Here is a kit bashed Ten Wheeler that I built from bits and pieces that I have accumulated over the years. The RPO and Baggage are brass sides over old Bachmann shorty cars.
Nice bridge Mark! Inspired by Selector's tunnel portal shot in the photos of the week (although mine is not a grimy):
Whoa, John, that gorge is spectacular! For a moment I thought I was looking at the Crooked Woman River on the old Oregon Trunk, LOL! Here's mine for the weekend--somehow or other the "Coast Daylight" ended up in the Northern Mines country of the Sierra Nevada, but what the heck--the train is MTH cars pulled by a double-headed Genesis MT-4 4-8-2 and a brass Balboa GS-4 4-8-4. Here she is at Bassetts at the foot of the Sierra Buttes heading up the 2% grade to Yuba Pass. Tom
OK... I am ignorant of steam... but is that prototypical to have the engine facing the coal tender? Wouldn't they have to keep stopping to get coal from it to add to the firebox?
Curto: The locomotive is oil-fired, not coal. Oil was pumped from the tender to the firebox. It's called a "Cab-Forward" and was a trademark of the Southern Pacific during the steam era--195 of them were built byBaldwin. Reason for the cab in front was to keep the crews from being asphyxiated in the miles of tunnels and snowsheds on the Donner Pass line over the California Sierra Nevada. Espee was the only American railroad to have these big articulateds (called "Malleys" by the railroad). The wheel arrangement of most of the classes was 4-8-8-2, which can be considered a "Backward Yellowstone." They were incredibly successful. Tom
Well I learnt something new today... ignorant me thought steam trains all burnt coal :tb-err: Can you tell I only run diesels? lol. Thanks!
See, now you've got a reason to buy some steam engines to play with! Both the steam engines in TWhite's photo are also oil burning steamers. Generally, if you see coal in the tender, it burns coal. If you see wood it burns wood, and if you don't see any unsealed opening on the tender, it burns oil.
Good tips... well, I told a lie... I have a tiny 0-6-0 switcher that came with no tender and a Thomas the tank engine my 3y.o. drives
In case your interested, here are some cool videos regarding the AC-12 and other cab forwards. [video=youtube;7Gylvu9Dxyo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gylvu9Dxyo[/video] [video=youtube;n_ErZ5SgkVw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_ErZ5SgkVw[/video]
A GP38 and a GP30 pull a Santa Fe Manifest at Bealville, California. Santa Fe FP45 at Caliente, California. A UP manifest with 2 GP40X's and a borrowed Espee Tunnel Motor climb the grade outside Taylor Yard. 2 Santa Fe Manifests meet on a scratchbuilt trestle.
Today Old No. 7 was bumping around in the Dunkirk yard. Here are some pictures taken while she was sorting out some freight cars for the days run up the line. No. 7 is my favorite locomotive and she has been modified many times over, both with details and operational improvements.
Just for fun, playing around with some of the different photo effects on my camera. Maybe I should stop watch the X-Files on Netflix, because this to me looks like aliens are up to something in the handcar shed!
