 | | Re: Pneumatically driven locomotive ?? —Christopher Masi
| | | | (...) I have always wondered how steam engines do deal with pistons winding up dead center. With a car, the starter motor gets the fly wheel going, so there is already momentum before the pistons start firing, but with a steam locomotive the pistons (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Pneumatically driven locomotive ?? —James Powell
| | | | | (...) have (...) That's how it is done, it's called "Quartering". Realize that a 2 cylinder, double acting steam engine has as many power strokes as a 8 cylinder car engine (4 stroke). Because the "push" for the pistons comes from the steam, the (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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