Such a sad setting for the once proud! The Pennsy also had a fling with poppet valves. They were experimented on several 4-6-2 Pacifics and applied to the fleet of T-1 4-4-4-4 class. The experiments on the PRR 4-6-2 class indicated that as much a 44% gain was achieved in tractive force! Due to the complex maintenance of the poppet valves, several T-1's were converted to the tried and true piston valves. There sure are a lot of interesting scraps in the foreground of this photo that any die hard railroader would love to get his hands. Great photo!
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| Posted by on February 15, 2011 | |
I'm gonna need another box of Kleenex after seeing this one !!!
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I am a fan of many eastern roads and specifically have a thing for pre-CSX and NS roads. This picture after having seen it is very heart stopping.
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One word shall suffice: Painful.
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Truly a disheartening site but amazingly, one (C&O #490) was saved and can be seen at the B&O Railroad Museum.
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| Posted by zapo on February 21, 2011 | |
Poor streamlines...
Does anyone know approximately how many streamlined steam locomotive have in North America today?
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That neighborhood looks rough...you shouldn't park that there!
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They had Geisel ejectors, water tube boilers, Poppett Valves, all those great things but I find it curious that no one ever put all of this proven technology together in on new-construction locomotive. It would not have changed much but it would have made it interesting.
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| Posted by on March 7, 2014 | |
why would they scrap theses amazing trains :(
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