Hrm3319

Hunslet Austerities

Your Austerity list page is a good idea. Andy Dingley (talk) 12:05, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Andy - after reading the Austerity page it just seemed that a list needed doing, and I might as well make a start. I'm tempted now to do something similar for narrow guage engines on the main Hunslet Engine Company page (which, incidentaly, needs a thorough edit, but probably not by me as I don't know the company well enough!). Hrm3319 (talk) 10:27, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

20th Centuary Steam Locomotive Technology

It has also prompted me to do something on the Hunslet GPCS, which I've been thinking about for ages. Andy Dingley (talk) 12:05, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Andy, a quick wander through wikipedia whilst looking for GPCS links led me to conclude that there are a whole bunch of pages on steam technology that need some attention, and then need proper cross-referencing, if you feel up for the fight? For example:

• • Steam locomotive exhaust system - needs creating, and linking to the following:
    • Kylchap - exists as a reasonable stub.
    • Kylpor - a completely feeble stub, which needs expanding and renaming because it confuses ejectors with exhausts and has an incorrect wikilink to injectors.
    • Lempor - as above
    • Giesl ejector - another reasonable stub.
    • Lemaître Exhaust - needs creating
    • Blastpipe - contains a lot of information about the whole exhaust system, with not much about actual blastpipes.
    • Chimney (locomotive) - needs creating, current chimney page is all about power stations not locomotives.
  • Porta's page doesn't have wikilinks to any of the technologies he developed, or any word on how he contributed to them. I may have to start burrowing through some books!
  • Jean Lemaître - a feeble 3-line stub with more info about his exhaust than about the man himself. I know his exhausts were used by Bulleid on the Merchant Navy, but know nothing of the man's history.

I hope this isn't too technical for wikipedia - the engineer in me just loves this kind of stuff!

Hrm3319 (talk) 10:34, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Category:Steam locomotive exhaust systems and its navbox template is a good start. I haven't had much time lately so I still haven't finished GPCS. I haven't even finished reading the Koopmans book yet, which is an excellent resource for all this, despite its scarcity. Wish I could find a copy of Wardle's Red Devil book though. Andy Dingley (talk) 11:24, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

I am fortunate enough to have a copy of The Red Devil and Other Tales from the Age of Steam and also a copy of the english language edition of Chapelon's La Locomotive a Vapeur. I bought them at a time when I was sufficiently recently educated in thermodynamic theory and advanced mathematics that I thought I might understand them - but sadly I never devoted them enough time to do more than skim the surface. They are now stored in a box somewhere up in my loft: I will try to dig them out before the end of next year! Hrm3319 (talk) 14:58, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

I've just created the two new pages I mentioned above (Steam locomotive exhaust system and Chimney (locomotive)). They're very basic at present, but I'm sure other people can help me flesh them out over time. Hrm3319 (talk) 13:25, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Nomination for merging of Template:Steam locomotive exhaust systems

Template:Steam locomotive exhaust systems has been nominated for merging with Template:Locostyles. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. PPEMES (talk) 10:24, 22 May 2020 (UTC)