Saturday Steamer

Majorman · Oct 28, 2023

Not done a steam engine for a while so here is Mallard.
Saturday Steamer

Absent Minded Farmer · Oct 28, 2023

Just in case that badge is hard to make out to anyone....

Mike

oldsarge · Oct 28, 2023

Boy, they had to put down a lot of ''puppy pads'' under that one !, of course it is distantly related to my BSA

caterpillar guy · Oct 28, 2023

That ia interesting with that speed I was reading where the 844 Steamer is the only engine that was never decommissioned from service since it went into service. They sia dit was built for speed and would run 100MPH while the 4014 was built for power and was decommissioned from service and is now one of the few remaining big boys in use as a freight engine while being a tourism train. IT will run in the 80MPH range. The 4014 with tender car weighs in at a 1.2 million LBS with tender car and is 132 feet long with it. Develops something like 7000 HP with a tractive power of over 135,000 LBS. I suppose the weight was with the coal figures and is a bit different using oil now. With a 7000 gallon tank.

teddy52food · Oct 28, 2023

Before the airplane, the fastest thing on earth was a steam locomotive.. Even an airplane did not get up to that speed before leaving the ground.

Janicholson · Oct 28, 2023

I always enjoy the images from The York Railway Museum. I spent a week there one day. Jim

oldproudvet · Oct 28, 2023

You can never have enough of the steam engine........... How fondly I remember, in the late 40s, Dad running alongside a steam passenger train, alongside the drivers loving the motion. Mom, beside him, screaming. Freights were too slow and stopped at every town. Dad, at that time, right after the war, drove a late 30s supercharged Auburn 8, and when you slipped that into overdrive it really could cruise........ Thanks for the posting and all the information below, it's appreciated guys. Us Swedes here in MN never saw the British steam. Dad always talked about the British and French steam as he was over there during the war. Larry

Saturday Steamer

Majorman

Well-known Member

Absent Minded Farmer

Well-known Member

oldsarge

Well-known Member

caterpillar guy

Well-known Member

teddy52food

Well-known Member

Janicholson

Well-known Member

oldproudvet

Well-known Member

Similar threads