The perfect express passenger locomotive?

[richard]

ahardy of this parish is our Kitson-Still expert - he's currently researching it, and I've offered to put his project/thesis online when he has finished.


Richard

[mr B]

be it kitson , still (commercial water heaters) or rilley (pocet rocket fame) , the loco should carry a bell , large headlamp and front pilot/cowcatcher in preperation for overseas visits.

mr b

[Coboman]

Ay up!

I always understood that it was a failure.

I shall have to visit our library and see what I can find out.

Are you sure your not thinking of that Midland Paget locomotive? That was a failure and disgrased itself on the mainline and cause utter chaos as it couldn't be moved. In a way its principals were right, just about 50 years before its time.
Jim

[Mickey]

I don't really understand the detailed technical details of the steam locomotive but i was just reading a bit about Stanier's L.M.S. TURBOMOTIVE no.6202 which apparently was a great success, i was just wondering if the L.N.E.R. could have there own version in your design blackout60800?

[neilgow]

Reference oil fired locos.

The West German railways had oil fired locomotives operating in north-west Germany. In my day, they worked out of Rheine and Emden on some very heavy freights. The two types were the 043 3 cylinder 2-10-0's and the 042 2 cylinder 2-8-2's. Compared to coal firing, the crews rather liked them and they all seemed to work very well. From what I was told, they used the same oil that the DB ferry ships used, from the one view I had of it, it was a tarry thick black looking substance pumped into the tenders via 4 inch hoses.

Attached are two photographs.

1) 043 636 southbound from Emden to Rheine. 7 April 1977

2) 042 218 northbound Rheine to Emden. August 1976

[Blink Bonny]

Ay up!

I always understood that it was a failure.

I shall have to visit our library and see what I can find out.

Are you sure your not thinking of that Midland Paget locomotive? That was a failure and disgrased itself on the mainline and cause utter chaos as it couldn't be moved. In a way its principals were right, just about 50 years before its time.
Jim

I've always fancied building the Paget - although I don't much fancy the inside valve gear!