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This locomotive is a real beauty, if you consider form follows function. Even the twelve wheel tender is perfect for the engine! And I have to admit, I do love the 'white walls"!

Here she is working hard on Horseshoe.

Edit...one of the things I like best about this one is the stack talk. She's really digging in here. And if you notice, not much black coming out of that stack.

Would have been nice to see the 611 here. And can you imagine  the UP3985 here, as well?  

Hey  Rich.. I took a quick lesson and learned to embed videos!

Ed

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Hot Water posted:
Ron H posted:

Maybe Hot Water could explain why some steam is being exhausted at the cylinder cocks as the 611 works so hard.

Looks like one slightly leaking cylinder cock, at the left front.

Condensation???

Nope. Not with all the VERY hot superheated steam.

Or, to mitigate too much valve pressure???

I have no idea what this statement means.

Ron H

 

Thanks Hot. Makes sense.

Ron H posted:

Maybe Hot Water could explain why some steam is being exhausted at the cylinder cocks as the 611 works so hard. Condensation??? Or, to mitigate too much valve pressure???

Ron H

It is a shame that it is not in better focus, but, try to look closely at it again and listen.
I think what you are speaking of is tell-tale exhaust coming from the feedwater heater because it shows and you can hear it on each and every exhaust beat. If it was from the cylinder cock, that wouldn't be. If the leak was coming from the front cylinder cock, it would only leak on the back stroke. Compare that to the steam that is leaking around the piston packing and how it only leaks with each forward stroke of the piston. 

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Rich elaborates on this move in the documentary, "Listen for the Whistle," which was masterfully directed by Kelly Lynch. Not only did this day include the 765's first uphill trip around Horseshoe Curve, it also was the first time they really pushed the engine hard since the overhaul. After the first break-in runs were completed in 2006, the engine sat mostly unused at the Fort Wayne property until 2009, and even then the throttle was barely opened wide.

Also, for the record, the diesel behind the 765 was set to "idle" while the locomotive made her way over the curve. She rounded the curve at 11 mph with 18 cars in tow, all by herself.

Looking forward to that book Rich! I'm certain it will be great reading!

Ron H posted:

Maybe Hot Water could explain why some steam is being exhausted at the cylinder cocks as the 611 works so hard. Condensation??? Or, to mitigate too much valve pressure???

Ron H

Maybe this view shows more clearly that it is from the Feedwater Heater exhaust, not the cylinder cock..

611 at Webster

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Big Jim posted:
Ron H posted:

Maybe Hot Water could explain why some steam is being exhausted at the cylinder cocks as the 611 works so hard. Condensation??? Or, to mitigate too much valve pressure???

Ron H

Maybe this view shows more clearly that it is from the Feedwater Heater exhaust, not the cylinder cock..

611 at Webster

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Ah, that it explains it! The Fireman's "tell-tail"  exhaust from the Worthington Feedwater System. UP 844 has the same thing, however SP 4449 has a small gauge for the Fireman that indicates how hard the cold-water supply turbine pump is running, thus how hard the feedwater pump is running.

This is another i liked..a little dark, but shot location is very good!

She really had 'em on the move in that first clip. Funny,some times when I watch the 765 work around horseshoe with no help, I'll think back to the days when I could listen to a B&O Mike hammer at the back of a string of empty hoppers up 17 mile grade...almost all the way up to Altamont, the top of the grade.

 

 

Ed

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