[DucatiST] Cass and the Bevel Drive Locomotive

 

Seeing as how Ducati used bevel drives early on ;) I have a good picture of "big bevel drives" in the video.

I did ask the engineer about the wear on them since they are exposed and it seems they hang together for a good

while even with wear. The gear teeth do look a bit pointed in the close up. The train is actually pulling/pushing more

weight up the mountain now than it did with empty log bunk cars back in the day. Of course coming off the

mountain with a load was all braking since a Steam engine gives no engine braking. Now, had I been round back

then and able to invent a steam jake brake. I might have been rich...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXdUgk9CjcE

 

Robert McNabb
Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia
99 ST4 Red
2003 ST4s Red
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