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   "Jishnu Mukerji"  wrote in message   
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   > On 5/15/2014 4:19 AM, rcp27g@gmail.com wrote:   
   >> On Thursday, 15 May 2014 06:20:03 UTC+2, Larry Sheldon  wrote:   
   >>> On 5/14/2014 10:56 PM, Glen Labah wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> The other interesting thing is that if you look at some of the photos   
   >>>> of   
   >>>> the yards   
   >>>> http://www.noarail.com/members2/v/John+ll/Working+Steam/EAR02.jpg.html   
   >>>> the track spacing seems somewhat wider than necessary.  Maybe someone   
   >>>> had the idea that someday conversion to standard gauge might happen?   
   >>>   
   >>> For the terminally uninformed--what is in the structure in front of the   
   >>> boiler in that picture?  I do not believe I have ever seen such a thing.   
   >>   
   >> It's a relatively conventional Beyer-Garratt locomotive.  The concept is   
   >> that the boiler   
   >>is suspended between two engine-units, the "rear" engine unit carries   
   > the fuel and some   
   >>water, the "front" engine unit has a water tank (to supply the boiler,   
   > I say front and   
   >>rear in quotes because the locomotives are designed to be used equally   
   > well in either   
   >>direction), and there is no separate tender.  Ohe benefit is that the   
   > boiler has no   
   >>wheels or running gear beneath it, so it can be of large diameter, and   
   > can sit lower   
   >>than would be possible with driving wheels beneath it, which is useful   
   > for stability   
   >>on narrow gauge track.  In general it provides for a large and powerful   
   > locomotive on   
   >>a light axle loading that can cope with narrow gauge track with tight   
   > curvature.   
   >>   
   >> Robin   
   >>   
   >   
   > Indian Railways had these enormous Broad Gauge N Class Garratts on BNR   
   > (Bengal Nagpur Railway, now South Eastern Railway) which hauled coal   
   > trains before electrification. One is preserved at the New Delhi   
   > National Railway Museum, and another one is preserved in the erstwhile   
   > home shed of the class.   
      
   Is there a picture available?   
      
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