Cool Switcher for Street Switching

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Also used by the B&O among others.

 

[Euphod]

Awesome picture. It looks like it has rubber in the flanges to contact the rail.

 

[jjanmarine3]

Can we have some more info on this cool locomotive please. (nearly used the word cute -censored - but not allowed at all in the trainz community I learned )

 

[slabay]

Awesome picture. It looks like it has rubber in the flanges to contact the rail.

I don't think so..... I think it is just a flat (maybe solid?) band style of tire. They used big balloon style tractor tires too. Here is a whole page of pictures of them.

http://prr.railfan.net/RubberTiredSwitchers.html

Amalie in the Port of Tampa has something that is the modern equivalent- basically a large tractor with a knuckle coupler on each end. I can't find any pictures of it though. Shuttlemaster and Rail King make what is basically a tractor with hi-railer wheels on it, but the Tampa thing is just a plain tractor with couplers.

 

[jjanmarine3]

That is very interesting - Thank you guys.

 

[Dermmy]

Great thread! That shot of "#466 headed down Thames" is awesome!

 

[Euphod]

Here's another cool switcher for the street:

 

[Dermmy]

Pretty sure there is a second set of legs visible under that car, which I guess means it's being double-headed.....

 

[Euphod]

Pretty sure there is a second set of legs visible under that car, which I guess means it's being double-headed.....

I almost spit out my coffee!:hehe:
One advantage that one has over the others is....it has a trunk!

 

[jjanmarine3]

I can't find a smiley with laughing fits.....

with my luck should I download an elephant that one of our creators are definately now going to create there will be missing dependencies and one will be the trunk.

 

[slabay]

I guess that is what they mean when they say an "elephant style lashup"??? :hehe: