Spawn_of_Chaos97
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Eh, I was closer than the other guy, that's all I care about (lol)
Some info about a really big locomotive...
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Having just seen this thread may I just assure GP_38_2 that the Winterthur Meyer articulated snowplough was a serious item of hardware used on the Bernina Railway which climbed to 7500ft (and they DO have snow in Switzerland 
). It was built in 1910 since at that time, although the railway was electified, the electric locos were not poweful enough. A photo of it in action and more details can be found in Articulated Locomotives of the World by Donald Binns (Bradford Barton 1975)
). It was built in 1910 since at that time, although the railway was electified, the electric locos were not poweful enough. A photo of it in action and more details can be found in Articulated Locomotives of the World by Donald Binns (Bradford Barton 1975)UP FEF were numbered in as 800-class; UP's FEF 844 was renumbered 8444 from 1962 to 1989 because UP classified some Diesels as 800-class . The old lady, however, outlasted them and now proudly bears its original number again. There is a SD-70 ACe numbered #8444 to honour this number.
So we choose #8000 for the Huge as it was an unassigned number range at the date if it could have been "built".
Yellowstones, as far as I know, were ore-haulers and UP had none of them.
P.S. My nick on the TrainZItalia forum is "UP844"
and now proudly bears its original number again. There is a SD-70 ACe numbered #8444 to honour this number.So we choose #8000 for the Huge as it was an unassigned number range at the date if it could have been "built".
Yellowstones, as far as I know, were ore-haulers and UP had none of them.
P.S. My nick on the TrainZItalia forum is "UP844"
No, it's a 4-8-8-0+4-8-8-4+0-8-8-4.
You have much to learn about the Whyte System. Now, identify this:
Spawn_of_Chaos97
Trainz for Everyone!
RooRocz: The page I got that loco from listed it as a 4-8-8-4-8-8-4-8-8-4. So there! (lol)
You can't even identify that thing with the Whyte system! In the UIC system, it's a B1A. 4-2-2 suggests 4 leading wheels, 2 driving wheels, and 2 trailing wheels.
Spawn_of_Chaos97
Trainz for Everyone!
4-2-2 maybe?
AndreaLuigi
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Some post ago somebody asked for an idea about how an articulated boiler could be made in Trainz.
Please have a look.
Please note: this is not a locomotive, this is a concept demostrator.
Please have a look.
Please note: this is not a locomotive, this is a concept demostrator.
AndreaLuigi
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Then I propose a question: articulated boilers locomotives have been build in 1910.
What could happen with the today's technology applied to the concept? Trainz could help.
What could happen with the today's technology applied to the concept? Trainz could help.
Well steam engines in general are my favorite as you can well tell, but because of rust, condensation, friction, etc.More moving parts mean more replacement parts. But this is trainz and after reading many rivet counting posts, I believe there is room in trainz for rivet counting and locomotives that are experimental or just for fun prototypes. Your 12-12-12-12 there would be fun in trainz but in the real world of railroads would need to be followed by a large MOW crew to replace the bent track.
AndreaLuigi
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The developers here at Da Vinci Rails understand quite good economycal factors and allready proposed a solution for this problem:
Instead of a six coupler group, two three-couplers... per body, of course.
P.S. It works...
Instead of a six coupler group, two three-couplers... per body, of course.
P.S. It works...
AndreaLuigi
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You mean something like this?
http://home.att.net/~Berliner-Ultrasonics/bwrkapg2.html#sabowman
(go down on page, pls.)
http://home.att.net/~Berliner-Ultrasonics/bwrkapg2.html#sabowman
(go down on page, pls.)
No, more like this: http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/vsmith/Big Joe Model .pdf
This thing was almost built, but Soviet restrictions on materials and stuff like that prevented it.
You're all wrong. It's a 0-4-0+2-2-0.
(Sorry about the double post, I wasn't thinking.)
