@Hot Water posted:For what it's worth, there are lots of interesting features about the Baldwin 60000:
1) It is a 3-cylinder compound, with the center cylinder being the high pressure cylinder, while the two outside cylinders are the low pressure.
2) Although a compound, surprisingly all three cylinders are the same bore & stroke.
3) The center cylinder drives the #2, cranked axle, while the two outside cylinders have their main rods connected to the #3 drive axle.
4) The firebox was of the water tube design, which tended to have broken tubes on a fairly regular basis.
5) If it hasn't been mentioned previously, the reason for the strange number of the locomotive was; it was the 60,000th locomotive produced by Baldwin Locomotive Works.
The Church book was put out by Signature Press fairly recently, excellent book by the way, nicely complements his Daylight and Mountain books. Thank you for confirming that I need to add "Three Barrels Of Steam" to my search, definitely sounds like one I want.
Mark
