You have to see this switcher to believe it..pretty ingenious
http://www.railwaygazette.com/...hunter-unveiled.html
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Bruce,
Do I foresee an upcoming loco bash?
Dave
Originally Posted by djacobsen:
Bruce,
Do I foresee an upcoming loco bash?
Dave
You must have ESP.
Very cool looking little shifter. Definitely a project for down the road. Thanks for posting.
Very interesting. There is also an article about a diesel hydraulic loco that is interesting too.
Don
AH.....the famous SD 3.5-0 !!! I'll take at least two !
Can they be MUed together ??
I think this belongs on the, Would This Sell thread.
Similar to the RMT Beep. Hey Walter, here is your prototype for a new offering, if you are interested. The Beeps run on a 4-wheel truck.
IS that a PRR BB diesel Rat? Interesting.
Read the article and stumbled on the 250kN rating. It's the first time I've seen tractive effort in metrics. So, I had to check it out and find it's equal to ~56,000 lbs. and that is more than a USRA 0-8-0 and closer to a 2-8-2. And that's from a 375 hp engine! The heavier model would crank out over 65,000 lbs TE and that's more than the 4-8-4s on the GTW. I'm impressed! ...or missing something.
GTW,
I think you calculated wrong. For an engine with less wheels to have a higher rating it would need more weight, and it is too small for that. Could you have missed a decimal place? 5,600 lbs?
Nathan
