On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 09:03:15 -0500, Charlie Vlk wrote
> > Interesting, did it perchance look close to the 2-8-0 that came out
> > awhile ago?
>
> Not really. The Bachmann loco has 63" drivers; the proposed hog has
> 52" drivers....the same as a USRA 0-8-0. It does have a little more
> modern architecture than the D-4s but looks more like them than any
> other road's power. Inside steam delivery pipe cylinders, outside
> valve gear (can't tell the type by the drawing), double window cab
> as used on the D-4s. Interestingly, the drawing shows a detail for
> an alternate diamond stack, as was applied to the D-4s for spark abatement.
> Charlie Vlk
"Fascinating", as Mr. Spock would say . . . wasn't the diamond stack a pre-
extended-smokebox adaptation for lignite burning?
And the reference to inside delivery steampipes also brings up some
thoughts. Are we also talking inside piston valves a la R-4/5 and S-1/S-2?
If so, we'd also be looking at a "couldabeen" D-8A rebuild in the '20s qith
outside valves -
As my Vulcan personality remarked - "Fascinating, Captain!"
Marshall Thayer
Timewarp, IA
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