Steam Locomotives and Such.

[ajschainsaws]

Thanks for sharing that video have you seen the A4 dominion of Canada 4489

 

[fossil]

Thanks for sharing that video have you seen the A4 dominion of Canada 4489

I saw it on the list. It's in a museum quite a piece from me in Quebec. It will be worth a look if I ever get down that way.

Unfortunately we have a habit of scrapping nice old equipment. I guess that one escaped.

When I was a kid and they were retiring the steam locos I can remember driving north with my parents and seeing literally hundreds of steam locomotives and tenders in a field equipped with tracks waiting to be scrapped. I'm not even sure where it was.

Anyone who may have remembered where is gone now.

CNR 6213 4-8-4 is on display in Toronto at an operating roundhouse.. Kept up by a group of volunteers. Does not run.

A nice example built by the Montreal Locomotive Works in 1942.



Type and origin
Power type Steam
Designer MLW
Builder Montreal Locomotive Works
Order number Q394
Serial number 69711
Build date 1942
Whyte 4-8-4
• UIC 2′D2′ h2
Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Leading dia. 34 1⁄2 in (0.876 m)
Driver dia. 73 in (1.854 m)
Trailing dia.

• 34 1⁄2 in (0.876 m)
• 43 in (1.092 m)

Tender wheels 34 1⁄2 in (0.876 m)
Wheelbase 82 ft 4 3⁄4 in (25.114 m)
• Engine 43 ft 10 in (13.360 m)
• Leading 6 ft 10 in (2.083 m)
• Drivers 19 ft 6 in (5.944 m)
• Trailing 5 ft 8 in (1.727 m)
• Tender 26 ft 0 in (7.925 m)
• Tender truck 8 ft 4 in (2.540 m)
Length 94 ft 9 3⁄8 in (28.889 m)
Adhesive weight 244,500 lb (110.9 tonnes)
Loco weight 399,600 lb (181.3 tonnes)
Tender weight 278,000 lb (126 tonnes)
Total weight 677,600 lb (307.4 tonnes)
Tender type 6-axle Vanderbilt
Fuel type Coal
Fuel capacity 18 long tons (18 t)
Water cap 11,600 imp gal (53,000 l; 13,900 US gal)
Firebox type
• Firegrate area 84.3 sq ft (7.83 m2)
Boiler pressure 250 lbf/in2 (1.72 MPa)
Feedwater heater Elesco
Heating surface 4,080 sq ft (379 m2)
• Tubes and flues 3,666 sq ft (340.6 m2)
• Firebox 414 sq ft (38.5 m2)
Superheater:
• Type Schmidt type E
• Heating area 1,835 sq ft (170.5 m2)
Cylinders Two, outside
Cylinder size 25 1⁄2 in × 30 in (648 mm × 762 mm)
Valve gear Walschaerts
Tractive effort 56,735 lbf (252.37 kN)
Canadian National Railways
Class U-2-g
Power class 57%
Number in class 14th of 35
Current owner The City of Toronto - under the stewardship of the Toronto Locomotive Preservation Society (TLPS) and the Toronto Railway Museum
Disposition Preserved: static display, John Street Roundhouse

 

[fossil]

Kind of a funny story.

One of my son-in-law's great uncle's operated locomotives for good long time. The first train he engineered on was a steam unit and he moved onto diesels at some point. He hit a number of vehicles and sustained injuries from the collisions over the years which plagued him in later life. The last vehicle he hit was a school bus which fortunately, was empty. He retired at that point as that collision upset hm quite a bit.

Sometime during his career he and the railroad were named in a lawsuit for hitting some idiot's car.

He went to court quite nervous and when it came time to take the stand the judge asked him why he hit the car. He said he couldn't stop the train in time. The judge then asked him why he didn't swerve to avoid the car. He replied that you can't swerve because the train's on tracks.

The judge looked that the plaintiff and his lawyer and said, "That should be clear enough for you idiots, case dismissed"

 

[Steve]

What a fantastic valley , you imagine ole big boy blowing its whistle going through there awesome

Andrew, turn the speakes up and listen for the echos!

Here is a video i shot 10 years ago. Western Maryland Shay 6.

 

[ajschainsaws]

Andrew, turn the speakes up and listen for the echos!

Here is a video i shot 10 years ago. Western Maryland Shay 6.

Whistle Time thats one helluva whistle and your right the echo is awesome

 

[Steve]

Whistle Time thats one helluva whistle and your right the echo is awesome

That is a custom whistle. Its an original Reading 6-chime that had a little over an inch cut off on the lathe. The engineer got it with a big chip out of the bell and he turned it down.

 

[Steve]

Here is another good echo in the hills. Same locomotive. Artie Barkley engineer.

 

[ajschainsaws]

This one is well travelled


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_A4_4496_Dwight_D_Eisenhower

 

[fossil]

It sure was. It would be a little freaky lifting that up onto a ship for transport.

I never took pictures but the remnants of the loading ramps are / were there on the Detroit river in Windsor Ontario to load unload trains that travelled by train ferries to and from the US. I'm pretty sure one still had the tracks on it. They were held up by wood pilings. I haven't been there in 15 years though.

 

[Steve]

This one is well travelled


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_A4_4496_Dwight_D_Eisenhower

Thats wild!

 

[ajschainsaws]

Steam trains in WW2 Shipped to the U.K. for the war effort

https://www.lner.info/locos/O/s160.php

 

[ajschainsaws]

A little off shore stuff A4's in Britain 1930'2. One called 4468 Mallard still holds the steam loco speed record of just under 126 MPH

They were built to speed up rail travel in Britain. Nice looking units. Built in the mid to late 1930's

4464 Bittern on a run

Luckily the Bittern and several other steam locos and tenders are owned
By a wealthy man , assets in excess of £300m

 

[ajschainsaws]

Here is another good echo in the hills. Same locomotive. Artie Barkley engineer.

After watching again I noticed the drive on this locomotive

 

[fossil]

Luckily the Bittern and several other steam locos and tenders are owned
By a wealthy man , assets in excess of £300m

Wouldn't those be nice to have. They make a 1970 Hemi 'Cuda look like chump change.

 

[Steve]

After watching again I noticed the drive on this locomotive

Logging locos fascinate me. That is a Shay locomotive. Built by Lima in 1945. Was the last one built and the largest still in existence. They have 2 or 3 vertical cylinders on the right side of the boiler with the boiler offset to ballance the locomotive. Cylinders connected to a common crankshaft driving all axles, even the tender, through direct bevel gearing.

 

[fossil]

Those high speed Brit Loco's allowed some neat stuff to be accomplished. Back in the '60's any letter posted in England before 9:00 or 10:00 am (can't remember) was guaranteed to be delivered anywhere in the country on the same day.

A friend of mine who attended university in England back then used to split the train fare to London by taking an early train, mailing the tickets back to friends allowing them to use the same tickets for their ride to London. Same deal the next day on the way home.

I'm pretty sure Canada Post and USPS hasn't been that quick for a letter going across the street, ever.

 

[redline4]

Those high speed Brit Loco's allowed some neat stuff to be accomplished. Back in the '60's any letter posted in England before 9:00 or 10:00 am (can't remember) was guaranteed to be delivered anywhere in the country on the same day.

A friend of mine who attended university in England back then used to split the train fare to London by taking an early train, mailing the tickets back to friends allowing them to use the same tickets for their ride to London. Same deal the next day on the way home.

I'm pretty sure Canada Post and USPS hasn't been that quick for a letter going across the street, ever.

I saw something on a show called Mysteries of the Abandoned about a big tunnel system with small rail cars that were used for mail delivery in London. It was pretty cool. They could deliver letters in mere minutes to a couple hours depending on priority.
It was abandoned when the interwebz and email came about.

 

[fossil]

I saw something on a show called Mysteries of the Abandoned about a big tunnel system with small rail cars that were used for mail delivery in London. It was pretty cool. They could deliver letters in mere minutes to a couple hours depending on priority.
It was abandoned when the interwebz and email came about.

That's really neat. I know there's a sealed off subway station somewhere it Toronto. I makes you wonder what's under a lot of cities that's been largely forgotten.

 

[ajschainsaws]

Those high speed Brit Loco's allowed some neat stuff to be accomplished. Back in the '60's any letter posted in England before 9:00 or 10:00 am (can't remember) was guaranteed to be delivered anywhere in the country on the same day.

A friend of mine who attended university in England back then used to split the train fare to London by taking an early train, mailing the tickets back to friends allowing them to use the same tickets for their ride to London. Same deal the next day on the way home.

I'm pretty sure Canada Post and USPS hasn't been that quick for a letter going across the street, ever.

Never heard that before but I suppose it could be done
the late night and early morning mail trains
Work like clockwork they used too have there dedicated livery
But changes of policy put an end too the mail trains around 2005

 

[ajschainsaws]

That's really neat. I know there's a sealed off subway station somewhere it Toronto. I makes you wonder what's under a lot of cities that's been largely forgotten.

Yes it’s unbelievable what’s down there underneath the bright lighrs and shops in London there’s tales of tunnels being filled With corpses from the the plague and the Black Death and blocked off forever