[SEL] The Sweeney Locomotive Exhaust Nozzle

[Dave Merchant]

Several hits on Google.

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,98877

Many photos of UP engines show the fat "Sweeney stack".

I'd suspect that it was a multiple port nozzle with the ports spaced
rather far apart, so each could generate draft without interaction
with adjacent nozzles.

Dave Merchant


At 05:26 PM 12/11/2008, you wrote:
>Hi guys
>
>Has anyone in the US heard of the "The Sweeney Locomotive Exhaust Nozzle", 
>circa 1889. Very interested in hearing from anyone who has data or info on 
>Sweeney and his invention!! I have no idea if it was patented.
>
>
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