I'd be interested if you do find a view. From the minimal amount we can see, it has almost a European appearance.
I think those H-8s are beautiful designs, far prettier than the Big Boys. I was up close with 1601 in the Henry Ford Museum. Even though she was cold iron, you could feel her power, just waiting to be fired and stoked. She was awe-inspiring. The C&O Historical Society has photos of 1642 after her boiler exploded in 1953. http://cohs.org/cgi-bin/cohs_search.pl?so=1800&st=&tr=AND&cl=COHS,CSPR&nt=&nr=PART&rnlo=&rnhi=&io=YES&db=0&am=&lp=0&ld=0&lf=0&lm=0&lo=0&sl=50
Ken, the second post down is the full ICC Report of that explosion. It's lengthy, but an excellent read from the technical standpoint. http://railroadfan.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=12877 While looking for ICC Report, I ran across a post on another forum with a startling human interest perspective. The poster said there had been a crew change just prior to the explosion where his grandfather had been relieved as 1642's engineer by the engineer who died in the explosion. I believe if that had been me, my next action would be to go straight to church...after changing my shorts.
639 feet. More than two football fields, all that tonnage was flying through the air. Must have been about as unbelievable to witness, as seeing a Martian, in person, stepping out of his space craft.
Ken, shortly after the War I had a rocket ship toy, about a foot long, that I filled with water, leaving a small air space at the top of the hollow body. I then placed it on a stand that connected to a bicycle pump, pumping it up until I (a 12 year old) couldn't pump any more. Then I pulled a string (valve?) and it shot into the air almost 100 feet. I believed that's probably what happened with 1642 whose boiler was full of pressurized water like the rocket ship toy.
1999: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum (Pre-SNOW Damage) Here is C&O Streamliner #490 [FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica][/FONT]
1999: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum (Pre-SNOW Damage) Western Maryland #81 [FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica][/FONT]
After I post all the still photos, I have tracked down a small amount of video I also took that day...
1999: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum (Pre-SNOW Damage) [FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica][/FONT]
1999: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum (Pre-SNOW Damage) Maryland & Pennsylvania Inspection Car #101 [FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]
That Buick really shows how narrow pre-War-II cars were. The flanged wheels appear to be at the extreme of the fenders, if not slightly beyond.
1999: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum (Pre-SNOW Damage) Velocipede Track Car - Built 1910 [FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica][/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]
Yea, I had a toy car that worked on the same method and I can also say that once you get these things moving it's not that easy to stop them either...
