Locomotive on a Tredmill
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Locomotive on a Tredmill
by Chessie8638 » Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:41 pm
PRR E6 (4-4-2) inside the Altoona Locomotive Test Plant circa 1911. The test plant was used to test locomotives for performance and check diagnostics's. Almost all PRR steam locomotives went through this building from K-4's to the unique T-1's.
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Re: Locomotive on a Tredmill
by arizonachris » Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:52 pm
Way cool! A dyno for big locomotives! 
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Re: Locomotive on a Tredmill
by Shortliner » Tue Jul 26, 2011 7:10 pm
Ahh, but will it take OFF on a treadmill?
*waits for someone to get that joke*
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Re: Locomotive on a Tredmill
by PapaXpress » Tue Jul 26, 2011 7:14 pm
I don't think any amount of running will get it down to a size 2-4-0.
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Re: Locomotive on a Tredmill
by shicoe30 » Tue Jul 26, 2011 7:19 pm
She just can't trim down that extra axle 
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Re: Locomotive on a Tredmill
by mapitts » Tue Jul 26, 2011 7:34 pm
They also used to "slip test" locomotives. They would chain up a locomotive and grease the track. I imagine that the M of W department was not worried about engine burn on those rails. I have seen several pictures of the N. C. & StL. slip testing at the West Nashville Shops.
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Re: Locomotive on a Tredmill
by arizonachris » Wed Jul 27, 2011 12:22 am
shicoe30 wrote:She just can't trim down that extra axle
Oh, dear, that one get's a drum roll "ba dump bump" (cymbols clash)
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Re: Locomotive on a Tredmill
by simer4 » Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:17 pm
Shortliner wrote:Ahh, but will it take OFF on a treadmill?
*waits for someone to get that joke*
Ha, I get it. Trying to take off in a plane on a treadmill. Mythbusters.
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Re: Locomotive on a Tredmill
by Shortliner » Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:22 pm
simer4 wrote:Ha, I get it. Trying to take off in a plane on a treadmill. Mythbusters.
Exactly
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Re: Locomotive on a Tredmill
by PapaXpress » Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:49 pm
heh, I actualy saw that one. Sometimes I miss cable... NAH.
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Re: Locomotive on a Tredmill
by Shortliner » Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:27 pm
PapaXpress wrote:heh, I actualy saw that one. Sometimes I miss cable... NAH.
I watch all my shows online man.
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Re: Locomotive on a Tredmill
by johnmckenzie » Fri Jul 29, 2011 2:15 pm
We once had a Gresley V2 loco break loose when under full power on one of those... Apparently it made quite a mess!
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Re: Locomotive on a Tredmill
by mapitts » Sat Jul 30, 2011 8:45 am
johnmckenzie wrote:We once had a Gresley V2 loco break loose when under full power on one of those... Apparently it made quite a mess!
Don't you hate it when that happens???
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