Sir Nigel Gresley only started streamlining the A4 after having been on
the "Fliegende Hamburger", Flying Hamburger named after the city
not the food (?), wasn't there also a US streamliner too ? The
something-or-other Flyer , Burlington ? seems to ring a bell.
Obviously quite successfully, as far as I know the "Mallard" still holds
the record.
A Gresley A4 streamlined Pacific "Streak", "Sir Nigel Gresley"
steaming into Pickering Station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
http://www.leica-gallery.net/dm-sharp/image-67115.html
Same class again, the original livery and number of "Silver Link", the
locomotive is however the repainted "Bittern".
At the Stephenson Museum near Newcastle. The streamlining of the "Silver
Link" was slightly different.
http://www.leica-gallery.net/dm-sharp/image-67116.html
LMS 5MT 4-6-0 "George Stephenson" in the sheds at Grosmont,
Headquarters of the NYMR.
http://www.leica-gallery.net/dm-sharp/image-67117.html
NYMR - A2 Pacific "Blue Peter" at Grosmont Station
http://www.leica-gallery.net/dm-sharp/image-67118.html
Douglas
Terry Roberts schrieb:
American railroads were always very
conservative and reluctant to adopt anything new until it
was forced on them. The Westinghouse air brake and Janney
coupler are among these. The Pennsylvania, generally
considered one of the most progressive, did not apply
automatic stokers to its engines until forced to by
regulation as late as 1938. All this said most European or
English locomotives would have been simply overwhelmed by
the service required here.
Major, useful innovations in British locomotive production seem to have come from abroad- the valve gear and its position, interchangeability and standardisation of parts, Belpaire firebox, tapered boiler.
Terry
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