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Look at one of the tender... the one in front, I presume.How can the driver see?
As for that steam snowplow. Yup that's insanity. However it very might have well existed.
So what would you call the Bigger Boy, a Mallet-Garratt?
So what would you call the Bigger Boy, a Mallet-Garratt?
Claude
If you are trying to imply Mallets were no longer used after the early 1900s then sorry, but you are just plain wrong. The PKJA (Indonesian State Railways) and Insular Lumber in the Philippines were using these type of engine at least into the late 1970s.Double expansion provides higher efficiency, but the engine is more complicated to build, drive and mantain. As far as I know, this system had its moment of glory in early 1900s, then most railroads worldwide preferred using supeheating, which improved performance without the complication of double expansion. The only companies that continued to use double expansion locomotives were the N&W and the French, both of them building some of the finest machines ever seen.
If you are trying to imply Mallets were no longer used after the early 1900s then sorry, but you are just plain wrong. The PKJA (Indonesian State Railways) and Insular Lumber in the Philippines were using these type of engine at least into the late 1970s.
Double expansion provides higher efficiency, but the engine is more complicated to build, drive and mantain. As far as I know, this system had its moment of glory in early 1900s, then most railroads worldwide preferred using supeheating, which improved performance without the complication of double expansion. The only companies that continued to use double expansion locomotives were the N&W and the French, both of them building some of the finest machines ever seen.
2-8-8-4. There's one on You-tube, but I can't go there today because my net connection is a bit fussy.Yellowstones were I believe 2-8-8-2's, not 4-8-8-8-4's!