The Pennsylvania 4-4-6-4 Q2 Duplex is Running Again!

bendorsey said:
Then the next questions are:

Who does the certification?

How?

Must be a set of standards so is there some organization that has the authority to say yea or nay or is it up to the individual live steam clubs to set standards and test to them? I'd think a lot of live steamers would move around now and then for the chance to run their locos on different layouts so some sort of standards must apply. Perhaps an association of live steamers?

Ben
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I would think it would be at a higher level than that. :)

Maybe someone from a state steam boiler certification agency, or even an insurance company. In the past I dealt with Boiler Maker's Insurance Company. They used to insure steam locomotives in their past life. In our case they insured some typesetting equipment so in case it got fried the equipment could get replaced.

John
 
I can't imagine insurance companies don't get involved in some manner. Club liability of course and probably even if you just run it around you own backyard. I doubt the average home owners policy covers live steam locos, lol.

On a lighter subject - I wonder how the gent with the Big Boy transports it? Custom trailer or truck would almost be a necessity. Has to weigh a ton at least.

Ben
 
JCitron said:
Maybe someone from a state steam boiler certification agency, or even an insurance company.
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If you click my link about boilers, boilers do have to be certified by a state boiler certification agency. It would make sense that they would also have to pay a lot of money to have it insured.
 
If you want to see an operating 1/8th scale Big Boy, see this video. You can see its articulation as it goes around the curves also in this video. From my research, each passenger car it's hauling is about 100-200 pounds, and each car is able to haul about 2-3 people. Count the number of passengers it's pulling and you can tell how powerful that Big Boy is.

 
And here's a video of the Big Boy's little sister, a Challenger. You can't help but be impressed also as you can see several times the articulation as it goes around the curves.

 
Now if you want to see a guy's model of Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Pioneer Zephyr at the Maricopa Live Steamers, click here:

http://www.maricopalivesteamers.com/gallery/opsmeet1/opsmeet4.htm

And how about a DD40X at the Maricopa Live Steamers?

http://www.maricopalivesteamers.com/gallery/2003springmeet/pages/DD40X6900-05_jpg.htm

And if you want to see a really impressive articulated, how about a 2-8-8-8-2 triplex? This was taken at Train Mountain's 2003 Triennial. Train Mountain is the world's largest live steamers railroad, with over 25 miles of track!

http://www.trainmountain.org/piwigo_1/picture.php?/1598/category/30
 
jordon412 said:
@ Ben:
If you're wondering where there's some live steamers near you, here's a site that'll provide you some places to go:
http://www.floridalivesteamers.com/

@ JCitron:
There's a couple of live steamers in Massachusetts, the Pioneer Valley Live Steamers in Southwick, MA (http://www.pvls.org/), and the Waushakum Live Steamers in Holliston, MA, just down I-495 from you.
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I'll have to check these out some day. They're quite a distance from me, believe it or not. Right down I-495, but over 90 minutes travel. The Pioneer Valley is out near Springfield which is over 2 hours away in Western Mass.

John
 
jordon412 said:
@ John:
How much of that blizzard that hit New York City hit your area? Are you getting cabin fever?
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We got 2.5 feet with another 2-4 inches in progress right now through Saturday. This coming Monday, we're looking at another 12-18 inches, maybe more.

Getting a bit of cabin fever, although my doctor says no shoveling for me and I'm not complaining! :D

John
 
jordon412 said:
Down here, that much snow would be a sign that the apocalypse is near!
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I've seen the results of snow down in Georgia. My cousin lived in Atlanta when there was a "snowstorm" as put in quotes. There was all of 1-2 inches on the ground, and the whole county was shutdown for 3-days while the officials got rid of it. :)

This winter has been severely dry for us this year, and this snow comes at a crucial time for us as this is our water for the summer as it fills up the aquifers and wetlands as it soaks into the ground. The amounts are pretty normal, although quite a lot all of a sudden which makes this a bit of a shock. The media of course makes a big splash about it, which makes the Yuppies raid the supermarkets of everything, but overall it's a typical winter storm and we live in New England which gets snow!


John
 
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jordon412 said:
Now if you want to see a guy's model of Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Pioneer Zephyr at the Maricopa Live Steamers, click here:

http://www.maricopalivesteamers.com/gallery/opsmeet1/opsmeet4.htm

And how about a DD40X at the Maricopa Live Steamers?

http://www.maricopalivesteamers.com/gallery/2003springmeet/pages/DD40X6900-05_jpg.htm

And if you want to see a really impressive articulated, how about a 2-8-8-8-2 triplex? This was taken at Train Mountain's 2003 Triennial. Train Mountain is the world's largest live steamers railroad, with over 25 miles of track!

http://www.trainmountain.org/piwigo_1/picture.php?/1598/category/30
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25 miles of track! There are actual shortlines smaller than that!
 
How to Re-Rail a Live Steam Locomotive

A seriously derailed live steam locomotive
Part three of three of the series

 
. . . And you thought a Live Steamer couldn't do an Impresssive Blowdown

Better turn down the volume or take out your hearing aids before watching this

 
The Brute Power of a 1/8th Scale Norfolk & Western A Class 2-6-6-4

Count the amount of cars and people this beauty is pulling:

 
PendennisCastle said:
They do, it will be next after the Western Maryland 2-8-2 #734.

Let them take their time though, it takes a while to plan, design and build a large locomotive for trainz.
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If anybody can pull a project like this it will be K&L Trainz for sure. I'll be one of the first in line to get it when it is released.

Dave
 
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