derrickman
15 years ago
http://www.susan-parker.co.uk/susan-byers-elk-firebrick-co-info.htm 

seriously wierd loco!
''the stopes soared beyond the range of our caplamps' - David Bick...... How times change .... oh, I don't know, I've still got a lamp like that.
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15 years ago
Very odd indeed, it looks as though it might be a swivelling cylinder on this loco - any of our railway buffs able to confirm this?
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derrickman
15 years ago
if by that you mean an oscillating cylinder, the kind of thing found on Mamods and similar low-pressure live-steam toys... no, it's a conventional cylinder with a conventional valve motion.

they do, or did, exist at one time, it seems:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscillating_cylinder_steam_engine 
''the stopes soared beyond the range of our caplamps' - David Bick...... How times change .... oh, I don't know, I've still got a lamp like that.
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15 years ago
Yes, I did mean an oscillating cylinder, but had a "craft" moment and couldn't remember the proper name for them.....
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