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Sachin, nice capture of the past & the present loco. Zubin also nice to see you in action after a long time. Posted by Arzan Kotval on 2008 Jul 26 04:13:10 +0000 |
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This is perhaps the only steam loco to be retro fitted with air brakes. Posted by Zubin J Dotivala on 2008 Jul 21 04:03:08 +0000 |
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Thats the sight feed lubricator. The valves are used to control the number of oil drops per minute being fed to the moving parts. The drops can be seen throught the glass. Posted by Zubin J Dotivala on 2008 Jul 21 04:02:17 +0000 |
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The regulator had a spring and slot arrangement and was unlike most regulators on steam locos. Posted by Zubin J Dotivala on 2008 Jul 21 03:59:49 +0000 |
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The link that moves the slide valve was removed and the slide valve locked in a position so as to ensure that both front and rear ports of steam cylinder are open to exhaust / inlet to prevent any pressure from building up in the steam cylinders as this would result in a dynamic brake type of effect. Posted by Zubin J Dotivala on 2008 Jul 21 03:57:22 +0000 |
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Harbanspura is the 2nd station from Lahore on the way to Amritsar. The next station towards Lahore is Moghalpura. Posted by Ajai Banerji on 2008 Jul 14 12:01:39 +0000 |
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Very nice clear picture of the steam era. Posted by Arzan Kotval on 2008 Jul 12 06:38:22 +0000 |
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Picture Perfect! The loco, the people, the semaphores- everything seem so perfectly in place! Posted by Karan Desai on 2008 Jul 12 03:50:32 +0000 |
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Fantastic. Very nostalgic indeed!! Posted by Kharad Zarir Variyava on 2008 Jul 11 18:27:10 +0000 |
I had just sighted the green and was opening up the regulator.
Posted by Zubin J Dotivala on 2008 Jul 27 09:10:17 +0000