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| | | (...) Um. Um um...the _superheater_ goes _inside_ the boiler, not outside :) (of course, it is not the great Lar++, that would be much more fun! he never makes Misteaks!) Nicely done, I like how the boiler is constructed. A Q1 might look good done (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | | | | Re: More Thomas Engines: James —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Right you are. Maybe he means a feedwater heater? Those sometimes are outside mounted. ++Lar (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | Re: More Thomas Engines: James —John Gerlach
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| | | | (...) More simple than that - J2 is refering to the steam dome. He's just confused - not like *that* is anything new!! ;-) JohnG, GMLTC (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | Re: More Thomas Engines: James —John Neal
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| | | | (...) Yes, I was referring to the steam dome, whose function I thought was for super heating the steam. I think I may have my vocabulary wrong, but I think I'm still half right (not a half wit;) -John (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: More Thomas Engines: James —James Powell
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| | | | (...) confused - (...) still (...) OK, quick steam lesson: Unless your name is Abner Doble, you want to put heat INTO the steam to superheat it :) Best place to do so, is in the flues, or across the back of the firebox (even better!). Typical steam (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: More Thomas Engines: James —John Neal
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| | | | James Powell wrote: <snip the informative lesson on steam which mostly went over my head> (...) The Thomas the Tank Engine website says James is based on a "Hughes Class 28 2-6-0 Superheated tender engine". I'm not too familiar with foreign steam; (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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