MODEL 3 KLEIN
This engine, built in 1900 by National Transit of Oil City, Pennsylvania, originally served in the
Shippenville Station driving a Transit
triplex discharge pump as it does here.
It is 20 hp with a 10” bore and 18” stoke, throttle governed, and
has a vertical governor head.
It is not original to McKee but is typical of the equipment that it
could have used. It came to
the museum in 1975.
MODEL 2 KLEIN
Earlier than the Model 3, this engine originally was used by National
transit at its Pithole, Pennsylvania, station.
Built in 1898 by National Transit, it features a
disc crankshaft, belt driven mechanical oiler, and vertical governor
head. It was designed by
John Klein, chief engineer of National Transit.
At McKee, it is used to drive a Transit triplex suction pump that
brought the oil into the station’s tanks.
It came to the museum in 1976.
NATIONAL TRANSIT TRIPLEX PUMP
This pump was Transit’s most common discharge pump, meaning it moved the
oil on to the next location.
High pressure was required and it could produce 2,000 psi easily.
Built in Oil City, Pennsylvania, it was termed a VTPP or vertical triplex
power pump. Triplex denoted
its three cylinders. It was
originally used in Transit’s Branden, Pennsylvania, station, but is identical to
the one the Model 3 Klein drove.
Built about 1900, it came here in 1976.
TRANSIT SUCTION PUMP
The suction pump was much lighter built than a discharge pump and had larger plungers as it
provided a vacuum on the pipes to move the oil into the stations tanks.
In our installation, it is appropriately belted to the small engine.
Note the inverted bottle lubricators used on these pumps .
It was built by National Transit of Oil City, Pennsylvania, in the early
1900s and came here in the mid-1970s.
This pump was original to McKee Station.