From: lfsheldon@gmail.com   
      
   On 5/21/2014 12:38 AM, Glen Labah wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >   Larry Sheldon  wrote:   
   >   
   >> One remaining question, or maybe two--why are the cylinders as far away   
   >> from the boiler as they can be? Do the exhausts lead back to the smoke   
   >> stack?   
   >   
   > Usually, at least one set does go back to the stack, and if you look at   
   > videos of them operating the stack has exhaust steam coming out of it.   
   > There doesn't seem to be steam exhaust from anywhere else either.   
      
   (Some seem to losing steam EVERYwhere!   
      
   >   
   > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIbMcJ3jxKo   
   > (South Africa knows how to show boat its remaining steam locomotives!)   
   >   
   > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lglIMCqb9TY   
   >   
   > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz7FNe_C4qk   
   > (about 2:30 into that video you can see the steam exhaust blasts start)   
   > (Oh, and that's the East African Railways Garratts that started this   
   > discussion).   
   >   
   > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5EjoNNp_DA   
   > (This was a movie taken in 1990, and would have been when South Africa   
   > was embargoed and was therefore still operating steam on a regular basis   
   > on a number of lines.  It shows how little smoke these made when they   
   > were being used in regular service, and not putting on a show for the   
   > camera.)   
   >   
   >   
   >> That is a lot of high-pressure steam hose!   
   >   
   > I agree completely.  I think it winds up being less than a Mallet style   
   > that has high pressure on all cylinders (the original Mallet had high   
   > and low pressure cylinders).  However, there seem like a lot of joints   
   > to maintain.   
   >   
      
   Nice videos.   
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