I have placed a link for each of our locomotive websites in the LINKS section. I will be adding other links to other good and interesting locomotive sites...
Hi all, In our group's links section may be found links to our websites about locomotives. (There's also lots of info about a few OTHER subjects there too, but...
Hello! One note here to announce the uploading of a new article on the basics of diesel-electric locomotives, just posted now on my site. Good introduction...
Hi again! Just a note to inform you that I've added an article on my locomotive site which details the various air-operated throttles used on Baldwin and...
I have noted, with considerable satisfaction, that we've accumulated some members here already at our new forum. We hope all of you, like we, are looking...
(Here is a little programming note. I will be placing links to some of my favorite worldwide locomotive sites in messages in the archive. While this may at...
My two articles recently on Baldwin products may be supplemented by this information about Baldwin designs built in Belgium by Cockerill. In 1954, locomotives...
Hi, I found this forum from Will's webpage with the excellent article on Baldwin diesel engines. The real subject of my post is torque. I had read that some ...
Thanks very much for your kind words! The old railfan magazine and book quote is exactly as you say; it was probably derived from the basic specifications of...
Now; you've posted a spreadsheet regarding various calculated engine torque values. I have not looked it over fully yet, but have a few observations regarding...
Hi all. I had a question to throw out there. I've been reading through my fairbank-morse operating manual for erie builts and found that there are four...
Hi all, First off, its great that the first thing somebody posted on our new forum was something which I hadn't ever seen or heard discussed before! I have...
Right on, Dave! Comparatively, here's one type I think you mentioned: Postwar, the 1500 HP ALCO-GE units contemporary to the F3 had a continuous rating of...
Aha! My son jumps in with a question. (I told him to post them here, rather than ask me, if he felt so inclined, so that everyone learning about locomotives...
Hi folks An easy way to understand CMEF as described in Will's post is to think of it as "back pressure", or a resistance to flow. In this case, it is a...
Folks, if you look at the primer article on diesel-hydraulics on my site, you'll notice the addition of a link button at the bottom. I recommend highly that...
Here's one for Steve, I think, and topically related to his article that I just added on my site. I have read (in German, of course)a very great deal about the...
I've added another page onto the U30 article, which shows more of the great artwork done for the original U30 sales brochure. Worth checking out. This...
I've added a link to a great site, called the Baldwin Diesel Zone, in the "links" section. This site features Baldwins (and Baldwin-Lima- Hamiltons) both then...
... by ... choice ... which ... Will, I must admit that I know very little about the DR 119 itself. About the mid-1960's, Voith was promoting the use of...
As another aspect of this topic, it would be interesting to map torque vs. engine speed curves for typical locomotive diesel engines. One curve would show...
Here's a question about the US diesel-hydraulics and their control systems. The K-M hood units and the Alco DH-643's, as built, and the K-M cab units, after...
Fascinating question, Steve! (The other stuff is GREAT, too, and I'll have to fully digest it for a while!) We have here the operators' manual for the 1963...
Wow! After reading through what you've written, I must say that I agree fully; and your statement that Notch 5 is about half-power is, of course, dead on. ...
... units, ... is ... Will, thanks much for the additional information on the K-M hood units - hpe the headache wasn't too bad! I hadn't realized that these...
Interesting, Steve; I myself have been investigating, as far as possible considering the language barrier, the technology in German diesel-hydraulics and did...
I have uploaded to the "files" section a piece taken from an excellent website about various former-GDR locomotives which shows the pull characteristics of the...
... directly ... since ... control! ... in ... unfortunately ... mounted, ... After some further thought, my guess - and it's only that - is that the 1963...
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