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Lining by wterslide decal done on ink-jet printer- still tedious to do, stopped short of full lining as there's few things worse than it done poorly and I was not confident of doing a good job.
This is a model of the original locomotive built by Schenectady Locomotive Works in 1868. It is a full-sized standard guage replica steam engine . It took teams 10 years to build the Leviathan which is faithful to all the historic details.
SP&S 700
Cylinder - 28" diameter, 31" stroke
Valves - 14" diameter, 8" stroke
Steam Pressure - 260 PSI
Weight on Driver - 296,500 lbs
Weight of Tender - 379,700 lbs.
(loaded)
Tractive Effort - 69,800 lbs
Horsepower - 5,000
Length Engine & Tender - 110' 6-3/4"
Height - 16' 10-13/16"
Driving Wheel Diameter - 77"
Water Capacity - 20,000 gallons
Fuel Oil Capacity - 6,000 gallons
Class - E-1(3 locomotives) 700, 701, 702
Manufacturer - Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Operated and maintained by the Pacific R.R. Preservation Assn.
Delivered to the Spokane, Portland & Seattle RY. in June 1938
My 46 years old Wilesco D20 steam engine.
They still build / sellthis model today:
Not many toys last that long.
Where will your PSP be in 50 years ?
Polaroid Macro5SLR / 1200
1. April 2010
Caledonian Railway No.828 climbs Eardington Bank with the 1210 Kidderminster to Bridgnorth at the Severn Valley Railway's Autumn Gala on September 24 2011. The loco was on loan from the Strathspey Railway.
Completed in 1928, the two Worthing Simpson triple expansion engines pumped 19 million gallons of water a day each, to a head of 200 feet.
The Kempton Park water treatment works were opened in 1897 with two holding reservoirs and 12 slow sand filter beds. Two Lilleshall triple expansion engines were used to pump water from the Thames to the reservoirs and three more to pump it to Cricklewood in North London. Steam came from 6 Lancashire boilers.
In 1902 the New River Company was acquired by the Metropolitan Water Board and the size of the site increased. By 1963 the site employed 144 men (most to polish the metal work, it would seem) and pumped 86 million gallons per day.
The Lilleshall engines where scrapped in 1968 but the Worthington Simpson Triples stayed in use until 1980. Electric pumps now run in the Lilleshall House and pump 75 million gallons a day with just 14 staff.
Southern Pacific 4294 was the last steam locomotive ordered new by Southern Pacific Railroad (SP). It was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in March 1944, and was used hauling SP's trains over the Sierra Nevada, often working on Donner Pass in California.
Can't claim this as my work- restored from fairly poor condition, new paint & many new componants- as ever, much more work than originally envisaged
A trip to the National Trust property in North Wales during September 2024. The sawmill possess this single cylinder true vertical engine thought to be c1861 with a slide valve cylinder c8" x 16" and a 5' 2" flywheel. It has a flyball throttle governor and a small eccentric worked feed pump. It is non-condensing but there is a feedwater heater around the exhaust pipe. This operated the sawmill but has been out of use since the 1930s. There is an anonymous Cornish boiler alongside and a Babcock & Wilcox water-tube boiler out the back in the open air. (C) Chris Allen - Geograph