http://mthtrains.com/content/20-98889
I don't know if it was discussed before but this looks like a generator and not a transformer as the load. I like it and will get one.
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Chip,
You are correct. MTH has had that wrong for many years now. I've sent them several emails politely pointing out their mistake but to no avail.
Bill
Still a nice looking car...Greg
To me this looks more like a boiler. Would like to see other end. This looks nothing the 1,25+ MW generators on the turbine floors of the power plants I worked at.
Ron
Originally Posted by PRRronbh:
To me this looks more like a boiler. Would like to see other end. This looks nothing the 1.25+ MW generators on the turbine floors of the power plants I worked at.
Ron
Hi Ron:
It’s a generator. A utility-size fossil-fired boiler wouldn't fit on a flat car.
Before I retired I took my generator off of my MTH PRR flat car and took it into work to show our generator engineering department at Siemens Westinghouse. It had a Westinghouse nameplate on it but they said it was a model of a GE Generator!
And I think you meant 1,250 MW not 1.25+ MW, right? You’ve said previously that you worked at McGuire and Catawba which were in the 1,200-1,220 MWe range originally before they were uprated.
McGuire has (W) generators and Catawba has GE. Also Oconee has GE generators but they are smaller.
Bill
Hi WftTrains, I corrected the . to a ,.
I was not thinking a fossil-fuel power boiler (actual called a steam generator) they are tall with the steam drum at the top. I was more thinking larger heating boiler. But now know from your info that is in fact a GE generator, thanks.
Ron
I thought boiler at first glance too........
Hey, Its your railroad, call it whatever you want. If you think its a transformer then its a transformer. If you think its a boiler then its a boiler. Personally I thinks its a widget, a heavy duty widget.
