Disneyland Railroad #2 E.P. Ripley cab ride part 1

A cab ride on disneyland railroad engine number 2: the E.P. Ripley
this is an a intresting experience that took us 27 minutes. at the beginning elizabeth is the engineer and aleah as fire-woman, from NOS, curtis is the fireman and norm is the engineer.

taken july 30 2009, #2 E.P. Ripley is a 3 foot 4-4-0 steam locomotive built 1955 for the park and is scaled down to 5/8ths scale in order to appear standard gauge

weight: 22500 lbs
driver diameter/top speed: 36 inch/mph(in fact, the ride was done below 10mph)
tractive effort: 995.22387N(4427 LBF) using information from steve degaetano's book
adheisive tractive effort(using my formula of mass on drivers divided by 25%: 632 N(2812 LBF) this is what the locomotive can do without slipping
fuel: cooking oil biodiesel
boiler diameter: 33.5 inch.
whistle: lunkenhiemer 3 inch 3 chime
popping pressure: 150 punds(running pressure 125)
brakes: straight air with steam operated air pump(you can hear the pump and brakes as well as see the brake gauge in the video)
stephenson valve gear
2 10x15 clinders
can pull maximum 59 tons of cargo on 1.5% grade(117 on level track alot on downhill)
max axle load: 5625
pilot wheel diameter: 18 inch
34'-10 inch long
acceleration rate: 0.06 meters per second squared
part 1 of 3

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[SunriseHealthFoods]

why dont they open her up all the way... i know shes capable of doing at least 40 mph

[giladmarkman]

@SunriseHealthFoods there are many sharp curves long the way and the stations are very close to each other. so i feel it impossible to reach that speed without overunning or derailing

the speed limit for the route is 12MPH.

[SunriseHealthFoods]

@giladmarkman well, the last time i went, on the stretch from frontier land to mickeys toontown, we had to be doing at least 25.

[giladmarkman]

@SunriseHealthFoods go to the disney railroad discussion board in burnsland and check the topic:

"all you DLRR cast/engineer/fireman question"

its in the disneyland railroad section and its a discussion about how fast the trains go.

the forum has alot of accurate information about the disneyland railroad.

[kevilized]

Very cool, thank you for sharing!