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Train museum in Japan .
Interesting bubble .
Dating from 1846, National Railway Museum, York. This is Furness Railway locomotive, No. 3.
Dating from 1846, National Railway Museum, York. This is Furness Railway locomotive, No. 3.
Pennsylvania Railroad 4-4-4-4 T1 Locomotive
In the late 1930s, Baldwin Locomotive Works (Baldwin) of Eddystone, Pennsylvania sought a partner to support the design of an experimental, rigid-frame, duplex, 4-4-4-4 locomotive. With this wheel arrangement, the engine would have a four-wheel leading truck, two independent sets of four-wheel drivers, and a four-wheel trailing truck. As a duplex engine, each of the four-wheel drivers would be powered by a pair of separate cylinders. Baldwin’s Chief Engineer Ralph P. Johnson believed the newly designed engine would be capable of improved efficiency that would rival diesel locomotives, which were just beginning to outperform steam. Compared to an articulated locomotive, a rigid-frame duplex arrangement created a comparatively light engine well-suited for high speeds. In addition, having four smaller cylinders with a reduced piston speed decreased wear and maintenance compared to two larger, harder-working cylinders as used in a standard locomotive layout, such as a 4-8-4. If not well-balanced, the reciprocating and revolving forces of the drive wheels on powerful two-cylinder locomotives could actually damage the track, an issue that was alleviated with a four-cylinder duplex.
Looks like it was built by Studebaker...
New York Central class J-1e 4-6-4 No. 5344 received sheet-metal shrouding in 1934, making it the first streamlined steam locomotive in America. Carl F. Kantola of NYC’s equipment engineering department created the design. The Hudson was named Commodore Vanderbiltafter the NYC’s famous early leader, but initially displayed no road number.
Glenn Grabill photo
Glenn Grabill photo
Or Tucker …..
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The auto makers caught on to this....cover the engine with many shrouds and panels and make them hard to remove so ya have to go to the shop for maintenance.
The Cairns-to-Kuranda Railway is a heritage-listed railway line from the Cairns Region to the Shire of Mareeba, both in Queensland, Australia. It commences at Redlynch, a suburb of Cairns and travels up the Great Dividing Range to Kurandawithin the Shire of Mareeba on the Atherton Tableland. It was built from 1913 to 1915 by Queensland Railways. Components of it include Stoney Creek Bridge, the Rail Bridge over Christmas Creek, Kuranda railway station, and Surprise Creek Rail Bridge. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 August 1992. The railway is used to operate a tourist rail service, the Kuranda Scenic Railway. It forms part of the Tablelands railway line. This photo is the Kuranda Station .
The control room…..
Palisades, Green River, Wyoming
The DeWitt Clinton of the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad (M&H) was an American steam locomotive and the first working steam locomotive built for service in New York state.
The locomotive was built in 1831 and began operations the same year. It was named in honor of DeWitt Clinton, the governor of New York State responsible for the Erie Canal, a competitor to the railroad.<a href="DeWitt Clinton (locomotive) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton_(locomotive)#cite_note-:0-1)"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a>Portions of the steam engine were cast at the West Point Foundry in Cold Spring, New York. The DeWitt Clinton's first run was from the city of Albany, New York, to Schenectady, New York, a run of 16 or 17 miles. Its passenger cars were made of stagecoach bodies in which riders would sit either inside or on outdoor rumble seats. The cars were known as Goold cars and were named after coach builder James Goold of Albany.<a href="DeWitt Clinton (locomotive) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton_(locomotive)#cite_note-:1-2)"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a>
The locomotive was scrapped in 1833. The M&H became part of the New York Central Railroad (NYCR) system in 1853. The New York Central Railroad built a replica of the locomotive for display at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. This replica would continue to be used for promotional purposes until it was purchased by Henry Ford in 1934.<a href="DeWitt Clinton (locomotive) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton_(locomotive)#cite_note-:0-1)"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a> Since then, it has been on display at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.<a href="DeWitt Clinton (locomotive) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton_(locomotive)#cite_note-:0-1)"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a>
The locomotive was built in 1831 and began operations the same year. It was named in honor of DeWitt Clinton, the governor of New York State responsible for the Erie Canal, a competitor to the railroad.<a href="DeWitt Clinton (locomotive) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton_(locomotive)#cite_note-:0-1)"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a>Portions of the steam engine were cast at the West Point Foundry in Cold Spring, New York. The DeWitt Clinton's first run was from the city of Albany, New York, to Schenectady, New York, a run of 16 or 17 miles. Its passenger cars were made of stagecoach bodies in which riders would sit either inside or on outdoor rumble seats. The cars were known as Goold cars and were named after coach builder James Goold of Albany.<a href="DeWitt Clinton (locomotive) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton_(locomotive)#cite_note-:1-2)"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a>
The locomotive was scrapped in 1833. The M&H became part of the New York Central Railroad (NYCR) system in 1853. The New York Central Railroad built a replica of the locomotive for display at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. This replica would continue to be used for promotional purposes until it was purchased by Henry Ford in 1934.<a href="DeWitt Clinton (locomotive) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton_(locomotive)#cite_note-:0-1)"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a> Since then, it has been on display at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.<a href="DeWitt Clinton (locomotive) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton_(locomotive)#cite_note-:0-1)"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a>
Alfred A. Hart is best known for his photographs of the transcontinental railroad during its construction. Hired by the Central
Pacific Railroad, Hart documented the progress of the project from Sacramento, California to Promontory Point, Utah.
Hart was born in Connecticut and trained to be a painter. Though skilled in his original medium, he began working at a daguerreotype studio and moved to California to work as a photographer in the 1860s. While in Sacramento, Hart photographed the interior of former Governor Leland Stanford’s home. These images were referenced during the restoration of the Leland Stanford Mansion in the 2000s. Many of Hart’s negatives were eventually purchased by photographer Carleton Watkins, who continued to publish them.
Pacific Railroad, Hart documented the progress of the project from Sacramento, California to Promontory Point, Utah.
Hart was born in Connecticut and trained to be a painter. Though skilled in his original medium, he began working at a daguerreotype studio and moved to California to work as a photographer in the 1860s. While in Sacramento, Hart photographed the interior of former Governor Leland Stanford’s home. These images were referenced during the restoration of the Leland Stanford Mansion in the 2000s. Many of Hart’s negatives were eventually purchased by photographer Carleton Watkins, who continued to publish them.
The M-497 (nicknamed Black Beetle by the press Black Beetle - was an experimental jet-powered railcar test bed of the New York Central Railroad, developed and tested in 1966 in the United States. Two second-hand General Electric J47-19 jet engines, originally used as boosters for the Convair B-36 Peacemaker intercontinental bomber, were mounted atop an existing Budd Rail Diesel Car, an RDC-3 of coach and baggage-mail configuration which had received a streamlined front cowling. The construct was then successfully sent on test runs over the existing tracks between Butler, Indiana, and Stryker, Ohio. Black Beetle -The line had been chosen for its arrow-straight layout and good condition, but otherwise unmodified track. On July 23, 1966, the car reached a speed of 183.68 mph (295.6 km/h), an American rail speed record that stood until 1974 when the LIMRV went significantly faster.
Even with this spectacular performance, and though it had been built relatively cheaply using existing parts, the project was not considered viable commercially. The railroad gathered valuable test data regarding the stresses of high-speed rail travel on conventional equipment and tracks then existing in America. The data was largely ignored, as NYC was headed for a merger with its arch-rival Pennsylvania Railroad that was already heavily involved in the Metroliner project, funded by the United States Department of Transportation.
M-497 continued to serve for Penn Central after the jet engines were removed until retirement by Conrail in 1977. The engines were re-used as X29493, an experimental snow blower. Like most similar jet engine blowers, it was effective at clearing snow and ice but also tended to dislodge the ballast.
Even with this spectacular performance, and though it had been built relatively cheaply using existing parts, the project was not considered viable commercially. The railroad gathered valuable test data regarding the stresses of high-speed rail travel on conventional equipment and tracks then existing in America. The data was largely ignored, as NYC was headed for a merger with its arch-rival Pennsylvania Railroad that was already heavily involved in the Metroliner project, funded by the United States Department of Transportation.
M-497 continued to serve for Penn Central after the jet engines were removed until retirement by Conrail in 1977. The engines were re-used as X29493, an experimental snow blower. Like most similar jet engine blowers, it was effective at clearing snow and ice but also tended to dislodge the ballast.
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