How the steam-hauled train looks like?

Question

A steam train made its way through worthing

Answer 1

Plenty of pictures on the web.

A steam locomotive has a boiler, usually horizontal (although a few have vertical boilers) with a chimney at the front and a cab at the rear and (usually) a dome on top of the boiler to collect the steam. A few locos have streamlining, the most famous of these being the 'Mallard' kept at the National Railway Museum, York which has the all time speed record for a steam loco - 126mph.

A steam loco has driving wheels - number of these varies - and these are linked by coupling rods. Except for a few which have single driving wheels.

Cylinders may be on the inside (between the chassis frames) or on the outside. With outside cylinders the connecting rods and possibly also the rods and links of the valve gear (the mechanism controlling entry and exhaust of steam to & from cylinders) are visible. Some are articulated with 2 sets of cylinders & driving wheels sharing the same boiler and there are also a few which are actually 2 engines placed back-to-back.

Some steam locos carry coal and water in a separate wagon (the tender) while others, known as tank engines, have water in tank(s) on the engine and coal in a bunker, usually at the back of the cab.

There is one unusual type of locomotive called a 'Sentinel' which looks like a small diesel but is really a steam locomotive.

They come in all sorts of colours but the most usual ones are black, or dark green, red or blue. They carry various insignia, numbers etc. and may have decorative lining (pinstriping). They may have copper and brass fittings which are often polished to a shine. They may have names, either painted on the side or on engraved metal plates.

When at work the clouds of steam exhausting from the chimney can be quite spectacular.

Depending on its size and power a steam locomotive can pull anything from one or two carriages to a long, heavy train, at speeds up to 100mph.

There are many steam locos owned by heritage railways, etc. and these often pull trains of matching, specially restored vintage carriages.

Answer 2

Don't know what you mean. But today i went to the National Railway Museum in York. Lots of steam trains to look at. Great fun.

Answer 3

What is your question?

Answer 4

Sorry I don't understand the question?

Answer 5

Me saw steam train, father of me was a driver on Southern (in the southern) and often away went train with on journeys long, times long ago.

Steam-train hauled was long and green dark 2-6-0's or 2-6-2's (!) with smokey much from firey box chumly all way to end at seasidy wet places and boats big from countries many places.

(Oh what fun to write in another language)

Sash.

Answer 6

I would imagine it looked very nice.

Answer 7

It looks like any other train except that it has a large kettle pulling it puffing out smoke and steam.

Answer 8

Give Sash the 10 points!

Answer 9

I second proposal for Sash! brilliant! Mixture of Professor Magnus Pike (no relation) & pigeon English. More, More. Bravo!