So I found this picture on trains.com http://www.trains.com/ctr/image.ashx?img=0-6-0_2.jpg&w=200 and I did a double take. Look at the tank engine on the right.
Ummm...what is this?
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SantaFebuff
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Looks like it's a fire-less steam locomotive. It heated water up.
Very neat.
Cheers,
Joshua
Very neat.
Cheers,
Joshua
It's too hard to tell but it might be photoshopped. If it is not and I dont think that it is, it is an interesting engine.
maybe they tested the daylights streamlining one a swicher :hehe::hehe:
whistlehead
Lurking
Just thought I'd put in a little point here - Regular steam locos heat water. Fireless ones use ready-made steam, which is pumped into them at intervals.
Chris :wave:
Its a tank loco :hehe:
http://www.trains.com/ctr/default.aspx?c=a&id=104
This image is a bit bigger
http://www.trains.com/ctr/image.ashx?img=0-6-0_2.jpg
Cheers David
http://www.trains.com/ctr/default.aspx?c=a&id=104
This image is a bit bigger
http://www.trains.com/ctr/image.ashx?img=0-6-0_2.jpg
Cheers David
William0d0
Active member
Looks like some sort of choo choo debauchery.:hehe:
magickmaker
New member
It's a shop switcher. Well, they both are actually. Built from old 0-6-0 tender engines, these things were used to move the big road engines around when they were being worked on. Much easier than having to get the fire going, and then having a holster move them around. This way you didn't have to wait the HOURS on end to get the cold boilers ready.
That switcher looks like it could have been this one...
http://espee.railfan.net/picindex/lags-0565/bb_sp-steam-0565.html
That switcher looks like it could have been this one...
http://espee.railfan.net/picindex/lags-0565/bb_sp-steam-0565.html
The Espee had a number of these based on obsolete steam switchers. Getting rid of the tenders saved scarce track space in cramped shop areas. Some of them are quite bizarre, but they did not breed them for beauty. If you are interested, here is Espee Rail Fan's page with a number of pics.
http://espee.railfan.net/sp_steam_shop-switchers.html
Any content creator wanting to make some little Frankenstein monsters is welcome.
Bernie
http://espee.railfan.net/sp_steam_shop-switchers.html
Any content creator wanting to make some little Frankenstein monsters is welcome.
Bernie
SantaFebuff
That's So Trainz Forum
It seems the most interesting of all steam switchers are found among the shops.
Cheers,
Joshua
Cheers,
Joshua
magickmaker
New member
To be honest, I'm not so sure it's streamlined as it just has a really large tank on it. If it's the one I linked, then yeah, they just put a HUGE oil and water tank on it, so it only made sense to pull the skirting around. Having said that, shop switchers were unique, and shops weren't beyond putting personal touches to them. So, the crew could have done that simply because they liked it.
Magicmaker,
The one you linked to looks an awful lot like the loco on the right in this pic.
http://www.trains.com/ctr/image.ashx?img=0-6-0_2.jpg
It looks like in this pic it had a faring above the wheels and below the cab.( open both pics in tabs and you will see what I mean.)It looks like it would be used for moving the SP Streamlined locos (Daylight anyone) around the yard.
Kenny
The one you linked to looks an awful lot like the loco on the right in this pic.
http://www.trains.com/ctr/image.ashx?img=0-6-0_2.jpg
It looks like in this pic it had a faring above the wheels and below the cab.( open both pics in tabs and you will see what I mean.)It looks like it would be used for moving the SP Streamlined locos (Daylight anyone) around the yard.
Kenny
SantaFebuff
That's So Trainz Forum
Or the Daylights's consist. Streamlined locomotives look to have better protection against the elements too with the extra layer.
Cheers,
Joshua
Cheers,
Joshua
magickmaker
New member
Took some research, but I found it.
First off, it wasn't painted in "Daylight" colors. The locomotive was painted in a very simple black, white, and silver scheme, with black on the tank and white on the skirting and smokebox. Silver was painted as an accent around the edges. The pistons were white with black lining on front and back, and at the top of the steam chest.
The locomotive wasn't "streamlined" as you might expect, but instead had a very special water tank and fuel tank construction. The water tank (located at the very front of the locomotive featured curved metal construction and was WELDED. This is important, since most tenders and tanks of the day were riveted together. The water tank was quite large, extending two thirds the way back the boiler and all the way down to the top of the skirting. The fuel tank, also welded, was equally as large. Due to the welded construction of the tanks, and the nature of the silhouette that the locomotive gave, it seemed streamlined to the most casual observer. Due to this, the shop crew added further skirting on the locomotive, and kept it in better condition than other shop engines might have been. Though not used exclusively for this purpose, this engine found use moving passenger locomotives around in the round house, as well as bringing the famed Daylight locomotives out to be hooked up to their respective trains. It never once worked with the coaches, as an already existing 0-6-0 tender engine had that service until it was replaced by first a baldwin, and then later a SW locomotive.
The emblem on the top of the locomotive is a three leaf clover inside a "superchief" style emblem, and is painted in the same simple white and silver scheme. The exact disposition of this locomotive is unknown, but it looks to have started life sometime in the late 1800, early 1900's. Once its useful life as a switching or road engine ended, it found its life extended working the Taylor Round House in LA.
The locomotive was scrapped sometime post WW2. Since SP had TWO locomotives numbered 567 at different times, the exact date of striking is not known, though most pictures put the engine being scrapped sometime between 1955 and 1960.
http://photoswest.org/photos/00015251/00015336.jpg
First off, it wasn't painted in "Daylight" colors. The locomotive was painted in a very simple black, white, and silver scheme, with black on the tank and white on the skirting and smokebox. Silver was painted as an accent around the edges. The pistons were white with black lining on front and back, and at the top of the steam chest.
The locomotive wasn't "streamlined" as you might expect, but instead had a very special water tank and fuel tank construction. The water tank (located at the very front of the locomotive featured curved metal construction and was WELDED. This is important, since most tenders and tanks of the day were riveted together. The water tank was quite large, extending two thirds the way back the boiler and all the way down to the top of the skirting. The fuel tank, also welded, was equally as large. Due to the welded construction of the tanks, and the nature of the silhouette that the locomotive gave, it seemed streamlined to the most casual observer. Due to this, the shop crew added further skirting on the locomotive, and kept it in better condition than other shop engines might have been. Though not used exclusively for this purpose, this engine found use moving passenger locomotives around in the round house, as well as bringing the famed Daylight locomotives out to be hooked up to their respective trains. It never once worked with the coaches, as an already existing 0-6-0 tender engine had that service until it was replaced by first a baldwin, and then later a SW locomotive.
The emblem on the top of the locomotive is a three leaf clover inside a "superchief" style emblem, and is painted in the same simple white and silver scheme. The exact disposition of this locomotive is unknown, but it looks to have started life sometime in the late 1800, early 1900's. Once its useful life as a switching or road engine ended, it found its life extended working the Taylor Round House in LA.
The locomotive was scrapped sometime post WW2. Since SP had TWO locomotives numbered 567 at different times, the exact date of striking is not known, though most pictures put the engine being scrapped sometime between 1955 and 1960.
http://photoswest.org/photos/00015251/00015336.jpg