Chapelon's planned engines
Various versions of the "Ultrafast Ten Wheel" project.
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P.O. - Midi, 1938 | |
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1948 Version | Rendering is far more ancient
than C.A.D. software... |
4 - 8 - 4 In P.O. - Midi era version - 6 cyl. compound
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4 - 6 - 4 for heavy fast trains in P.O. - Midi version
Oil fired 4 6 2, then 4 6 4 tank-van engine project. Designed to be driven by a single man.
Four external cylinders compound, coaxial Lentz-Dabeg valves;
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1938, P.O. - Midi version (Pacific); 5232x1520 .gif | Last version (464), introduced by Chapelon in '52; 4380x1935 .gif file with legend and dimensions. |
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