And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Monday, March 6, 2023
Firebox of DM&IR #227 Yellowstone Steam Locomotive, Lake Superior Railroad Museum, Duluth, Minnesota
Depends on what you call more powerful. The Yellowstone had more tractive effort but the Big Boy had 6600 horsepower. That's power at speed compared to power at a crawl.
While Big Boys were larger, Yellowstones, being designed to haul trains of iron ore, were the more powerful of the two.
ReplyDeleteDepends on what you call more powerful. The Yellowstone had more tractive effort but the Big Boy had 6600 horsepower. That's power at speed compared to power at a crawl.
DeletePower at a crawl is what gets you going.
DeleteI'm glad for the caption. Before reading it I thought I was looking at the cockpit instrument panel of a MIG-15
ReplyDeleteThis museum is on my list to go to soon. This just makes me want to go more.
ReplyDeleteBeen there. Well worth your time.
DeleteWho knows how to operate?
ReplyDeleteThere are a couple dozen big engines running today with qualified crews.
DeleteJust be sure to keep the water level up. A big exploding boiler can shoot a 40 ton boiler 500 to 600 ft.
ReplyDeleteAnd kids today think driving a stick is hard.
ReplyDeleteThere are only 30 visible knobs that make it go and one to stop. How hard can it be?
ReplyDeleteThat is one clean firebox.
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