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Great Laxey Mines Railway replica Lewin 0-4-0 loco Ant propels her single carriage towards the Isle of Man's sole railway tunnel, on another run out to the former Laxey mine entrances. 03/08/2014Related content
Comments: 14
She's a tram, not a cable car...
Thanks!
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Coaled up at either the shed or the main station...
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Quite a little fella, innit? A loco suited to every task, and she's no different.
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A very small engine, but quite a shifter!
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I also like the tank arrangement, built for small loading gauges
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Looks great
I wonder what that thing in front of the smoke box is.
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Actually, that is the loco's water tank.
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Oh okay. like a radiator on a car?
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No. It's the water tank to refill the boiler. Every steam locomotive has either a tank (a tank engine) or a wagon carried behind it called a tender (a tender engine). Without a supply of water, a steam locomotive could never travel over an appreciably long distance. The water must remain above the firebox crown sheet (the top of the firebox) or the boiler, the most crucial and critical component of the steam locomotive, will fail.
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Oh yes of course *nods* I was just querying its location. The image has no steam or smoke, so we first thought it was diesel powered.
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Not sure what it is myself...
Thanks for commenting!
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No problem. It is interesting to see unique designed locomotives.
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