Catalogue information

LastDodo number
3310997
Area
Model trains / Railway modelling
Title
Stoomloc PLM serie 241C
Country
Zwitserland
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Example: In the 1920s, the PLM (Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée) trains became too heavy for Pacifics to pull over the slipway between Laroche and Dijon. A locomotive with four drive shafts was then designed, which entered service from 1925. That was the series 241A. In these locomotives the front of the four drive shafts was driven. This construction with a very short and slanted connecting rod limited the speed at which the locomotives could travel: above 100 km/h they started to vibrate a lot. Subsequent series, including the 241C, had the second drive shaft driven by the outer cylinders and the third drive shaft by the center cylinder.

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