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).
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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
