Fowler 4F 44422 departs Toddington 31-05-08
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That is a very beautiful engine.
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nice vid/nice engine
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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.
DeltaHL2 2 years ago
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.
edwardianeccentric 2 years ago