Bobby Ogage posted:Regarding steam locomotives, I especially like their mechanisms and I am in awe of the power (enthalpy) of steam. I read somewhere that the energy in the expanding steam of the J3 Hudson at 275 psig boiler pressure was so immense that it bent the side rods.
Unlike a diesel, when a steam locomotive moves, there is lots to see. Do you notice that when a steam locomotive passes by, onlookers backup in fear of the mighty engine? Not so with diesels.
I read some where that nyc northern could crank out 6000 hp.I think the steam locomotives of the 1930 to the 1950s.Had their own kind of charm.And a lot people who where kids back then.Have the memories of these big machines.
