Booster engines

[Paul_D_North_Jr]

Thanks much for that link to the data for those D&H 'one-of's - more photos and data there than I knew was available.  If you're interested in more of the history of them, there was an excellent 3-part series in Trains on them back in the late 1960's, sub nom ''Consolidations, Incorporated'', as follows: 

The classic tonnage formula: D&H + 2-8-0 Trains, April 1967 page 38 Consolidations, incorporated ( 2-8-0, D&H, "MCLAUGHLIN, D. W.", STEAM, ENGINE, LOCOMOTIVE, TRN )

Who said the 2-8-0 was obsolete? Not D&H! Trains, May 1967 page 20 Consolidations, incorporated ( 2-8-0, D&H, "MCLAUGHLIN, D. W.", STEAM, ENGINE, LOCOMOTIVE, TRN )

How to build the ultimate 2-8-0 Trains, June 1967 page 38 Consolidations, incorporated ( 2-8-0, D&H, "MCLAUGHLIN, D. W.", STEAM, ENGINE, LOCOMOTIVE, TRN )

- Paul North. 

[Yardmaster01]

LS&I #35 has a tender booster.  It is preserved at IRM.  Don't know if it was reversible or not but was told it increased starting tractive effort of the big 2-8-0 by 20%.

[erikem]

 The D&H high pressure experimentals were covered in the June 1967 issue, made for quite and interesting read. One thing that would have helped the article would have been including the picture of 1400's boiler that appears on Doug Self's website (appropriately titled "Loco Locomotives" - the "Museum of Retro Technology" is also a good read).

The scary part is that I bought the June 1967 issue when it was new and as much time has passed since then as had passed from the time 1400 first ran to the time that the article was published...

- Erik

[Paul_D_North_Jr]

Yikes !    Please don't say / write such things - me, too !

- Paul North.