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Steam Pressure Vessel Car

Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2018 12:44 am
by cyberbadger
I'm not the only one with the PV idea ...

This car can go for "40minutes"!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrZJsvDy19I



-CB

Re: Steam Pressure Vessel Car

Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 1:12 pm
by fredrosse
Looks like the same power system used for over 100 years at power stations, the "Fireless Locomotives". These locomotives were once popular at power stations, and looked like a conventional steam locomotive, and functioned the same as well, except the steam accumulator tank was charged with the healthy blowdown water from the big boiler at the power station. Steam was drawn off this reservoir, and no fire hazards around the plant with this type of locomotive.

The fireless locomotives could shunt around coal cars (the fuel source for the power station) for about an hour, and then would go to a "charging station" to reheat the steam accumulator with suppressed blowdown flow. The one I am familiar with charged its accumulator tank to 350 PSI, and would go for recharge when steam pressure had dropped to about 75 PSI.

Re: Steam Pressure Vessel Car

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 12:47 am
by Lopez Mike
We have one here in Washington State that spent its working life in a mine. Then was rescued and converted to a conventional fire tube boiler and runs on temporary track on the city streets during the holiday season.

http://www.anacortes.net/anacortes-maga ... -way-home/

Tommy Thompson was one of the pioneers of the post war revival of steam launch activity here in the N.W.

Re: Steam Pressure Vessel Car

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 2:36 am
by Lionel Connell
Mike, What a great story, now you just need to build some passenger barges to pull behind your steam boat. Speaking of which, when are we going to see some pictures of your new hull?

Lionel

Re: Steam Pressure Vessel Car

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 2:26 pm
by cyberbadger
Lopez hull is vaporware until there are pictures or video...

-CB