| Posted by SeanK97 on November 23, 2011 | |
Amazing and sad picture all at the same time. We were just at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn Michigan this past weekend where I was in the cab of her sister #1601. It has been years since the museum allowed visitors into the cab of this beast and it was nice to see her more up close and personal than ever before. When the fires were dropped on them, the museum got hold of one, and simply drained her out and rolled her in still with ashes in the fire pan which is how I recall her from my younger years. They have recently cleaned it all out and put a pan in the firebox with about 10 pounds of coal to show what used to be in there, most of the brick arch has been pulled or removed from damage of cleanout and the siphons are clearly visible, too bad they do not offer an explanation of what all the parts are for to educate those who would really like to know. Thanks for posting this pic, it is a testament to engineering prowess with pencil and paper instead of an AutoCAD program and the skills of a Journeyman Machininst and Steam fitters and Pipe-Fitters and what they can produce and how efficient it can truly be as well as beautiful.
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Thanks for the great comment. The one thing I remember best about our visit that day is how big that locomotive was. I have a picture of me and several friends standing next to the rear cylinder in the above image and my head was not quite even with the top of the drivers. These brutes were enormous!
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Wonderful photo - the immense size of the locomotive comes through quite clearly. Its surprising that such large locomotives were built at the height of the war. The need for motive power must have been great seeing that steel was in such short supply at that time.
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In 1998, The History Channel ran several shows showing steam locomotives at the height of railroads domination of freight delivery. They had one program, called "When Giants Roamed". It had videos of several different, large, articulated locomotives including C&O's "Alleghenies" and UP's "Big Boys" to name a couple. It went on to explain the horsepower and tractive effort of each and then compared them to each other. It was fasinating to see actual videos of Southern Pacific, N&W, C&O, and several others dating back to the late 1920's and 1930's. As a structural engineer, I'm impressive to see what was accomplished by people using only a pencil, paper and their brain. I'm glad I found where to buy copies of those shows. I plan on handing them down to my grandchildren, so they know what can be done by an individual with a sincere desire to accomplish a goal. I enjoy photos showing these remarkable accomplishments. It's just sad to see photos showing them as they await to be scraped.
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| Posted by on April 9, 2013 | |
does anybody know where the Kaplan Salvage in Chicago was????
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I literally copied your request into Google: https://www.google.com/search?q=Kaplan+Salvage+in+Chicago&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=rcs
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