I had to change the title since so many of you think we are building a two foot gauge Berkshire. Sorry to mislead. I was simply saying that in outward appearance it may look similar to one but it will always be an 0-4-0.
We used a pair of pullers to hold down the safety valves when doing a hydro on our standard gauge Mikado. After the hydro, y’all might also consider doing an ultra sound of the pressure vessel to determine the thickness of the metal for the pressure vessel. We take 5 reading per square foot, each corner and the middle. If the governing body over your locomotives does not require it your insurance company probably will.
Certainly sounds like an interesting idea you've got for 62. Will be drawing you spoke of be shown on your social? I'm intrigued to see how it'll look.
I'd love to see a preliminary drawing of your proposal, love the idea, however, will it have the required adhesion on the driving wheels without the downward weight of full water tanks, to be able to work without slipping. Will you need to turn the tyres on the wheels, those flanges look rather small.
Any word on the issue with the state making you folks get special amusement ride certification? I know you were trying to appeal the classification. Wish you the best of luck and thanks for sharing the videos.
A Nickel Plate Berkshire is a 2-8-4 steam locomotive. How do y’all plan to add 4 driving wheels, 2 pilot wheels, and 4 trailing wheels on 5 axles to the 62?
@@YoungstownSteelHeritage Dat’s a pretty good stretch of one’s imagination, LOL. FYI: The names of steam locomotives are based on their wheel arrangements. We have a standard gauge 0-6-0 and I would never think it looks anything like our standard gauge 2-8-2 Mikado. Regardless of how y’all look at it, I will follow y’all’s efforts to get 62 running again and good luck on the project.
@billmorris2613 obviously you do not understand what I am talking about. All I said was that it would look similar due to the way we are arranging some of the appliances. That is all!
Do you intend to keep the other 2 as a in built condition as a born and raised yinzer id care alot to see at least one of then stay in original as built form
Tubes are made of steel, same as the boiler. They can expand and contract at a different rate, which is why we generally warm the boiler up slowly over a couple of hours.
I've seen the render and I really just do not like it. The main problems for me is the pilot having an actual cow catcher, and the wheels still being goofy porter mining ones.
A 2 foot gauge Berkshire would be an interesting critter, but something like a 2-6-2 would be more appropriate for a steel mill road. Please keep in mind your Mission Statement of recording the steel industry. You've been slipping away from this lately, notably with the modern standard gauge cars.
There is a big misunderstanding that this locomotive's wheel arrangement will change to anything beyond being an 0-4-0. It will not, and apparently other comments that I have made to clarify that have been ignored. I simply said that the appearance of the locomotive will be reminiscent of a berkshire. That is all. We have not slipped away from anything. We use standard gauge cars as structures. Cabooses as offices, boxcar as an enginehouse, tankcar for water storage. This is what we have planned to do all along. We do that because it is far cheaper than trying to construct buildings and of course we don't get nearly enough money to do that.
Whats the hydo test psi !? What happens when hydo testing and something lets go at max psi!? Could someone get hurt bad if in wrong place where lets go or even death!?
Water being a noncompressible substance will just leak out. There is no expansive energy in water to cause an explosion. That is why we test with water pressure.
Its been slow going on that project but now with the locomotive move out of the way we can get the rest of the track built and 58 into the boxcar by winter.
