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Collects steam at the top of the boiler (well above the water level) so that it can be fed to the engine via the main steam pipe, or dry pipe, and the regulator/throttle valve. [2] [5] [6]: 211–212 [3]: 26 Air pump / Air compressor Westinghouse pump (US+) Powered by steam, it compresses air for operating the train air brake system.
Athearn, models representing a balance of detail features and price point, in HO and N scale. Roundhouse, representing affordable, durable models for entry-level buyers; from 2004 to 2015 the line consisted of former "Blue box" models only. [6] McHenry, HO-scale and N-scale model railroad couplers
The size of engines depends on the scale and can vary from 700 mm (27.6 in) tall for the largest rideable live steam scales such as 1:4, down to matchbox size for the smallest: Z-scale (1:220) or T scale (1:450). A typical HO (1:87) engine is 50 mm (1.97 in) tall, and 100
A drawing of the Great Northern Class L-1 2-6-6-2 (engine only) in HO scale was published in Model Railroader in October 1953, followed by article on building the engine in April 1955. [70] Mantua Metal Products marketed models of both tender and tank versions of the 2-6-6-2 type.
Part of an HO scale model railroad layout. In model railroading, a layout is a diorama containing scale track for operating trains. The size of a layout varies, from small shelf-top designs to ones that fill entire rooms, basements, or whole buildings. Attention to modeling details such as structures and scenery is common. Simple layouts are ...
An exploded-view drawing is a diagram, picture, schematic or technical drawing of an object, that shows the relationship or order of assembly of various parts. [1]It shows the components of an object slightly separated by distance, or suspended in surrounding space in the case of a three-dimensional exploded diagram.
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A carousel made by the company in 1911, from the collection of the Children's Museum of Indianapolis A simple Märklin model A coffee-table Märklin layout in Z scale (1:220). The locomotive is about 50 mm long. Märklin model steam engine in function. Märklin was founded by Theodor Friedrich Wilhelm Märklin in 1859. [1]