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Re: Outside frame steam engines.... Why?
Author: HUTCH 7.62
Date: 02-14-2018 - 18:41
Agent 99 Wrote:
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> Outside frames allow for a bigger firebox to fit
> between the frame rails, making for a locomotive
> with more capacity. Also as narrow gauge
> locomotives got larger the outside frames made for
> a more stable locomotive because the center of
> gravity could be kept lower than with a large
> inside frame locomotive.
>
> 99 out
Makes me ponder the question.... what was the biggest ouside frame steam engine ever built?
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> Outside frames allow for a bigger firebox to fit
> between the frame rails, making for a locomotive
> with more capacity. Also as narrow gauge
> locomotives got larger the outside frames made for
> a more stable locomotive because the center of
> gravity could be kept lower than with a large
> inside frame locomotive.
>
> 99 out
Makes me ponder the question.... what was the biggest ouside frame steam engine ever built?
