Nathan Penn A: Most model steam and diesel locomotives have RP-25 flanges, a depth recommended by the National Model Railroad Association. This dimension has stood the test of time for decades as ...
The West Somerset Railway has announced that LMS Jubilee No. 45596 Bahamas will visit them for their Spring Steam Gala. Taking place between the 2nd and 5th May 2025, the gala will play a part in the ...
Hy-polite Uhry, and Henry A. Luttgens, both of Patterson, N. J., for overheating steam within the smoke box of locomotive engines for the purpose of improving the working of steam in cylinders ...
4960 and 5632 put on a spectacular photo runby in light snow in Mendota, Illinois. John Gruber, Center for Railroad Photography & Art We all have “near misses” in our lives, and one of the biggest for ...
The 563 Locomotive Group has given an end-of-year update on how London & South Western Railway T3 Class No. 563 has performed since returning to operational service. Now fitted with a Dreadnought ...
The wet steam, on the water issuing from the boiler, gives this minimum proportion. The apparatus to be fitted to the locomotive to admit of working counter-pressure steam as a brake, is as simple ...
Along the way the Central Pacific used explosives to create 15 tunnels through the Sierra and built "37 miles of peaked snow sheds and sloped galleries to keep snow off ... the park ranger who not ...