Oh come on! You know that thing was at one time the latest thing in the world of streamstyling.
*is ignoring the fact that the train it was to pull was scrubbed after one test run*
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Oh come on! You know that thing was at one time the latest thing in the world of streamstyling.
*is ignoring the fact that the train it was to pull was scrubbed after one test run*
David111767
30in and Rack Railway Guy
D:
i stumbled on this narrow gauge diesel at the colorado railroad museum
ITS SCARY!
i stumbled on this narrow gauge diesel at the colorado railroad museum
ITS SCARY!
It looks like a Leyland railbus, we have things like this running in Britian today , they call them Pacers & yes they are awfulThis... thing was at the CT Trolley Museum. I have no clue what it is or why it is there, but it runs on rails.
I'll refer to it as "failtram" for now.
So what is it? If it's not built to back up the hill pushing a couple of tourist cars, what possible excuse is there for it to exist?While browsing around a database of geared locomotives, I found this:
The strangest thing is it's not an inclined locomotive.
Cheerio,
John
ClaudeSo what is it? If it's not built to back up the hill pushing a couple of tourist cars, what possible excuse is there for it to exist?
Apparently the tilted boiler improved the draft from the smokebox.
I guess blowers were too expensive.Cheerio,
John
The Ol' Leyland Railbus
That was the first Cheat Mtn Salamander for the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley before the more reliable Edwards M-20 replica came along. It was apparently unreliable and plagued by mechanical problems. D&GV traded it for the Moore-Keppel Climax that was at the CT Trolley Museum. I think it was a perfect trade. A former West Virginia logger goes back home and a railbus to a trolley museum.
Wessex_Electric_Nutter
New member
This... thing was at the CT Trolley Museum. I have no clue what it is or why it is there, but it runs on rails.
I'll refer to it as "failtram" for now.
That is actually LEV2, a railbus from the UK. Built on a Leyland National 2 bus, modify to suit a freight chassis and then exported to the USA, where it has resided since.
There was also Lev1 (Based on a Leyland National 1), Lev3, RB002 and RB004. All of which still survive (and yes, I am making one for Trainz).
Lev 2 was built in 1980/1 (I can't remember the exact year), then it was tested on Old Dalby in the UK, sent to the USA on trials and then brought by Amtrak. When Amtrak used it on a shuttle service, they found it was too light for proper operation and was then donated to a preserved railroad. Later, after a failure with the torque converter (automatic gearbox), a "fitter" tried repairing it and got it wrong, to which, it got withdrawn from service and sold to a scrap merchant.
It was then brought by another preserved railroad, who used it up until 2004 when it went to the Connecticut Trolley Museum, where it has resided since.
However, LEV2 does have a sister, LEV3, that is now in ireland, despite operating in the UK.
For info, look here
http://www.nashuacitystation.com/bostonmaine.php?content=railbus
and here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Railbuses
This is the power unit of a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad streamliner. I don't think this is so bad. It resembles a doodlebug (gas-electric.)
Thats not ugly, thats functional!
jadebullet
might be back?
sry bout the image quote. i did it for comparison
OK the pictures that follow are of an unmodified RS3. The loco below seems to have the same lowered hood as the one above, minus the steps. It has its number boards where the top middle windows are in the one above. It seem that there were some variations on the RS3 body.
Edit:the steps are a bit further back in engine 506/1776. (they are the same engine btw. the bottom one is its current home on the Tioga Central RR)
OK the pictures that follow are of an unmodified RS3. The loco below seems to have the same lowered hood as the one above, minus the steps. It has its number boards where the top middle windows are in the one above. It seem that there were some variations on the RS3 body.
Edit:the steps are a bit further back in engine 506/1776. (they are the same engine btw. the bottom one is its current home on the Tioga Central RR)
Check this blue beast out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtKCYv1FOqA&feature=related It's a 4-8-4 3 cylinder tank engine from Czechoslovakia I think.... And the whistle on this thing is just........ Blech!!!!
applegathc
NoT tHe StAtUeS!
lol
I think Thomas has grown up A LOT!
Must have married some Czech girl. :hehe: :hehe:
I think Thomas has grown up A LOT!
Must have married some Czech girl.
:hehe: :hehe:Boston and Maine 2-8-4 Berkshire my dad loves those engines (Berkshires) but I can't find the way to love that ugly thing.
http://www.steamlocomotive.com/berkshire/weinstein/bm4021.jpg
http://www.steamlocomotive.com/berkshire/weinstein/bm4021.jpg
freightcar2
New member
These are locos that I think are ugly. I found them on a website with info on lots of weird locos.
The Holman Horror: http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/holman/holman.htm
The SP Cabforward: http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/sp4882/sp4882.htm (Look at the third photo)
Electric Steam Locos: http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/swisselec/swisselc.htm
The Holman Horror: http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/holman/holman.htm
The SP Cabforward: http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/sp4882/sp4882.htm (Look at the third photo)
Electric Steam Locos: http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/swisselec/swisselc.htm
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David111767
30in and Rack Railway Guy
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!!!!!!!!
what is the point of having rollers under the drivers?!?!??!?!?!?!?