Re: Class 45.5 and boilers

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nickgully

August 09, 2017 01:06PM

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I think it would need a boiler for an engine roughly the same cylinder area as two 45.5's.
Garratts tended to have shorter, deeper fireboxes and boilers of greater diameter because they did not have to conform to running gear underneath.

-Nick

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Class 45.5 and boilers	dougvv	August 08, 2017 03:20PM
Re: Class 45.5 and boilers	hank	August 09, 2017 10:59AM
Re: Class 45.5 and boilers	James	August 09, 2017 12:35PM
Re: Class 45.5 and boilers	hank	August 10, 2017 09:53AM
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Re: Class 45.5 and boilers	nickgully	August 09, 2017 01:06PM

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