Originally Posted by mlavender480:
About the cast frame- would it be possible to engineer a fabricated frame in its place? Not just for a T1 specifically, but for any steam locomotive?
Not really, due to the extreme strength required for the very high HP steam locomotives used in the U.S. and Canada, as compared to the "lighter" axle loadings in Europe and the UK. That "NEW" steam locomotive, The Tornado, that everybody always refers to, is a typical British fabricated frame, three cylinder design, and really wasn't all that difficult to manufacture, since all it took was about ten years and many, many millions of British Pounds.
