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Turbine locomotives
Today, found an interesting note about this type of railway transport, and decided to share it with you, have never heard about it.
Steam turbine locomotive - locomotive, as the engine is installed on a steam turbine. Despite the seemingly obvious advantages of high efficiency, cost-effectiveness and feasibility of cheap low-grade fuel, this type of locomotive, despite several times regarding the success rate of construction undertaken by designers from different countries (early attempts to refer to the beginning of the XX century, the latest - by the middle of 50-ies. XX century) did not receive any significant spread of the railway network of the world.
Continued below ...
Will 20 photo source.
Lokomotiv M-1 US railroad company «Chesapeake and Ohio locomotives» with the power plant in the form of a steam turbine
After World War II, American railroad companies visited "fad" to look for alternative ways of development of rail transport: locomotives on coal has become obsolete, and their diesels something did not suit (to think that all the same the price of diesel fuel). Then it dawned on someone, and as an alternative, it was decided to borrow sailors steam turbine for oil.
It is worth noting that "povetrike" in the postwar period was already "second run" ideas. At the previous turn of the victim of "progress" was the campaign train «Union Pacific Railroad» postrooivshaya his "turbolёt" in 1939 and which was used until 1943.
At the same, the post-war, "coil", a pioneer of the "new" type of transport has decided to become the above-mentioned company from Ohio, well, technically the idea embodied in the life specialists firms «Westinghouse» (turbine) «Baldwin Locomotive Works» (everything else).
In 1947, he appeared as the first fruits of hard work to combat boredom finding other ways of development: built 3 prototypes. The first trip of new "toys" aroused enthusiasm and admiration of others, but later began breaking (inherent in all new products) and the calculation of costs.
As a result of counting the cost turned out that the "toy" is quite expensive to operate and does not pay for itself on this in 1950 locomotives removed from the line and sent to the scrap ...
Steam turbine locomotive Chezpik M1 and Ohio in Cincinnati, 02.07.1949. Released only three models, which served from 1947 to mid-1950.
American Union Pacific 1939
The biggest in its class at Penn railway lines. Turbine S2 type PRR № 6200 had a capacity of 6900 hp (5100 kW) and allows to reach speeds up to 160 km / h (100 miles / h). At the tender 123futa locomotive has a length (37, 5 m). Steam Turbine is a modified ship's turbine. Despite the fact that electric power transmission easier, and it was she who turned out to be a fatal flaw: turbines are inefficient at low speeds. At speeds below 64 km / h, it consumed too much fuel vapor. However, at high speeds S2 pulling heavy compositions practically without problems and with high efficiency. Smooth running the turbine provides a much lower impact force on the road compared to a conventional engine. However, the turbine ruined low efficiency at low speeds, and as soon as the road began to come locomotives and other S2 was no longer built. The locomotive was removed from service in 1949, and in May 1952 scrapped.
English to Swedish Beyer turbines Lyungstrem, 1940.
«Jawn Henry» Paroturboelektrovoz, 1954. Last of the Mohicans century steam railway ...
steam turbine - & gt; Generator - & gt; motor
"Rocket" train M-497 «Black Beetle»:
Created in the 60s by Don Wetzel engineer from the company «New York Central Railroad» by screwing a diesel train RDC-3 jet engine «General Electric J47-19» from the B-36, purchased on sale of military property
German Henschel T38-2555. The series was made in 1927-1938.
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The penultimate of the Mohicans - paroturboelektrovozy Baldwin Locomotive Works Series M1, nicknamed «Sacred Cow» («sacred cows"). A series of three machines was built in 1947-1948, respectively, and due to a number of problems was in operation in record time - just before 1950. «Sacred Cow» were a third more powerful «Jawn Henry» and, incidentally, were quite at the level of the most powerful steam locomotives ever - "Big Loot" and locomotives "Allegheny»
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Steam turbine locomotive - locomotive, as the engine is installed on a steam turbine. Despite the seemingly obvious advantages of high efficiency, cost-effectiveness and feasibility of cheap low-grade fuel, this type of locomotive, despite several times regarding the success rate of construction undertaken by designers from different countries (early attempts to refer to the beginning of the XX century, the latest - by the middle of 50-ies. XX century) did not receive any significant spread of the railway network of the world.
Continued below ...
Will 20 photo source.
Lokomotiv M-1 US railroad company «Chesapeake and Ohio locomotives» with the power plant in the form of a steam turbine
After World War II, American railroad companies visited "fad" to look for alternative ways of development of rail transport: locomotives on coal has become obsolete, and their diesels something did not suit (to think that all the same the price of diesel fuel). Then it dawned on someone, and as an alternative, it was decided to borrow sailors steam turbine for oil.
It is worth noting that "povetrike" in the postwar period was already "second run" ideas. At the previous turn of the victim of "progress" was the campaign train «Union Pacific Railroad» postrooivshaya his "turbolёt" in 1939 and which was used until 1943.
At the same, the post-war, "coil", a pioneer of the "new" type of transport has decided to become the above-mentioned company from Ohio, well, technically the idea embodied in the life specialists firms «Westinghouse» (turbine) «Baldwin Locomotive Works» (everything else).
In 1947, he appeared as the first fruits of hard work to combat boredom finding other ways of development: built 3 prototypes. The first trip of new "toys" aroused enthusiasm and admiration of others, but later began breaking (inherent in all new products) and the calculation of costs.
As a result of counting the cost turned out that the "toy" is quite expensive to operate and does not pay for itself on this in 1950 locomotives removed from the line and sent to the scrap ...
Steam turbine locomotive Chezpik M1 and Ohio in Cincinnati, 02.07.1949. Released only three models, which served from 1947 to mid-1950.
American Union Pacific 1939
The biggest in its class at Penn railway lines. Turbine S2 type PRR № 6200 had a capacity of 6900 hp (5100 kW) and allows to reach speeds up to 160 km / h (100 miles / h). At the tender 123futa locomotive has a length (37, 5 m). Steam Turbine is a modified ship's turbine. Despite the fact that electric power transmission easier, and it was she who turned out to be a fatal flaw: turbines are inefficient at low speeds. At speeds below 64 km / h, it consumed too much fuel vapor. However, at high speeds S2 pulling heavy compositions practically without problems and with high efficiency. Smooth running the turbine provides a much lower impact force on the road compared to a conventional engine. However, the turbine ruined low efficiency at low speeds, and as soon as the road began to come locomotives and other S2 was no longer built. The locomotive was removed from service in 1949, and in May 1952 scrapped.
English to Swedish Beyer turbines Lyungstrem, 1940.
«Jawn Henry» Paroturboelektrovoz, 1954. Last of the Mohicans century steam railway ...
steam turbine - & gt; Generator - & gt; motor
"Rocket" train M-497 «Black Beetle»:
Created in the 60s by Don Wetzel engineer from the company «New York Central Railroad» by screwing a diesel train RDC-3 jet engine «General Electric J47-19» from the B-36, purchased on sale of military property
German Henschel T38-2555. The series was made in 1927-1938.
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16.
The penultimate of the Mohicans - paroturboelektrovozy Baldwin Locomotive Works Series M1, nicknamed «Sacred Cow» («sacred cows"). A series of three machines was built in 1947-1948, respectively, and due to a number of problems was in operation in record time - just before 1950. «Sacred Cow» were a third more powerful «Jawn Henry» and, incidentally, were quite at the level of the most powerful steam locomotives ever - "Big Loot" and locomotives "Allegheny»
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