...and Art's pretty upset about it.
You know how some folks like to put a body on a power truck and call it a diesel?
Yoiks!
Rusty
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Awesome chooch!
Lionel could have that made with their Switcher body and trucks.
Andrew
Believe it or not, there is proof that Lionel took that approach.
Lionel's 1956 Accessory catalog is full of factory prototypes. A close look at the NH EP-5 "Jet" on the cover reveals that it comprises two spliced F3 shells. Cuts follow air filter details so they are hard to spot.
An early motorized unit is mounted on a FM Train Master truck; a 3360 Burro Crane, on an F3 truck.
Some logging railroads replaced Climax boilers with internal combustion motors to drive the center jackshaft. A rudimentary cab and hood protected motor and crew.
Hmmm - I have some spare three-axle trucks around here somewhere.
I like it.
Originally Posted by Lee Willis:
Hmmm - I have some spare three-axle trucks around here somewhere.
Lee... I was hoping you saw this! This should be your follow-up engine to the ATSF 2-8-8-8-8-8-2 you're doing currently. You know, from the ridiculous to the sublime? Big Toot and li'l hoot! In fact, paint this one up in Warbonnet, too. It can be the 'dingey'!
Have a lashed-up good time!
KD
I have been told I imitate life!
This is a very unique idea.
It would have been nice if the author had used standard railroad terms to describe this locomotive's performance. I have no idea how much tractive effort "250kn" is, nor do I know how sharp a curve with a radius of "53m" is. The speed of "40 km/h" I can figure out.
In the railroad industry, tractive effort has always been expressed in pounds, and curve radius in degrees.
Originally Posted by OGR Webmaster:
This is a very unique idea.
It would have been nice if the author had used standard railroad terms to describe this locomotive's performance. I have no idea how much tractive effort "250kn" is, nor do I know how sharp a curve with a radius of "53m" is. The speed of "40 km/h" I can figure out.
In the railroad industry, tractive effort has always been expressed in pounds, and curve radius in degrees.
250 kN is approximately 56,200 lbs., and by my calculation a 32 meter radius curve is about 33 degrees.
I agree Rich - a very unique idea.
Rich,
The article is from Railway Gazette, a British publication. They gather industry, not railfan news related to railroading from around the world with too much emphasis on urban passenger trains / trams (this is just my opinion). The tractive effort, speed & radius are specified in Metric System units which is standard outside the US even for railroads at this time.
Here is a link to their free news page.
http://www.railwaygazette.com/news.html
Thanks,
Naveen Rajan
