[modeleng] Re: Locomotive Crankpin Turning

Hi Charles

Thanks for the info, I've been doing justice this evening to the interesting 
links you sent.  The Strasburg Railroad looks to be in tip top order, a real 
credit to the enthusiasts that run it.  I see there is no escaping Thomas 
the tank engine, even in the states!  I'm familiar with O. Winston Link's 
work, but didn't realise there is a museum devoted him.  Well deserved 
recognition, I'd say.

Thanks also to Jeff and Jesse for their interesting replies.  I always 
thought the fireman was a stoker in the US, but one lives and learns!

Regards
Ron

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles & Dorothy Brumbelow" <cbrumbelow@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 9:45 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Locomotive Crankpin Turning


> Ron, that is a 4-8-0...  A number of railroads had them, but the Norfolk &
> Western may have used more of them than anyone else stateside.  That
> particular loco is on the Strasburg RR http://www.strasburgrailroad.com/ 
> and
> is an ex-N&W.  N&W did have turntables...  Some of those locos were based 
> in
> Bristol TN-VA (where I grew up) and hauled trains up the Abington branch,
> which was made famous by O. Winston Link's http://www.linkmuseum.org/
> photography.  N&W was one the last major railroads to dieselize...  Those
> 4-8-0s also served as switchers in Bristol, and if childhood memory is
> correct, my first steam loco experience was in one.  See also
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-8-0  Charles
>>
>> The loco featured in the write-up looks interesting.  Can you tell us a
>> little about it?  It looks to be a 4-8-0 wheel arrangement which is most
>> unusual.
>>
>> Regards
>> Ron
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