[SEL] Interesting old advert....smoke stack?

[peter ogborne]

Yes Alan ...that would be correct . Perhaps the inverted cones created a 
better venturi . The ejection of exhaust steam through the stack is the way 
it was done here ....we also have it on a 1904 Ruston Proctor Portable Steam 
Engine that we run here. Those opposing cones were a distinctive feature of 
North American Locos.I would like to go to Buckley but it is in the other 
hemisphere!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Bowen" <rustaholic777 at yahoo.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 7:24 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Interesting old advert....smoke stack?


> Hi Peter,
> Burning wood, or coal, that smoke stack was where they sent the steam 
> after the piston used it so it would speed up the draft.  That made the 
> fire burn hotter.
> Just maybe the shape of the stack is what they figured would make the most 
> difference.
>
> Come see this at the Buckley show.  Every night during the show they hook 
> up a steam traction engine to the Prony Brake and throw in a few shovels 
> full of sawdust.  Then they use the Prony Brake to put a load on the 
> engine and the stack puts out a spark shower WAY up in the air.
>
> Alan
>
> peter ogborne <jopeter at omninet.net.au> wrote:
> Jerry.........something I have often wondered about is why do old time US
> loco's have that distinctive smoke stack ? Is it that they burnt wood or 
> is
> there another reason ?
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jerry Evans"
> To: ;
> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 10:01 PM
> Subject: [SEL] Interesting old advert
>
>
>> Hi List
>> I just came across this interesting old advert on our local "Sandstone
>> Estates" site which came from "Farm Mechanization" Magazine about the
>> coast
>> to coast raillink in Utah in 1869.
>>
>> I thought you may like to share - especially those in the U.S.A.
>>
>> >
>> While you are there have a look at the rest of their site especially
>> "Sandstone Heritage Trust".
>>
>>
>>
>> If you get as far as the Stationary Engine Inventory:
>>
>>
>>
>> I took the photos and put up the webpage for them. I will also be going
>> there soon to photograph their vintage tractor collection - they have 
>> more
>> than 200.
>>
>> Hope you enjoy it
>> Best regards
>> Jerry Evans in S.A.
>
>
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