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Re: Stupid question about steam engines
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Date: 
Thu, 6 Apr 2000 06:15:07 GMT
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Matthew Karius wrote:

In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
Of course, more wasn't better.  More wheels meant less weight per wheel thus
protecting rails which couldn't support that much weight.  Generally speaking,
this is why Euro..er stuff has more wheels per pound than US stuff.  So • actually,
less is better... <g,d,r>

-John


I'm not I understand why you say less is better.

Sorry, it's a running joke about American superiority over "Eurotrash"-- it wasn't
meant to make sense...

-John

Your point about spreading
the weight over more wheels to protect the track is correct.  The Garratts are
used on narrow guage as well as standard guage track.  To run that big an
engine on narrow guage track you need to spread out the load.  Also the wheel
configuration allowed the Garratts to handle much tighter curves than a
"typical" articulated locomotive.  A Garratt would be right at home on the
tight curves of Lego track.

Regards,
Matt



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(...) thus (...) speaking, (...) wasn't (...) Running Joke? EuroTrash? Of course, As a responsible adult I would NEVER entertain the prolification of such a damaging line of conversation...Hmmm... ...who was it who invented the steam engine and the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)

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(...) actually, (...) I'm not I understand why you say less is better. Your point about spreading the weight over more wheels to protect the track is correct. The Garratts are used on narrow guage as well as standard guage track. To run that big an (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)

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