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| Author: | SteveRG [ Fri Sep 24, 2010 4:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Disconnected Rods |
Looking at the Dec '09 edition of Railfan and Railroad and came across The Camera Bag section...The "All Jim Boyd" Issue. There is a picture at the bottom of page 62 which shows Northwestern Steel and Wire 0-6-0 #10 working the NS&W Mill in January of 1980 with its rear driver set disconnected. What would be the reason for this? Would such a move waste more steam, as it were even though the weight of the engine remains the same and now 3 sets of drivers have to compensate for the work the last set is not doing? Seems that this engine would now 'eat' a lot more fuel working harder. Why would they do that? |
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| Author: | SteveRG [ Fri Sep 24, 2010 4:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Disconnected Rods |
CORRECTION: The engine in question was originally an 0-8-0 not an 0-6-0. Its GTW #8327. My first post would have made her an 0-4-0...sorry! |
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| Author: | whodom [ Fri Sep 24, 2010 5:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Disconnected Rods |
Remember that by this time they were pretty much keeping these engines running with minimal maintenance. Likely they broke a crank pin or had a similar problem on one side. Rather than repair that problem, they just removed the rod on the other side to compensate, effectively making the engine an 0-6-2. The locomotive wouldn't have worked "harder" with one fewer set of drivers, but it would have been a lot more "slippery". OTOH they may not have been taxing the engine's abilities with the loads they were switching so this may not have been a problem. |
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| Author: | joe6167 [ Fri Sep 24, 2010 6:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Disconnected Rods |
This was discussed in a thread or two a while ago. |
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| Author: | J.David [ Fri Sep 24, 2010 11:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Disconnected Rods |
See thread titled: "Status of GTW 8305 (NS&W 05) and read my posting towards the bottom... J.David |
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