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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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