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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