FB_IMG_1659581692747.jpg (51.6K)
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Never seen any photos of this train other than the rear view.
Still looking for the full set of patent drawings. Found them once and should have saved them. From those drawings you can see that the train was 34 years ahead of its time. Full diaphragms and streamlining like the Pioneer Zephyr and M10000
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Adams "Windsplitter" A front view
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Posted 03 August 2022 - 07:11 PM
I've recently seen an article about this train in some back issue of a railroad engineering journal at the Internet archive. If I can relocate it, I'll leave the link to it here. A very interesting experiment that foreshadowed things to come.
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Posted 04 August 2022 - 10:04 AM
#4
Posted 04 August 2022 - 07:45 PM
I finally found F.U.Adams patent drawings. They were posted on my website all this time. I forgot I had a site and what was on it.
A photo of the tailcar taken in 1900
AdamsWindSplitter.jpg (42.8K)
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Anyway....Here are the PDFs of the patents all from 1893!
1893Jan17 490057.pdf (136.64K)
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1893Jan17 489911.pdf (1.52MB)
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1893Jan17 489908.pdf (1.28MB)
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1893Jan7 489912.pdf (1.24MB)
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A photo of the tailcar taken in 1900
AdamsWindSplitter.jpg (42.8K)
Number of downloads: 2
Anyway....Here are the PDFs of the patents all from 1893!
1893Jan17 490057.pdf (136.64K)
Number of downloads: 3
1893Jan17 489911.pdf (1.52MB)
Number of downloads: 2
1893Jan17 489908.pdf (1.28MB)
Number of downloads: 0
1893Jan7 489912.pdf (1.24MB)
Number of downloads: 2
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Posted 15 October 2022 - 01:29 PM
And I finally found the July, 1899 article on the Adams Winsplitter.
locomotiveengine13hill_0296.jpg (297.31K)
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locomotiveengine13hill_0297.jpg (349.89K)
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locomotiveengine13hill_0296.jpg (297.31K)
Number of downloads: 7
locomotiveengine13hill_0297.jpg (349.89K)
Number of downloads: 10
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