Re: C&S #30, a C-16 conversion

Posted by Jim Courtney on Jan 08, 2020; 11:18pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/C-S-30-a-C-16-conversion-tp15055p15067.html

FWIW, here is a part of a drawing for the as-built Cooke 2-6-0's of 1884, showing the vertical brake cylinder / shoes. (Model Railroader, December, 1998):





I'm still not sure how the mechanism worked. The brake cylinders on the 1900 locomotives seem larger than the drawing to me . . .