Broken loco driver spokes

NW Mailing List nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org
Mon Jan 28 09:39:06 EST 2019


That speaks to loose tires or worn tires that no longer had the mass to 
hold the compression needed. Would it be possible for tires shrunk on 
that were out of line with the spokes generate such stress?

     WJPowers

On 1/28/2019 8:31 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:
>
> The reason that I ask is that Kelly Anderson of the Strasburg RR notes 
> that:
>
> /"//Take a close look at #475's drivers next time you are here, they 
> all have braze repairs.  We replaced one wheel center for being beyond 
> repair during her initial restoration, and have another on deck to be 
> replaced for the same reason."/
>
> Jimmy Lisle
> //
>
> On 1/27/2019 9:27 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:
>> Not on the N&W, but if I recall correctly there was a story in the 
>> old pulp Railroad Magazine entitled "Engine Messengers" that told of 
>> a high-wheeled Atlantic being ferried somewhere that underwent a 
>> slack action shock or a hard coupling that resulted in broken driver 
>> spokes . . .
>>
>> Ed King
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: NW Mailing List
>> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2019 4:23 PM
>> To: NW Mailing List
>> Subject: Broken loco driver spokes
>>
>> Has anyone heard of broken loco driver spokes being a problem on the 
>> N&W?
>>
>> Jimmy Lisle
>>
>
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