drs5260, Can you verify for me that the equalisation arrangement/grouping was reconfigured a number of times in the class life? I have heard the figure of...
Kurt, I agree...but....worth every penny. A veritable epiphany, and approximating the tablet handed down from the mountain. God bless Ralph P. Johnson! Cheers,...
Peter, Mr. Mills' main challenge, I would imagine, during the middle of WW II, when the RR workshops all over the country were producing whatever the...
Gday All Kurt and others Another book which really goes into the stuff we are interested in is "Steam Loco Design" - Phillipson 1938? recently reprinted...
Gday All In Australia, Dia Speed was a rule of the thumb mesurement that was used to determine the driving wheel dia that the Engine needed to run at its max...
No mention whatsoever of "diametre speed" or anything similar in Chapelon. So it does not exist ;-3p Cheers, Ron. -- Go not to the elves for counsel, for they...
Mick, 38's did......on at least two occasions I know of. One was where the driver of the Southbound Melbourne Express (38), felt 'ill' during the last part of...
Ronaldo, The ostrich, when faced with a gross inconvenience, buries its head in the sand, thereby making the 'inconvenience'........'invisble'......and...
Here's the information I have re: suspension modifications. If I can find more items, I'll post them. I'm currently working on the over-the-road tests for...
... Hi Dave, Or, just possibly, cussed unionized engine crews who just didn't like anything new unless it allowed them to sit on their duff and do nothing for...
Kurt, PRRT&HS currently has a very limited program re: back issues of the Keystone. I don't know exactly what's going on (and I'm a member!). I believe...
This is very, very peripherally steam-connected, but... In my very humble memory, DGLE is supposed to stand for DULUX GOLD locomotive enamel, the color of the...
Gentleman, Here is a quote from The Keystone, PRRT&HS, Autumn 1988, page 7: Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives, both steam and diesel were painted dark green...
Hi Oz Pete, No. I believe to be an extremely dark green. In good photos the difference to the black running gear is noticeable. Now "Stroudley's Improved...
G'day Gents, Well, no, it was officially "DGLE" -- I never heard that term before. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRR_equipment_colors_and_painting Kurt...
G'day Gents, Model Railroader's diesel color charts show 1 or 2 parts Pullman Green ( depending on which chart ) and 4 parts Engine Black for Floquil enamel. (...
Kurt, The South Oz Railway had 'Invisible Green'. They were fair dinkum (Oz = 'straight down the line'), too....it WAS invisible! Looked pretty damned close to...
Hi all, From The Keystone, Spring 1966, page 4, I offer the following; NEW PRR EQUIPMENT COLOR DRIFT CARDS Dark Green Locomotive Enamel 10/52 Tuscan Red...
G'day Pete, I have a GG-1 that I custom painted ( Brunswick Green thinking that was the right color ) and lettered ( the five stripe scheme ). I don't know...
Dave, Peter, thanks a lot for this info, and "feel free" to write more about the T-1. Be sure it wil be read! ;-) As to the assignment terminal destination,...
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Hi Michael, That is a nice photo stated to show the PRR management team posing at a pre-delivery inspection at Baldwin locomotive Works in early 1942. Best...
Hi Oz Pete, The trip with 3801 that you talk about happened on Sunday 23 June 1964. As a true attempt at a "record" the performance had to be matched on the ...
Kurt! You have no shame! It is a privelege to know you! Today, I moseyed on down to Eveleigh to see my mate, and his little 1903 design (1912 build...at...
Peter, Thanks for the correct date. The run was death-defying on that sinuous mess of a Short North, and the exceptionally twisty Northbound descent of Cowan...
Gents, Having watched the threads concerning T1's, and their various 'alleged failings', and their most likely technical causes, and that of the Oz Standard...
Herbert Garratt wrote: Let's no forget some of the other lash-ups - the Commonwealth Boomerang fighter made using existing aircraft parts (IIRC Beaufort bomber...
Mind you, they ( Ma'' 's) aren't as pretty to look at as the original M class. Cheers David ... -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free...
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