From: lfsheldon@gmail.com

On 5/16/2014 12:54 AM, Larry Sheldon wrote:
> 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).

I tried to post a pointer to the sundar.brinkster.net site on Facebook
but Facebook says it is a dangerous site NOS,

Neither Firefox nor F-Prot complain.

I have been studying all the pictures you nice people have pointed to
and I for the life of me see were the articulation "hinges" are nor how
they "work".  From the pictures, it looks like any articulation will
have one or more drivers fouling the boiler chassis.




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