Peter Chet

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Posted: 24 Jan 2019


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2 cylinder steam engine

2 cylinder  steam engine
Shay locomotives had regular fire-tube boilers offset to the left to provide space for, and counterbalance the weight of, a two or three cylinder "motor," mounted vertically on the right with longitudinal drive shafts extending fore and aft from the crankshaft at wheel axle height. These shafts had universal joints and square sliding prismatic joints to accommodate the swiveling trucks. Each axle was driven by a separate bevel gear, with no side rods.
The strength of these engines lies in the fact that all wheels, including, in some engines, those under the tender, are driven so that all the weight develops tractive effort. A high ratio of piston strokes to wheel revolutions allowed them to run at partial slip, where a conventional rod engine would spin its drive wheels and burn rails, losing all traction.
Shay locomotives were often known as sidewinders or stemwinders for their side-mounted drive shafts. Most were built for use in the United States, but many were exported, to about thirty countries, either by Lima, or after they had reached the end of their usefulness in the US.

Link to more info. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shay_locomotive

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 Danielle
Danielle
Très bien vu et original !
5 years ago.
Peter Chet club has replied to Danielle
Thanks Danielle for your visit.. Have a good weekend. Peter
5 years ago.

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