| Posted by Dan I. on December 12, 2019 | |
Anyone out there know what the numbers and letters below 4014 mean? I know what 4-8-8-4 is. But what is 1-68 or I-68 refer to? What about 24 24 over 32 and 540 DB as well? Just wondering.
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1 - loco class . 68-Driver diameter . 24-24-32 is cylinder size . 540db is the weight on the driving wheels (540,000)
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| Posted by Dan I. on December 13, 2019 | |
Thanks, Spoony81! Just learned something.
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DB refers to "Dickens-Barker", who designed this particular installation of an oil burner on a 4000 class engine. In regular service it would have read "MB" for the type of stoker the engine was originally equipped with.
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