[modeleng] Re: Unusual Valve Gear

Looks like Hackworth, certainly unusual.

 E.W.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lee Grant" <leegrant@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 8:13 AM
Subject: [modeleng] Unusual Valve Gear


> Hi All
> Can anybody provide me with the name or information on the unusual valve 
> gear on this neat little Loco engine built in the UK by R & W Hawthorn in 
> 1880 evidently it was based on a steam tram engine. I would like to find a 
> bit more about how the valve gear worked would it have been similar to a 
> beam engine
> http://i9.tinypic.com/2eal2ty.jpg
> I found this engine on Colin Usher's web site Ken Swan is building a 7-1/4 
> gage version of it but the page hasn't been updated for a few months.
>
> Lee
>
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