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)reply
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:
Kylpor - a completely feeble stub, which needs expanding and renaming because it confuses ejectors with exhausts and has an incorrect wikilink to injectors.
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!
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 (
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11:24, 25 August 2010 (UTC)reply
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)reply
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)reply
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:
Kylpor - a completely feeble stub, which needs expanding and renaming because it confuses ejectors with exhausts and has an incorrect wikilink to injectors.
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!
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)reply
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)reply