B&O Railroad 4 4 4 4 Duplex Locomotive, The Emerson Experimental
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- Story Contribution: Edwin Alexander, Adam Burns
This video tells us about the design and development of the very first Steam Duplex locomotive concept. The B&O railroads class N1, #5600 George Emerson
I have never seen any video of this engine in operation. Very little has been written about it. I would love to have seen it in action.
If it exist..It's in a family archive and not public.
i love this channel when im high as fuck and sober it’s perfect
I put you to sleep that bad??
yes the emerson style firebox it was a hybred it was a firetube but had a waterwall like a watertube around the firebox, but as you say vibration caused it leaking and the watertube part had issues with cleaning the limescale off the curves that made up the waterwall part of the firebox it had to be turbined out more often and it was harder to clean I read, but I think it was a brilliant attempt at engineering and use of space to get the most heating surface they could, problem is with most watertube boilers is they cant take the vibrations of railroad work as its not as ridged as the regular firetube boiler, not like a ship or a stationary boiler that would have one, now as for current projects mackwell locomotive works in new zeeland made a steam tractor and small locomotive version using a lematt style boiler and did away with the waterwall that is watertube and seems to be doing ok so far.
of course if you like an interesting read check out the patents for watertube firebox locomotives you want to talk about complex good gravy its a litteral pipe dream as they have a lot going on and many parts and waterdrums
Nice video, thanks!
Glad you liked it!
Could of been converted to a 4-8-4 but looking at the spacing it could of also been converted to a 4-8-6. this locomotive would of been a fun test bed for me if I was George Emerson. When the original design failed I would of been in the shop trying different Ideas. Of course I would of gone full ham on the British design and it would of been more in line like the Q2. this locomotive could of even had been a test bed for a Steam/electric traction set up. I love the design but man did George drop the ball.
Yeah, I should think that they could have gotten something out of it in the least.
New to me!!! Thanks
You're welcome!
Very sleek looking machine with the smooth boiler cladding, the Hudson shown in the video has a very Canadian look to it with the smooth boiler and rounded off cab and tender edges. Canadians indeed made the North American steam locomotive look a bit more uncluttered like the British locomotives, the B&O seemed to use the same practice for their premier passenger locomotives.
The B&O wanted a semi-streamlined look to it.. and it looked very uncluttered and very 'Svelt"
I don’t know about yall, but imma just call this the “Double American”. Since it’s essentially two 4-4-0 whytes strapped together under one boiler.
A much more powerful version at that.
@@TheRailroadCrossing-SteamPower Indeed, a true state on American steam. Land of giants.
Lets not pick on the Browns. Otherwise interesting video on a locomotive I was not aware of, good job
Still waiting on a ring 💍 or two 2️⃣
I couldn't resist.. But both analogies are true tho!
@@TheRailroadCrossing-SteamPower I grew up in the Cleveland area, I could never understand why that name was used. But that’s just me, but now I understand what’s going on with the team! Thanks for your insight!
@@OKFrax-ys2op You can thank Paul Brown for that... LOL.
@@OKFrax-ys2opTrue
And B&O did the mistake that PRR would repeat years later, shame N-1 didn't work it would been very useful during WW2.
Yeah, I thought it a bit odd that the PRR made the same mistake.. It's almost like they didn't bother consulting with anyone from the B&O on the design failures
What color was the Emerson?
Your thumbnail depicts the locomotive with a beautiful blue paint scheme
Yeah, my wife does the Thumbs.. She blended the loco pic with the background. It's black and a svelt and clean looking loco.
it looks like failed but it looks like PRR Q1
Keep in mind the Emerson was the very first of it's kind in relation to the PRR Q1
@@TheRailroadCrossing-SteamPower even Q2 have anti-wheelslip than T1 steam locomotive
@@aalcomtive The Q-2 was a successful duplex drive but it was costly to operate.