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General Category => Oddball => Topic started by: sbwhart on September 30, 2018, 08:14:10 AM

Title: Unusual Oscillating Cylinder Locomotive
Post by: sbwhart on September 30, 2018, 08:14:10 AM
Thought you chaps would be interested in this. It was acquired by a friend:- Its a four cylinder oscillating locomotive it cam complete with a vertical steel boiler not sure if the cylinders are compounded or not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR-incdrOUc

Cheers
Stew
Title: Re: Unusual Oscillating Cylinder Locomotive
Post by: Gas_mantle on September 30, 2018, 02:56:55 PM
Hi Stew.

I know nothing about this engine but my initial thought is that the builder has utilised the castings (fabricated component?)  that would normally have been a cylinder / valve chest and made valve bore operate as a second cylinder  :headscratch:

I can't see how it could operate as a compound unless the low pressure cylinder had a separate valve independent of the rocking motion as at the moment the 2 cylinders are permanently in phase with each other.

It would be interesting to see how the cylinder / portface is machined / drilled, that would tell us a lot  :)
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