~ William Mason ~ by weesel
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A dedi to Jock500. We've been trading notes for some time and I want to show my appreciation for the dialog. ;-)
A typical 4-4-0 'American' loco in the roundhouse portion of the B&O museum, Balmer. This is a wood-burner, and the fantastically-shaped stack is a spark suppression feature. Wood embers would be spun around in the stack and burn up before they could be spewed out to cause a fire. That was the theory, and I suppose it mostly worked.
The 4-4-0 refers to the wheel arrangement. En francais I believe this is halved: 2-2-0 which is also a 'valid' English/American arrangement, but for a very different type engine. Gets confusing at times.
Enjoy; thanks for viewing.
'Board!
Comments (10)
Biffowitz
Wonderful looking equipment, what fantastic shape it's in. Nice work and dedi!!
Valerie-Ducom
oh yes, Excellent picture and very nice and beautiful train!!! Fantastic my friend... Good day ;)
Buffalo1
According to my grandad, his uncle engineered a 4-4-0 in Texas during the "earlies" after the Civil War. This one looks like she could take to the rails again sure enough. Great museum tour, weesel!
idiot_sphinx
Your locomotive is in much better shape than mine :) Great dedication and a lovely capture !!~BRAVO~!!
claudialee
Great shot. What a wonderful sight this is, and how interesting. Love the older trains and rails. I miss the click-clack that the trains used to make. Now they come thru this town so fast that they are usually a blurrrr. HUGS!!!
vkoontz
The one I liked were the Shay gear driven locomotive and the early diesel-electric.
Richardphotos
immaculate restoration and excellent capture
Eekka
A Superb capture and a Fantastic train..
Vik9740
i'm sure Jock will be tickled with your dedi! nice find!
weesel
I thought I'd been hearing steam whistles from where we live. It's about 2 miles to the museum and I just learned that William Mason and one other engine are fired up once a year to haul folks on museum property.... I gotta get in on that!