New Standard Gauge 4-6-6-4 in PRR

Wow.  I'd like to hear more about this one,a real work of art.

Norm

awesome work.

Looks great except for the piece of copper pipe and the 90 degree elbow ! What's that supposed to be ?

Between the high and low pressure cylinders and connecting the two is a large pipe called the receiver, into which the steam from the high pressure cylinders exhausts when the locomotive is working compound. The receiver is simply a reservoir in which the exhaust steam from the high pressure cylinders is stored until it is required by the low pressure cylinders. From the receiver, the steam is admitted into the low pressure cylinders by their valves in the usual manner.

The copper pipe and 90 degree elbow on Jim's locomotive captures the look of a steam receiver fairly well, and seems appropriate for a tinplate representation of a hypothetical locomotive.

Thanks for the information . Should it have a cap on the open end ?

On a real locomotive the receiver pipe would connect the two engines, but to negotiate the tight curves of toy train track, compromises need to be made.  However, having seen Jim's loco in person at the Oaks SGMA display, I can confirm that it is awesome!

Summerdale Junction posted:

Looks great except for the piece of copper pipe and the 90 degree elbow ! What's that supposed to be ?

That is the steam line  that runs to the back cylinders.

Jim,

Fantastic locomotive!!

Any chance you could "tweek" your design into a Milwaukee Road Mallet?

Bob Nelson

oh my,looks like it would take a committee to move/lift it,,,super work,you "super man" 

Terry, I think the engine designation GG2 is shorthand for a committee with respect to moving the engine/tender. It actually means Get Guys (at least 2). 

Jim,

Are you selling these?  Now we need some hoppers and boxcars to go with this.

Norm

Jim,

I would like  one too.

Mark

All I can say is WOW!  That is spectacular.  who cares about the looks of the copper pipe receiver.    You gotta use your imagination instead of couting rivets; it's tinplate, not a scale model.

Jim is a cottage industry all to himself!  Nice Piece Jim!  I wonder just how many hoppers it could pull at one time?

Really beautiful work. If you ever put these into commercial production I would be in line to buy one as well. Really captures the spirit of tin plate, totally palusible but not entirely realisitic.

Jim,

You are developing a following.  Do you think that you could sell 5-10 of these engines?  I look forward to your GG1.

Norm

Oh my goodness, how can one criticize this beautiful piece??  it is what it is.  Great symmetry.  terrific tinplate.

This my opinion. A++++++++++++++.  John

Wow Jim, that's awesome. If they go into production, I'd love to pick one up

Jim,

Cha Ching!  This is why I keep working.

Put me down as an interested party as well

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