So you think you know about Trains? - Pt 2

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judahGrice

Retired Trainz User

• May 4, 2015

• #381

UPS! ten invisible characters

 

ZecMurphy

Community Assistant

• May 12, 2015

• #382

last week's question said:

Which modern shipping company uses the same color paint as the original Pullman company? - Question submitted by Trainboi1

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The modern shipping company which uses the same colour paint at the original Pullman company is UPS (United Parcel Service).

This weeks question:
What type of locomotive was the first to use Walschaerts Valve Gear in North America?

 

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Puffingbilly

Member

• May 12, 2015

• #383

That would be the mason bogie locomotive type.

Cheers

Ron

 

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wva-usa

New member

• May 12, 2015

• #384

The first steam locomotive in North America fitted with the Walschaerts valve gear was the "William Mason", built in 1874 by the Mason Locomotive Works for the Boston, Clinton, and Fitchburg Railroad (which later became part of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad.) The venerable John H. White refers to the locomotive as being a "Mason-Fairlie" type locomotive in his book "A History of the American Locomotive: Its Development, 1830-1880", while some random guy who wrote a Wikipedia article refers to it as a "Mason Bogie."

 

Last edited: May 12, 2015

ZecMurphy

Community Assistant

• May 25, 2015

• #385

last week's question said:

What type of locomotive was the first to use Walschaerts Valve Gear in North America?

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The first type of locomotive to use Walschaerts Valve Gear in North America was Mason Fairlie type locomotive (also known as the Mason Bogie).

This weeks question:
What railway products was the company McKenzie and Holland known for producing, particularly in Australia?

 

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NedKelly123

New member

• May 31, 2015

• #386

McKenzie and Holland made Signals and Signal boxes for railways. They were later known as Westinghouse Signal and Brake.