Question about steam locomotive technology
- Thread starter Andreas
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They are re-railing jacks, often carried on locomotives of minor railways with indifferent track so that a derailment might be quickly rectified.
Northsider
Modelling the Northern half of the Isle of Man
Hard to tell: it looks to have a filler on the top, so may well be a sandbox -it is certainly big enough, but they are often positioned so the sand is fed just in front/behind the driving wheels. It looks too big to be an oil reservoir, and the small circular lid suggests it probably isn't a toolbox.
The previous item is a traversing jack: they have a vertical thread for lifting the locomotive, and a second one to move it sideways, back onto the track. As others note, they often appear where track is poor.
The previous item is a traversing jack: they have a vertical thread for lifting the locomotive, and a second one to move it sideways, back onto the track. As others note, they often appear where track is poor.
Gavin Sowry
Garden Railroader and Raconteur
Also used for doing on track repairs to the loco... handy when stripping down valve gear etc that needs removing. Also good when you have to jack and pack a wheelset up so it don't contact the rail.
Wot? Yes, when a bearing/axlebox seizes up and the wheelset will no longer rotate, you 'take down ' the valve gear, jack up the crook wheels, pack under the bottom keeper to get the wheels clear of the rail, then drag the miscriant home on the remaining wheels. Idea don't work too well on 0-4-0 locos though.
Wot? Yes, when a bearing/axlebox seizes up and the wheelset will no longer rotate, you 'take down ' the valve gear, jack up the crook wheels, pack under the bottom keeper to get the wheels clear of the rail, then drag the miscriant home on the remaining wheels. Idea don't work too well on 0-4-0 locos though.
