Talk:Tom Thumb (locomotive)
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[edit] Data removal
I've removed the large data dump that looked suspiciously like a copyvio. If it wasn't, the data (which is still in the page history) will need to be better integrated into the article text. I've started this with the infobox, and I intend to return to this article with a few references that I've got for early locomotives (including White, John H., Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830-1880. New York, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-23818-0. ). Slambo (Speak) 10:59, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- I'm going to pick up Sagle's discussion in B&O Power this evening (I hope). Mangoe 12:30, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Replica vs. original
Sagle provides calculated dimensions for the original engine as against those of the replica, and I emphasize "calculated" (meaning worked out on the basis of statements from Cooper, Latrobe, one W. H. Brown, and Ross Winans). I'd like a second opinion as to whether to substitute those for the dimensions of the replica.
Also, Sagle doesn't mention a belt between the two axles, and I don't see any indications of one in any of his illustrations. I don't have White to check against but you should recheck to make sure that this isn't a misunderstood version of the belt that drove the blower. Mangoe 04:02, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
- I'll reread it tonight and update as appropriate. Yeah, we should use the original specs in the infobox. There's also a bit more to add from James Dilts's book "The Great Road" about the operation and design philosophy that I need to digest and add too. Slambo (Speak) 10:58, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
Looks like 0-2-2 is the correct configuration with the drawings also published in the current issue of Railway Age. I've updated the text and added the ref. Slambo (Speak) 20:33, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
