RE: Locomotive Cyclopedia info
Hi Clark, Many thanks for the info: Best wishes, Susan. [snip] Hi Susan: My 1930 edition of Locomotive Cyclopedia has 27 pages of couplers and 22 pages of draft gear. There is another 60-70 pages dealing with tenders. And the entire book (some 1440 pages) deals with every aspect of locomotives.
Re: Locomotive Cyclopedia info
Hi Susan: My 1930 edition of Locomotive Cyclopedia has 27 pages of couplers and 22 pages of draft gear. There is another 60-70 pages dealing with tenders. And the entire book (some 1440 pages) deals with every aspect of locomotives. None of the tenders covered are small. All are large extended range sizes. Clark Susan Parker wrote: > Can you tell me if your Loco Cyclopedia details locomotive (and tender) > knuckle couplers.
Re: Locomotive Cyclopedia info
Hi Vance, Thanks for the info. I will look out for a copy. I have taken a very deep breath and put my name down for an original Locomotive Dictionary. Individual Train Shed Cyclopedia reprints are going for 20 plus dollars, so it doesn't look so expensive after all. If anyone is interested I know of a book store in London which still has a stock of Train Sheds, although not complete sets of everything, selling at 4.95 UK pounds each. They include some building and structures, diesel etc. I can pass on the contact details. Best wishes, Susan.
Re: Locomotive Cyclopedia info
Susan, You should get a copy of John White's "The American Railroad Freight Car". He goes into the history of the Janney knuckle coupler and has excellent drawings of many knuckle and link-and-pin designs. Plus, it's a really cool book. regards, -vance- Vance Bass Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Small-scale live steam resources: http://www.nmia.com/~vrbass
Locomotive Cyclopedia info
Hi Clark, All. Can you tell me if your Loco Cyclopedia details locomotive (and tender) knuckle couplers. I have various of the Train Shed reprints but unfortunately not full sets. Ideally I need part 4 of the 1912 set (No: 76) which I believe has tender, cab, pilot etc. information. My 4-6-0 design is based on a 1914 ALCO built locomotive (# 136 of the Northwestern Pacific). It was oil fired and had a small Vanderbilt style tender. Best wishes, Susan. P.S. I would be interested in purchasing either singles or sets (steam - any date) if anyone knows anyone who has any. Or covering the costs of decent photocopies of particular pages of interest (GIF B/W images from scans at 600 dpi would be okay too). [snip] Message Number: 5 Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 14:58:24 -0800 From: Clark Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Boosters (was compounding and reheating, etc.) My 1930 Locomotive Cyclopedia of American Practice has 10 or so pages devoted to boosters. A booster is a flat two cylinder steam engine that is a part of a trailing truck. It can also be a part of the leading tender truck. The booster steam engine is geared to the trailing truck or tender driving wheels and is automatically engaged or disengaged by the throttle action of the engineer. It uses the excess steam that is being generated in the boiler during starting and climbing long hills. With a booster engine installed the locomotive is usually rated one class higher in starting power. Clark. BTW I bought my Cyclopedia from Powell's Technical Books in Portland. See http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/track.pl/Technical.html It cost $80 where many are listed at $250 or so. CBL
