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Steam & Excursion > Controls for cylinder cocksDate: 10/19/20 13:44 Controls for cylinder cocks Author: hperritt What was the control mechanism from the cab to the cylinder cocks, permitting the engineer to contorl the cylinder cocks from the cab?
Date: 10/19/20 13:50 Re: Controls for cylinder cocks Author: HotWater hperritt Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > What was the control mechanism from the cab to the > cylinder cocks, permitting the engineer to contorl > the cylinder cocks from the cab? In the early days, it was purely mechanical, with a rod running from the Engineer's location out to the cylinder cocks on the left & right sides. More modern power had the choice of two different brands/types; one being steam operated, where the steam keeps the cylinder cock closed, i.e. the "normally open" type of cocks. The other brand/type were air operated, where air pressure opened the cock, i.e. the "normally closed" type of cocks. Date: 10/19/20 14:57 Re: Controls for cylinder cocks Author: LarryDoyle Then, there's this home brew pneumatic/mechanical hybrid.
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?10,5005875,5007100#msg-5007100 or, it may be something as simple as a small cock with a 3-4" lever mounted near engineers right hand below cab window, or to his left near the corner of the backhead. -LD Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/19/20 15:11 by LarryDoyle. Date: 10/19/20 15:28 Re: Controls for cylinder cocks Author: hperritt Thanks for the perfectly rtesponsive answer.
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