Warning: Fantasy Land... 3751 and 2626 double-header.
I doubt it would happen under the best of circumstances, but it sure would be a sight to behold!
Rusty
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Warning: Fantasy Land... 3751 and 2626 double-header.
I doubt it would happen under the best of circumstances, but it sure would be a sight to behold!
Rusty
So does anyone happen to know how much of a maintenance reduction there will be on 2926 vs. other mainline excursion steam locomotives because of the roller bearing rods? Obviously there will have to be inspection of bearing lube levels but will maintenance at stops be less than on a similar locomotive like 844/4449/3751/261? ATSF used to run the 2900s from La Junat to LA without a locomotive change (~1200 miles) so I assume the roller bearing rods play a roll in this.
@Rusty Traque posted:Warning: Fantasy Land... 3751 and 2626 double-header.
I doubt it would happen under the best of circumstances, but it sure would be a sight to behold!
Rusty
I'd see it on my layout with 3759 and 2903 before it would happen in the real world probably.
But it would be something to see. The only way might be if BNSF gets frisky, but we all know that won't happen.
@Lou1985 posted:So does anyone happen to know how much of a maintenance reduction there will be on 2926 vs. other mainline excursion steam locomotives because of the roller bearing rods?
Just like N&W 611 and C&O 614, both with roller bearing rods, soft grease is done only once a day, regardless of milage that day.
Obviously there will have to be inspection of bearing lube levels but will maintenance at stops be less than on a similar locomotive like 844/4449/3751/261?
You can NOT inspect "lube levels" on roller bearing rods as they are sealed. Simply apply small amounts of soft grease each day. Locomotives with plain bearing rods, generally receive hard grease (Pin Dope) about ever 100 to 150 miles (at least that is what happens on 4449), which is done with a large compressed air operated Alimite Gun.
ATSF used to run the 2900s from La Junat to LA without a locomotive change (~1200 miles) so I assume the roller bearing rods play a roll in this.
Yes. Just like NYC roller bearing equipped Hudsons and Niagaras, only fuel, water, and refilling of the mechanical lubricators is done at about 250 to 500 miles, depending on the terrain.
@Rusty Traque posted:
Awww look! A huge "tender moment"!
@Rusty Traque posted:
If you take away the tender and just measure the length of the locomotive a 2900 is longer than a Y3. The tender on a 2900 is massive, but so is the locomotive itself.
@Lou1985 posted:If you take away the tender and just measure the length of the locomotive a 2900 is longer than a Y3. The tender on a 2900 is massive, but so is the locomotive itself.
Interestingly enough, according to Iron Horses of the Santa Fe Trail, the Santa Fe was impressed with their ex-N&W Y3's steaming abilities that they were considering mounting the Y3 boilers on some 3751 class Northerns.
Rusty
@Rusty Traque posted:Interestingly enough, according to Iron Horses of the Santa Fe Trail, the Santa Fe was impressed with their ex-N&W Y3's steaming abilities that they were considering mounting the Y3 boilers on some 3751 class Northerns.
Rusty
Except,,,,,,,,,,,N&W "boilers", including the firebox, were designed/modified/improved to burn West Virginia Pocahontas Range, VERY high BTU, coal. I wonder how well they would have worked with the Santa Fe Bunker C oil fuel?
@Hot Water posted:Except,,,,,,,,,,,N&W "boilers", including the firebox, were designed/modified/improved to burn West Virginia Pocahontas Range, VERY high BTU, coal. I wonder how well they would have worked with the Santa Fe Bunker C oil fuel?
A good question for which I don't have an answer for. It's an interesting footnote none the less for the Santa Fe given they had virtually sworn off articulated locomotives.
Still, apparently the Santa Fe was sufficiently impressed with how the Y3's steamed on whatever their local coal supply was to give it some consideration. I doubt they were importing West Virginia coal for their Y3 helper locomotives.
Rusty
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