I had seen this one before at this park, but my previous phone had only pretended to take a photo. The new one is a bit more reliable, so when I saw 25 was back I took a few more photos.
I don't know how much of this locomotive is still functioning, but it is moving around and first did so a hundred years ago. I only wish I could see this one in action...
#railway #taiwan #alishan
22 comments:
Good old Shay type.
Steven Hess shall I say: They don't make them like that anymore...
Alishan Shay #25 and #31 are still functioning today but only on special occasions. #26 is not running anymore due to its old boiler
William Ou ah, finally someone who knows details!
Olaf Fichtner There are many Shays in the US
c1.staticflickr.com
Olaf Fichtner Mexico
archivo.unionpuebla.mx
Olaf Fichtner Canada
c2.staticflickr.com
Olaf Fichtner Australia
modeltrainsnthings.com
Olaf Fichtner Philipines
c8.alamy.com
William Ou oha! Looks like those people took better care...
Olaf Fichtner Alishan Shay No. 14 was gifted to the Puffing Billy Railway in Australia
victoriancollections.net.au
William Ou 你是哪裡人？
Olaf Fichtner 我是台灣人，你住台灣嗎？
It's a shame they can't collect the money for a boiler rebuild. It's a riveted boiler so it'd have to be upgraded to a welded one. Keeping these old puffers going takes a lot of work but someone loves this one if they are keeping it greased and oiled.
William Ou 嘉義
Steven Hess "old trains" are popular now, but unfortunately not all are popular enough to keep them running. It may also be a question of qualified manpower, the education system here is focused on memorizing rather than understanding, so if nobody has especially been "trained", there may be no one to fix these.
Well rebuilding a boiler on one of these would requires specialist knowledge. I think outside of Western Europe, UK and the USA you might find the knowhow in mainland China. They still were running steam traction not in the too distant past. The politics of that however is all fucked up. Currently even more so.
Steven Hess yep.
Olaf Fichtner In Japan, some don't renew the boiler. They put the compressed air inside the locomotive's boiler which is cheaper and easier. A compressed air is like giving a car to pump a tire. The air inside the boiler can push the cylinder so that the locomotive can run. Take a look of how this JNR 9600 running with a compressed air.
youtube.com - 真岡の空気機関車49671 Compressed-air locomotive
William Ou nice! I knew locomotives running on compressed air or steam, but I didn't know it was feasible to modify a regular steam locomotive to do that.
Japan could to the boiler repairs too. The do boilers. They maintain steam traction.
Steven Hess It depends on them
Post a Comment