What do you see?

[magickmaker]

This is my attempt at a bit of fun with prototype pictures. I'm linking three pictures here, each of them has at least THREE things in them that is funny, or odd. See if you can guess them all. I'll post answers tomorrow in this thread.

First:

http://www.steamlocomotive.com/misc/images/showImage.php?image=wg1.jpg

Second:

http://www.steamlocomotive.com/misc/images/showImage.php?image=solvay49.jpg

Third:

http://www.steamlocomotive.com/misc/images/homestake9-1.jpg


So, what do you see?

 

[Enkidoh]

Well, for the first one, besides it's rear bunker sporting a significant dent (damn vandals!), is it a tank engine sans side tanks?

Second one looks like a toy train with that garish technicoloured paint scheme, but less obvious is that the cab windows are clad in Plexiglas (a very modern invention). I don't know, but it seems a little 'clean' as well, as it seems to be missing a good deal of boiler pipework and fittings too.

Finally, the third one is pretty obvious, besides that over-the-top riveting on the boiler (it looks like it's made of Lego bricks!), it's clearly missing both a dome and stack/funnel! An experimental domeless boiler perhaps? :hehe:

But I'm probably wrong.

 

[Gandalf0444]

Well the 3rd one was mining locomotive obviously..So it may not have a dome and stack on purpose(roof clearance reasons) and may be a steamless steam locomotive as to not catch the product being mined on fire(most likely coal?)...

 

[narrowgauge]

I'll have a go.

Number one has a pin lifter for a Janney coupler but is fitted with a link and pin coupler. Probably a modified Janney coupler was fitted into the link and pin box

Number two has what appears to be a rotating light on the cab top, presumably for safety reasons

Number three is a compressed air loco. Note the finned cylinder. The air expansion would cause considerable cooling effect so the fins are designed to get heat in to stop condensate freezing. The absence of a cylinder jacket is normal for compressed air.

Peter

 

[seniorchief]

1. dent in the back
2. A switch latern is mount on the top of the cab
3. The rivits are to big



Damon(The Rocker):hehe: :wave:

 

[magickmaker]

First pic:

One heck of a dent in the back. Looks to have been from a derailment at some point.

Curious Janey uncoupling lever, but link and pin coupling.

Strange front window that looks like it's nothing more than a board missing near the top of the cab.

Second pic:

Missing saddle tank. (Formerly tank locomotive) You can still see the mark where it was on the cab front.

Switch stand light on top the cab.

Curious British style 3 link coupling on the front. No buffers though.

Third pic:

No smokestack (Compressed air locomotive)

Pushing plate on the front of the loco, curious coupling (link and pin type) above the plate.

Second "coupler" pin type located below the pushing plate.


So what was the meaning of this exercise? Years ago someone told me when building a model, always take a few looks at the photos I used. You'd be shocked the details that come out after a second, or third look.

For example:

Did you notice the rails in the first picture looking like they were leaning inward?

Or perhaps the journal cover plate missing on the rear axle?

Maybe you picked up on the horribly bent reversing lever in the second picture, and the fact that the "guts" underneath the cab seem to be missing.

If you looked really closely, you'd have noticed that the "boiler" on the second locomotive is fake...

 

[big_b]

Here's another shot of #9 the bottom coupling mount was the towing point with a draw bar while the top was for a safety chain. http://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/hsg9.jpg another pic http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:0-4-0-engine.JPG dave

 

[Klinger]

well....that dent in the first one could not be vandals...its too big...they backed into something before the locomotive was retired

But, the trailing truck wheels are two different sizes

The second...is wearing the strangest paint scheme I have ever seen....5 different colors

the third is a mining locomotive, with no stack, nor any couplers