User talk:Hrm3319

Hunslet Austerities

Your Austerity list page is a good idea. Andy Dingley (talk) 12:05, 9 June 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]

20th Centuary Steam Locomotive Technology

It has also prompted me to do something on the Hunslet GPCS, which I've been thinking about for ages. Andy Dingley (talk) 12:05, 9 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:

- Steam locomotive exhaust system - needs creating, and linking to the following:
  - Kylchap - exists as a reasonable stub.
  - Kylpor - a completely feeble stub, which needs expanding and renaming because it confuses ejectors with exhausts and has an incorrect wikilink to injectors.
  - Lempor - as above
  - Giesl ejector - another reasonable stub.
  - Lemaître Exhaust - needs creating
  - Blastpipe - contains a lot of information about the whole exhaust system, with not much about actual blastpipes.
  - Chimney (locomotive) - needs creating, current chimney page is all about power stations not locomotives.
- 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!

Hrm3319 (talk) 10:34, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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]

I've just created the two new pages I mentioned above (Steam locomotive exhaust system and Chimney (locomotive)). They're very basic at present, but I'm sure other people can help me flesh them out over time. Hrm3319 (talk) 13:25, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for merging of Template:Steam locomotive exhaust systems

Template:Steam locomotive exhaust systems has been nominated for merging with Template:Locostyles. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. PPEMES (talk) 10:24, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]