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The brass yoke holding the cylinders in place was supposed to be made from a single piece of steel. I made one according to the prints but it made the engine harder to disassemble for servicing. I then remade the yoke from 4 pieces of brass which solved the problem and looks much prettier as well.
Sam Kunugi wipes down the bell of Rio Grande Southern 20 so it can shine brightly for the museum-goers.
Here it is by night, with gaslights burning, chugging forward at 2.5 mph.
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My son in front of the steam engine in Douglas Wy....the train is humongous compared to a child!
Is the home of the FE & MV Railroad Passenger Depot, which as a historic standpoint, was an important building in Douglas that helped to establish the town of Douglas. In 1950,
exEssex Terminal Railway Steam Engine Number 9 at the St. Jacobs Restoration Shop of the Southern Ontario Locomotive Restoration Society
Rio Grande Southern 20 shrouds itself in steam as it sets off with the first passenger train of the day.
Gentlemen.... Start your engines!
Old steam engine tractors getting ready to put on a show in Pawnee Oklahoma.
This beam engine at Sydney's Powerhouse Museum is actually older than any I've seen in the UK! I was particularly interested in the sun-and-planet gears to transfer the arc motion of the beam into circular motion. Apparently the much simpler crank to do this was still under patent, so Boulton&Watt came up with this more complex solution.