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Feedwater is supplied by two crosshead pumps with 3/32 inch diameter plungers or by a hand pump in the tender. The owner is from Doylestown, Pennsylvania. | Feedwater is supplied by two crosshead pumps with 3/32 inch diameter plungers or by a hand pump in the tender. The owner is from Doylestown, Pennsylvania. | ||
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File:BillMoorewood American 440 1953.jpgBill Moorewood and his American 4-4-0 at the Pennsylvania Live Steamers Fall Meet 1953. | |||
File:IBLS Meet 1953 Purinton 08.jpg|Ralph Knox runs Bill Morewood's 4-4-0 at the 1953 B.L.S. meet at Toronto, Canada | |||
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Revision as of 22:45, 10 June 2014
American 4-4-0
An American Souvenir
The Miniature Locomotive, November-December 1954
Bill Morewood built this 3/4 inch American type from an old Baldwin drawing and the locomotive first pulled a load successfully last fall (1953) at the club track of the Pennsylvania Live Steamers. Picture shown was taken at that time.
Cylinders have bore of 3/4 inch, stroke of 1-1/4 inch, drivers 4 inches. Stephenson valve gear is used. Boiler 1/16 inch copper with 13-5/16 inch outside diameter flues and one 5/8 inch superheader flue. Grate measures 1-1/2 inch by 3-5/8 inch.
Feedwater is supplied by two crosshead pumps with 3/32 inch diameter plungers or by a hand pump in the tender. The owner is from Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
- BillMoorewood American 440 1953.jpgBill Moorewood and his American 4-4-0 at the Pennsylvania Live Steamers Fall Meet 1953.
Ralph Knox runs Bill Morewood's 4-4-0 at the 1953 B.L.S. meet at Toronto, Canada
