Onan Short

Onan Short

From The North American Live Steamer, Volume 1, Number 4

I am enclosing two photographs of my free lance engines which I built.

I spent about 2500 hours on each one of these engines, made my own patterns and had nothing done at the foundry.

I have three cars and a caboose, and 800 feet of track. The engine weighs about 1200 pounds. The front engine is 2-4-2, the rear 2-2-2 on the photo.

First Engine:
 * Length 10 feet
 * Height 31 inches
 * Gauge 10-1/2 inches
 * Boiler Pressure 150 pounds
 * Cylinder Diamater 2-1/2 inches
 * Steam Brakes
 * Boiler has twenty-five one inch copper flues
 * Two Injectors and crosshead pumps
 * Turbo generator for lights
 * Free lance Stevenson Valve Gear

Second Engine:
 * Boiler Pressure 200 pounds
 * Seven 1-1/4 inch flues, all welded
 * Joy Valve Gear
 * Length 10 feet 6 inches
 * Height 31 inches to top of stack
 * Steam brakes
 * Two INjectors, axle water pump
 * Speed about 30 m.p.h.


 * Onan Short
 * 161 East Main St.
 * Luray, VA