600 Horsepower

[Subdeacon Joe]

 

 

 

 

[Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967]

Purty cool... but what does it do...?  

[Subdeacon Joe]

10 minutes ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said:

Purty cool... but what does it do...?  

 

It was used to compress natural gas to move through pipelines.

 

http://www.coolspringpowermuseum.org/Exhibits/Exley/Snow_600_00.htm

 

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2022/09/ever-heard-of-600-hp-snow-gas-engine-i.html

 

https://www.practicalmachinist.com/forum/threads/600-hp-snow-gas-engine.114751/

 

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

13 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said:

Purty cool... but what does it do...?  

Yeah, what?

[Pat Riot]

14 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said:

Purty cool... but what does it do...?  

 

39 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:

Yeah, what?

It goes thunk da chee-toe, thunk da chee-toe, thunk da chee-toe… over and over and over…

 

[Father Kit Cool Gun Garth]

Thought this Thread was going to be about...

[Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967]

This is the coolest part, where the li'l dude's skinny brass arm has a-holt of the whizbanger piston rod thingee and whips it back and forth....  

 

 

 

[Pat Riot]

18 minutes ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said:

This is the coolest part, where the li'l dude's skinny brass arm has a-holt of the whizbanger piston rod thingee and whips it back and forth....  

 

 

 

WOW! It’s amazing that the little brass arm pushes that big piston back and forth. Amazing! Simply amazing.