. Somewhere in my photo piles at home I have a
picture or two of these locomotives. I'll see if I can find them in the
next day or two. Maybe someone else on this list has some photos of Museum
locomotives that have this water pump arrangement?
Casey Sterbenz
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Ken:
Can you contact me off list, please.
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Jim Curry
Ken,
I kind of like the idea of putting the pump in a false firebox, if
that's where it will fit. Another idea I had was: could the pump fit
ahead of the valve gear, driven from yet another eccentric on the main
axle? If you're going for full Stephenson valve gear, there probably
isn't room
car?
( or am I hallucinating? )
Dan Fuller
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Hi all,
I have run into a bit of a dilemma. I
I was thinking along the same lines as putting the pump up front. However,
why not use one of the valve-gear eccentrics to also move the water pump?
If wear is an issue that one eccentric could be made a touch wider to
provide greater bearing surface.
Just a thought...
Trot, the fox who's
Hi all,
I have run into a bit of a dilemma. I was working on some of the boiler bits
on the American Project and thought it would be a good time to flesh out the
water pump. I am expecting the arrival of my newly purchased O/A torch rig
and that put my mind in the frame to finish the boiler
While looking through the Coles' Power Models catalog I came across a
live steam model of an American La France fire engine. It reportedly will
throw a stream of water fifty feet. Maybe this would have a sufficent amount
of pressure to fill boilers under pressure and also double as a
