[modeleng] Re: Hybrid engines, was Re: Electric Motors
- From: "Lee Grant" <leegrant@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 19:53:24 +1000
I showed this e-mail to a friend of mine a bit of a steam rail junky he has
came back to me with a pile of information. There is a marine version of
the Still engine plus a German & Russian version. Information on the German
version is out of a book but the rest are on the web.
http://www.winwaed.com/rail/LNER/locos/kitson.shtml
http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/kitson/kitsonst.htm
http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/POWER/still/still.htm
http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/russ/russrefr.htm
He is searching his library for infomation on Pecket but it may be a few
days
Lee Grant
----- Original Message -----
From: "alanjstepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 2:17 AM
Subject: [modeleng] Hybrid engines, was Re: Electric Motors
> Talking of hybrid engines, one thing that has always fascinated me is
some
> of the strange ideas that have been tried with locomotives over the years.
>
> One of the most unusual was the Kitson-Still steam-diesel hybrid, which
was
> built in 1924.
> It had 8 double-acting cylinders, in two horizontally opposed rows, across
> the engine, with steam on one side of the pistons and diesel on the other.
> Steam was supplied by the boiler which could be started on oil, but them
ran
> from the heat of the diesel exhaust and cooling system.
>
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