THE ARROW and TAF

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Ron

       There's a great mystic about valve setters, I have talked to old
timers about this. I think in the trades and crafts knowledge was power.

Not down playing it in anyway but it was just good mechanical and machinist
skills. Google Books have the books already mentioned .and a haft a dozen

others on valve setting more than you will ever want to know on the subject.

 

Larry Evans

Kenova ,WV

 

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Ron

 

Your question may well be one that no one is positive on an answer to is why
you have not gotten a response.

 

Your question:

 

When steam locomotives had a complete overhaul, and was re assembled, did
only one trained mechanic set the valve assembly without moving or rotating
the wheels, and how did he do it ?

 

Those questions are for the folks who have restored steam today and how it
is handled. My guess for steam era valve setting was handled with several
folks, one lead person and some helpers. It is a science.

 

I remember "Pappy" Houseman with the 611 restoration in 1982, he knew all
the details from all those years ago.

 

Best

Ken Miller

 

On Jan 24, 2018, at 11:54 AM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List wrote:





Got TAF but still no response to my loco question  Ron H

 

On Tuesday, January 23, 2018 8:57 AM, NW Mailing List
<nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> > wrote:

 

    The TAF hasn't arrived here yet (just saying/not fussing) and checking
the web site the last one posted there was from Nov./Dec. 2016.

Jimmy Lisle

 

On 1/22/2018 11:54 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:

Many thanks to Ken Miller for the TAF! Yes, real work does take precedence
over VOLUNTEER efforts.

 

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