Earl Wrote:
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> Employee 2 (Rich Braden) ran 497 on her first
> trips, which were total nightmares. I got over
> to see 497 very early in her D&S career. The
> throttle was pretty much on or off. To control
> the engine out in the valley you had the throttle
> wide open and hooked her up to the point where
> she went completely lame and paddled along hit-
> ting on only one half of one side. In other words
> there was only one exhaust per revolution.
Interesting, Earl -
Good thing her timing wasn't quite square, eh? Or if it was, would Rich have just hooked her up another notch or two, getting four tiny puffs on each turn of the wheels?? And how did having, in essence, a two-cycle, one-cylinder engine affect the fire???
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/16/2019 11:57AM by Russo Loco.