What is boiler dia of the Lima 1946 2-6-6-6 locomotive? Gary
What one are you referencing?
This one is almost readable – maybe 105 inches?
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3257711
Someone must have the Staufer book of C&O diagrams.
The one Lima was proposing after WW2 with smaller boiler. Gary
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You sure do come up with some esoteric questions. You seem to know more about the locomotive than anyone else.
I have been a railfan for 60 years and have picked up a lot of information in that time. I think the boiler was 102 inches and the locomotive had poppet values. Gary
Was it a proposal to Nickel Plate Road perhaps?
This locomotive and the 4-8-6 locomotive were proposed but no one cared. Gary
109" max for the as-built 2-6-6-6’s from C&O diagram
102" for the smaller 2-6-6-6 from Eric Hirsimaki’s book, Lima The History, page 224. Other tabular specs at this location, no diagram.
feltonhill, glad to see you back.
The ‘smaller’ proposal was pretty obviously a design for railroads not interested in union-overweight locomotives, but even with a scaled-down version of all that steam-circuit piping it would still be on the heavy end. I’d be interested to see if the spec included Timken roller rods (like the ones on the last N&W As) and the full type-C continuous-cam valve gear as for the 4-8-6.
I’d suspect that the Nickel Plate didn’t have the siding length for ‘Berk-and-a-half’ consists.
Yeah. Sad. By 1946 everybody was diesel happy. With well noted exceptions of course.
Actually, HOORAY! The economies of dieselization (mainly in shop personnel and facilities) enabled the railroads to survive - and none of Lima’s designs would have made any difference. As a matter of fact, at a time when the average freight rolled at 20 mph and the railroads were happy with that, Lima was chasing a market that didn’t exist with designs optimized and running most efficiently at high (for the period) speeds.
Same here! You’ve been missed! [bow]
Thanks for the notice, made my day!! I’ve been lurking and keeping a low profile for a while, but hope to get back at it again. I think age is creeping up on me a bit.
Why should you be any different than the rest of us?[:-^]
I am happy to see you post again. I just turned 70 (late June) and the slide has been dramatic in just 10 months. But, we’re both on this side of the turf, so not bad. [:P]