05-30-2011, 12:59 AM
Steamtrains Wrote:Gotta love that Shay.....
I'd never looked closely, but I see that the boiler is offset to one side to make space for the cylinders. Was it "side heavy" or did the cylinders compensate for the offset of the boiler..??
The offset was part of the design in order to balance the weight between cylinders/gears on one side and the boiler on the other. Heislers and Climaxes, though geared, have no such offset due to the symmetrical arrangement of the drive train down the center directly beneath the boiler and pistons/crankshafts located on both sides.
Galen
I may not be a rivet counter, but I sure do like rivets!