Re: American narrow gauge locomotives with outside valve gear

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Russo Loco

October 13, 2018 08:00PM

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bcp Wrote:
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> I suspect it is an age or era thing. Most of the
> small US locomotive photos we see are from
> the time Stephenson gear was common. Later
> engines were probably more likely to be Wal-
> schaerts. The European locomotives are likely
> from a later period.

The DSP&P's Mason Bogies look to me to have a very clever variation of Walschearts gear, and they are from a pretty early era . . .

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American narrow gauge industrial locomotives with outside valve gear	wdbarbe	October 12, 2018 04:43PM
Re: American narrow gauge industrial locomotives with outside valve gear	Rick Rowlands	October 12, 2018 06:26PM
Re: American narrow gauge industrial locomotives with outside valve gear	Bruce R. Pier	October 13, 2018 01:20PM
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Re: N.G. slide-valve locomotive with outside valve gear	Brian Norden	October 13, 2018 06:06PM
Re: American narrow gauge industrial locomotives with outside valve gear	bcp	October 13, 2018 06:15PM
Re: American narrow gauge locomotives with outside valve gear	Russo Loco	October 13, 2018 08:00PM
Re: American narrow gauge locomotives with outside valve gear	hank	October 14, 2018 08:13AM
Re: American narrow gauge industrial locomotives with outside valve gear	o anderson	October 13, 2018 10:27PM
Re: American narrow gauge industrial locomotives with outside valve gear	C.P.Huntington	October 14, 2018 03:00AM
Re: American narrow gauge industrial locomotives with outside valve gear	Chris Walker	October 14, 2018 03:54AM
Re: American narrow gauge industrial locomotives with outside valve gear	Keith Taylor	October 14, 2018 08:28AM
Re: American narrow gauge industrial locomotives with outside valve gear	brian budeit	October 14, 2018 10:17AM
Re: American narrow gauge industrial locomotives with outside valve gear	Kelly Anderson	October 15, 2018 06:56AM
Re: American narrow gauge industrial locomotives with outside valve gear	Matt Helton	October 15, 2018 04:17AM
Re: American narrow gauge industrial locomotives with outside valve gear	Keith Taylor	October 17, 2018 04:15PM
Re: American narrow gauge industrial locomotives with outside valve gear	SebJ	October 15, 2018 01:43PM
Re: American narrow gauge industrial locomotives with outside valve gear	Urias von Meyenburg	October 15, 2018 02:56PM

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