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Old 05-05-2011, 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Aquaticedge View Post
Some of you know, I volunteer with a Railroad locally. We've been working on restoring a locomotive, I had hopes of putting Mercedes at it's heart but I was Waylayed by a hydraulic engineer who said he could make the hydro system work... weelll... he did... so I thought I'd share the video's of todays Successful Testings. the engine is out of time a little and it smokes like mad. theory is that they walk hand in hand... so anyways.
all youtube links

Just the power Car: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mTNX0zKcjI

Replicate Pushback with Replicate attached: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT5U8NKb10I

I was running the controls on here. Not a great one, but I had my mind on running this thing and looking at pressure gauges
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSqjro62rF0

This is just a overview of the whole hydro system. there was a slight mishap at a switch so we needed a jack...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh6HHCyp8TA
I guess I'm not understanding the power feature... Does that contraption run on the "water-movement" from the 4 cylinder diesel engine? I sure don't see any "steam," so that's not the driving force....or is it??
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