That Hudson tender is incredible! It's hard not to be blown away by
the attention to detail.
Gary Katsanis
Albion New York, USA
-----------------------------------------From: "Paul Gardner"
To: gtgrouch@r...
Cc: "oldtools@g..."
Sent: Wednesday August 10 2022 4:32:54PM
Subject: Re: [oldtools] Off Topic About Steam Locomotive
Indeed Gary,
I remember my mind being blown a decade or more ago about this very
fact.
For the last 20 years my father has been building, from scratch, a
Hudson 7
1/2 gauge live steam locomotive and tender. The tender is where these
scoops are located and my dad, who is particular about details,
designed
and fabricated a scoop for his tender. However, in the end he didn't
install it for practical reasons. Due to scale, any leaves, twigs, or
debris could be easily snagged on the apparatus and it isn't exactly
easy to clean down there while on the ground. It's one of the few
design
features that isn't exactly reproduced on his model from the full
size
version.
https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/Other-Galoots/Paul-Gardner/i-cxX5wWr/A
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https://kirkhmb.smugmug.com/Woodworking/Other-Galoots/Paul-Gardner/i-2zM2swz/A
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For some reason I have an even more difficult time wrapping my head
around
the planes that have similar devices.
https://youtu.be/fuLk5hXMRZY
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And to answer Ray's question, I'm not an expert on this but I think
it was
done at relatively fast speeds (45-50 mph) on some locomotive/tender
designs.
Paul, in SF who's always fidgety in testing the ListMom's patience
with a
little OT locomotive talk. ;^)
On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 11:43 AM wrote:
> I know this is off topic, but I just learned about it, and I can't
> help sharing.
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> Water troughs were built between the rails on a train track so that
> locomotives could scoop up water without stopping.
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> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_trough
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> I never knew that! Gary Katsanis
> Albion New York, USA
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