Strange Trains

[Thule_P]

It's beautiful, though. If there are any left in existence, I think one should work on the Ffestiniog Railway.

 

[magickmaker]

The Ffest already has one.

 

[whistlehead]

The Ffest already has one.

If you mean their standard double-Fairlies, they have quite a lot, one built very recently (can't remember when). They have a single-Fairlie too.

If they have one of these though, I'd love to know about it.

 

[Thule_P]

Me too.

Don't Ffest have 2? I mean, there's Taliesin, then there's Moel Tryfan (is that the correct spelling?).

 

[Enkidoh]

kinda weird diesel. http://www.hothamvalleyrailway.com.au/XA_FE_WE2c_Murray_Rowe.jpg

That first one you linked to (the WAGR X class diesel) I mentioned in an earlier thread here: http://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthread.php?t=17796&page=28 . But yeah, it's a weird one all right. (And apparently it was based on the infamous BR 'Type 2' Co-Bo as well - because the WAGR needed the class to run on really light track however, Metro Vickers changed the wheel arrangement to a 2-Do-2 arrangement, and the rest is history. ) Here's a fairly recent image I took of one of the operable preserved units of the class (XA 1402) showing her bizzare wheel arrangement: http://i581.photobucket.com/albums/ss258/Enkidoh_Roux/Picture012.jpg . Strange things to be sure, but I still like them nonetheless.