Comments on: Johnson Bar Locomotive https://blog.model-train-help.com/2015/03/johnson-bar-locomotive.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=johnson-bar-locomotive Model railroads and model trains Wed, 04 Mar 2015 08:07:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Bill https://blog.model-train-help.com/2015/03/johnson-bar-locomotive.html#comment-8683 Wed, 04 Mar 2015 08:07:56 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=3494#comment-8683 The first answer is incorrect.. Those are called side rods…. The Johnson bar is a control bar in the Johnson steam reverser. It moves the cut off eccentric up or down to set the direction. Some railroads in the early days also referred the trailing bar between the engine and tender as the Johnson bar. Not really its name.

]]> By: Robert Morey https://blog.model-train-help.com/2015/03/johnson-bar-locomotive.html#comment-8670 Wed, 04 Mar 2015 01:49:34 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=3494#comment-8670 This is another name for the reversing lever, it sets the cut off (controls the percentage of the piston stroke that steam is admitted from the regulator valve and also the direction of travel.) See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_Bar_(locomotive)
Robert

]]> By: Abdul-Muhaimin https://blog.model-train-help.com/2015/03/johnson-bar-locomotive.html#comment-8666 Tue, 03 Mar 2015 06:51:26 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=3494#comment-8666 Good day sir

The answer to your question is the Johnson bar is the big iron bar that connects the steam cylinders to the wheels and transfir that energy in an artriculation motion the make the wheels turn .And this is only found on a steam train.

Hope this explains it

Kind regads

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