QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith QUOTE: Originally posted by CSSHEGEWISCH Responding to my earlier posting, a Mallet is a compound semi-articulated locomotive based on Wiener's definition. Most North American semi-articulated locomotives of similar layout were simple, and were therefore not Mallets. In a Mallet, steam was admitted from the boiler to the high-pressure cylinders, usually the rear ones. The steam was exhausted from the high-pressure cylinders to the low-pressure cylinders, where it was used again and then exhausted up the stack. In a simple articulated, steam was admitted from the boiler to all four cylinders, where it was used and then exhausted up the stack. OOooooohhhhhh!!!
QUOTE: Originally posted by CSSHEGEWISCH Responding to my earlier posting, a Mallet is a compound semi-articulated locomotive based on Wiener's definition. Most North American semi-articulated locomotives of similar layout were simple, and were therefore not Mallets. In a Mallet, steam was admitted from the boiler to the high-pressure cylinders, usually the rear ones. The steam was exhausted from the high-pressure cylinders to the low-pressure cylinders, where it was used again and then exhausted up the stack. In a simple articulated, steam was admitted from the boiler to all four cylinders, where it was used and then exhausted up the stack.
QUOTE: 2nd Ohhhhhhh!. All this time I thought it was named for the tool used to adjust it....or at least a reference to croquet...since mis handling one would resulting in a "sticky wicket"
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QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR Congratulations, Nora! This thread of yours will probably break 10,000 viewings by the end of the day! There's a lot of valuable education in here!
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QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith WHOOSH!!!![:0] What was that? It was the 10,000 Barrier!! Broken!!! [:D][8D][:D][8D][8D]
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QUOTE: Originally posted by talbanese QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith WHOOSH!!!![:0] What was that? It was the 10,000 Barrier!! Broken!!! [:D][8D][:D][8D][8D] Does this mean we are really stupid or really smart[?]
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