Re: Slide valve versus other valve gears

dougvv Wrote:
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> Parallel development is apparently not unknown.
> Keep an open mind about parallel development in
> the pre-telephone/telegraph/internet age.
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> FWIW
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> Doug vV

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BTW, the only remaining locomotive equipped with the Young valve gear is located in Cheyenne, WY, Union Pacific 2-10-2 5511, squirreled away in a shop adjacent to the main Steam Shop. Interesting valve gear, the gear on the engineer's side operates the piston valves on the fireman's side, and vice-versa.

I went to Cheyenne for Depot Days and spent some time looking at it, trying to figure out how it worked. Not much different than Walschaerts, other than the connecting rods from side to side.

Robert



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