the-time innovations tried on perhaps just this one locomotive. It's in the general place for an exhaust-steam bleed for a feedwater heater, but I see no evidence of one. Equalizing pipe for drifting?
Thank You!
BALT. Notice that there was once a track on the outside of the curve. Wonder why that track was not kept as that curve would be less severe?. Maybe train on next curve would not have stringlined? Was there a problem outside of that area that precluded keeping that track?
NDGCheck out the Front End Throttle Mod? on this 0-6-0. https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/uploads/r/null/4/9/c/49cd79e0d2be9495b81a00c0f4afec0e4bb0dcb7caf77a488ae5afa1ec762c21/i-31215_141.jpg
I believe you have an installation of Wagner throttles on that locomotive. The device was patented circa 1912 and beloved of Livio Dante Porta (who spelled it "Waggoner") -- it is like a pop valve in reverse, a small spool that uses a small portion of available steam pressure to move a larger valve body proportionally. If that is right, I suspect the axis of the bell crank extends through the smokebox to the other side.
VERY fast action with very good fine control, and no losses in the tract downstream of a typical throttle when steam is shut off; I suspct the latter being important in Canadian winter switching.
Many coal delivery trucks, in addition to having a dump body, also had something of a scissors lift which allowed the body to be elevated in order to dump to higher points (perhaps such as this shed, although there isn't a drivable surface that I can see).
On top of what I assume are the coal bins (I'm from the south, far from coal country and cold country.) there is what appears to be a beam under two inverted "V" shaped brackets. What is that?
NDGGateman's Shanty. Many of the Gateman's Shantys in Toronna had STEAM Locomotive bells as warning devices. John Street as Example. There were several others. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2739ql1Er5s/TwpOaEjH3aI/AAAAAAAAEK0/uBQ8m8MXCxg/s1600/%25236.jpg
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