Fowler 4F 44422 departs Toddington 31-05-08

[Chris9017]

That is a very beautiful engine.

[DeltaHL2]

I notice that the connecting rods on the outer wheels are opposite the counterweights, but the inner wheel has the connecting rod right next to the counterweight. I've never seen a locomotive built like this before.

[edwardianeccentric]

It's actually surprisingly common (although weird looking) on a lot of inside cylinder locomotives. The piston rods inside are on the opposite quadrant of the wheel to the connecting rods- and being much heavier it is they that need the counterbalance. All an attempt to equalise the weighting on the wheel as much as possible and reduce hammerblow.

[A70013]

nice vid/nice engine