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   Message 2,666 of 3,261   
   Larry Sheldon to Glen Labah   
   Re: Idjit Engine Inquiry (was Re: Maybe    
   16 May 14 00:54:14   
   
   From: lfsheldon@gmail.com   
      
   On 5/16/2014 12:20 AM, Glen Labah wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >   Larry Sheldon  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Thank you so much.  It looks like it might be competitive with what so   
   >> would say is my favorite, the Mallet inverteds of my youth.   
   >   
   >   
   > Here is a side view of a broad gauge Beyer-Garratt used in India:   
   > http://sundar.brinkster.net/PClass.jpg   
   > from this web page:   
   > http://sundar.brinkster.net/Garratt.htm   
   > It will help you see how these are put together, though the articulation   
   > joints aren't obvious.   
      
   [Fascinating discussion snipped]   
      
   Thanks!  A really interesting engine.  The pivots must interesting since   
   there appear to drivers under the boiler carrier.  And I wonder why the   
   cylinders are so far away from the cab and (or) control valve(s).   
      
      
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