whistlehead
Lurking
Erm...
You work this one out.
Two cabs!!
You work this one out.
Two cabs!!
Strange Train Prototypes
- Thread starter sethmcs
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Once Again, Genius!
I knew about the Double Deck Train, but Other Stuff you Mentioned I didn't Immediately Understand.
I'm on Spring Break and I'm being Schooled!
magickmaker
New member
Crampton used these. Really strange looking and try to wrap your head around how its piston works. It took me forever to figure it out, but I's not spoiling it for you. See if you know.
My favorite though (and I want in Trainz) has to be:
Electric fired steam locomotive...
and
This puppy is a Steam TURBINE. It's in preservation in Sweden, and it STILL RUNS!
My favorite though (and I want in Trainz) has to be:
Electric fired steam locomotive...
and
This puppy is a Steam TURBINE. It's in preservation in Sweden, and it STILL RUNS!
Hurrah! I love those Electric-Fired 0-6-0Ts!
The Swedish ran some Pretty Cool Steam Locomotives...
Say Wha... Have you seen any Reference Photos/Drawings?
Really! It might've been Photoshopped...
This was the Brennan Mono Railcar of 1909. It maintained its balance by using a flywheel gyroscope. It worked succesfully but was not taken up for practical reasons. It had one peculiarity that due to the action of the gyroscope when you stepped onto it, the side you stepped on went up rather than down due to the gyroscope compensating! Incidentally Wolseley produced a similarly powered two wheel gyrocar for a Russian Count for the narrow paths of his estate. Again it worked but World War One prevented its export and it was scrapped.It's threads like this that make comin here worth while! Love your idea!
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Heres a good one. No joke and apperantly I worked too!
Gives me an idea to build something like this for trainz, just for fun.
Huh. When I saw a Diagram it Looked as if IT Had TWO Gyros. Maybe That's why It Balanced so well...
This?
http://home.att.net/~iii3/rrpix/gg1_4846.jpg
It was a wrecked GG1, technically a GG1/2 that was converted for continued use. I have seen pictures of it in Amtrak Black as well, so I assume it operated for quite a long time after its wreck
motorbreath
Earth Rocker
Crampton used these. Really strange looking and try to wrap your head around how its piston works. It took me forever to figure it out, but I's not spoiling it for you. See if you know.
My favorite though (and I want in Trainz) has to be:
Electric fired steam locomotive...
and
This puppy is a Steam TURBINE. It's in preservation in Sweden, and it STILL RUNS!
On the Crampton one, I would guess the piston was internal and the crank that the rods are connected to agitates back and forth as opposed to making complete revolutions.
And the electric steamer?? Was there an electric heating element?
Actually, Yes! Since Sweden was Chock Full of Overhead Wires for Electric Trains during WW2, Electric Heater/Generators were part of the Locomotive's Design. Imagine the Fuel Bunker being Replaced by a Mini Generator run by Electricity...
motorbreath
Earth Rocker
Very interesting indeed.
magickmaker
New member
motorbreath, you're dead on the way it worked, though the electric steam wasn't a swedish design . I think it was Austrian.
. I think it was Austrian.Thanks for that information. I have never seen any detailed information on it so didn't know the details.Huh. When I saw a Diagram it Looked as if IT Had TWO Gyros. Maybe That's why It Balanced so well...
In Switzerland during the Second World War there have been tested two electric fired steam locomotives:
http://www.skyrocket.de/locomotive/data/sbb_e3-3.htm
Regards
Swordfish
http://www.skyrocket.de/locomotive/data/sbb_e3-3.htm
Regards
Swordfish
motorbreath
Earth Rocker
The electric steamer just seems too complicated and redundant. Why go with all of the maintenance and parts instead of just building an electric loco? Were they rebuilds?
magickmaker
New member
pretty much yeah. The idea was that here you have a shortage of locomotives due the war. You've got a huge host of steam engines, and the catenary is already in place, but you don't have the electrics to fill the needed trains. So you work with what you have.
Mechanically, they wouldn't be that complicated. The pantograph would provide power into the boiler, using a resistor or system similar to a oh, space heater. It would just need to be a constant bit of power, not that much at all even. Then, all the engine has to worry about is water.
Mechanically, they wouldn't be that complicated. The pantograph would provide power into the boiler, using a resistor or system similar to a oh, space heater. It would just need to be a constant bit of power, not that much at all even. Then, all the engine has to worry about is water.