NASSA to learn from the 1940s Railroads

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main131 Total Posts : 110 Reward points : 2089 Joined: 26/Oct/2009 Status: offline	NASSA to learn from the 1940s Railroads 17/11/11 09:35 PM (permalink) The combined tractive effort from Union Pacific's Bigboy and Erie's triplex offer in excess of 295000 lbs. This is power of titanic proportions. See you on the moon (by coal) http://youtu.be/5MIob5ruhpg Attached Image(s)
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daveyb Total Posts : 293 Reward points : 3278 Joined: 25/Oct/2009 Location: nr st andews scotch land Status: offline	Re:NASSA to learn from the 1940s Railroads 17/11/11 10:53 PM (permalink) nice!!
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55.5 Total Posts : 655 Reward points : 1754 Joined: 24/Oct/2009 Location: Darlington Status: offline	Re:NASSA to learn from the 1940s Railroads 17/11/11 11:00 PM (permalink) Nice!.......Come on Davey, its Gobsmackin'!!!!!!!!!
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Madman Total Posts : 870 Reward points : 3229 Joined: 25/Oct/2009 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Status: offline	Re:NASSA to learn from the 1940s Railroads 18/11/11 02:01 AM (permalink) I am not familiar with the operation of the Tri-plex. In the video, I noticed a small stack at the rear of it's tender. What is it? DAN PADOVA DOGS HAVE FAMILIES, CATS HAVE STAFF
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trammayo Total Posts : 2492 Reward points : 3511 Joined: 24/Oct/2009 Location: Co. Mayo Status: offline	Re:NASSA to learn from the 1940s Railroads 18/11/11 05:59 AM (permalink) Temendous! Nearly woke the wife up (well it is six in the morning) Mick - always learning something new (then forgetting it).
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Re:NASSA to learn from the 1940s Railroads 18/11/11 06:53 AM (permalink)

Madman

I am not familiar with the operation of the Tri-plex. In the video, I noticed a small stack at the rear of it's tender. What is it?

The middle set of cylinders are the high pressure set, they exhaust into the front and rear set of cylinders with the front cylinders then using the front stack and the aft cylinders exhausting via a feed water heater through a small stack in the rear of the locomotive.

Excellent vid and awesome locomotives.

A firm believer of Rule 8.....Rhb and box cars run fine together on MY railway!

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Dtsteam Total Posts : 801 Reward points : 3471 Joined: 24/Oct/2009 Location: Preston Status: offline	Re:NASSA to learn from the 1940s Railroads 18/11/11 09:13 AM (permalink) Excellent stuff. I like the fact that the triplex has a smoke unit on the tender stack, with an appropriately wispy bit of smoke coming out. Ah well, time to get SWMBO out chopping wood so she can afford to buy me one for Christmas... although I'm not sure which one ! David Home of the Cottam Strassenbahn
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