Baltimore and Ohio Class W-1

The Baltimore & Ohio W-1 (or Class W-1) was a proposed geared locomotive, and it was designed with many unique features.
== Design ==
The Class W-1's wheel arrangement would have been a 4-2-2-2-2-4 with its wheel arrangement designed to look like a 4-8-4 "Northern", but the wheels would be partially covered and have no coupling rods on the outside. It would have competed with diesel locomotives at the time. The engine was also designed to have four double acting cylinders on each drive axle. This gave the wheel 32-power strokes per revolution, and then with the gearing figured in, it would make it 92+ power strokes per revolution. Each driving axle has its own "Besler" steam engine, containing 4 steam cylinders tied to a set of gears with a gear ratio of 55:19, having 55 gear teeth on the driving axle and 19 gear teeth on the crankshaft of the Besler.
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