RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 19, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 19, 2017 There is a rather nice double ended HST power car in British Railways black with silver stripes in the new issue of Model Rail mag. There was something similar on E-bay a few months ago. How about a Cl43 with a pantograph to make it an Electro-Diesel? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted September 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2017 There was something similar on E-bay a few months ago. How about a Cl43 with a pantograph to make it an Electro-Diesel? 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted September 19, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 19, 2017 My son, 17, saw me reading this thread and has now read all through it. Yesterday in a break at college he came up with this. The rear unit is fixed and the front is pivoted off a support for the boiler. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted September 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2017 (edited) That's cool but I think you need to have the pivot at the rear of the power bogie, so it can lead the loco into curves, for it to work on the Mallet principle, then have a sliding bearing under the smokebox The fireman would probably be grateful if the boiler was shorter with a platform over the front cylinders Edited September 19, 2017 by Corbs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
whart57 Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Speaking of Garratts, two plans put to the GWR in 1931. GWR 4-6-0+0-6-4.jpg GWR 2-8-0+0-8-2.jpg Cheers David I suppose the issue with locos like this on the British railways of the time was less how many tons they could pull but how many tons of unbraked wagons they could bring to a halt within an acceptable distance Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 (edited) a2-2-4-8-0.jpg I think you get the same issues with the narrow firebox, though. You probably end up with something like an enlarged K3 boiler. please click on link above 4-8-0 haunts my dreams. I will try to print two pictures and cut and paste so that steps up to cap is just behind fourth coupled wheels just like the french 4-8-0 that is known manyeverywhere to have been the ultimate and most efficient steam locomotive. The Corbs/Thomson version can be even better and look much better. Boiler diameters are equal(ultimate power) but the Chapelon two throw crank is a not so nice thing. Francis Webb comes to rescue Two outside 17 inch high pressure cylinders sitting 6 feet 3inch apart will clear platform edges in al future. A single 36 inch low pressure can easily sit betwen frames and a single throw crank is better than a two ditto. The thermodynamical cylinder losses are less than the Chapelon child. Not much but still some. Mr Webb will smile ,I think,having fathered worlds best locomotive and it only makes sense in England Edited September 19, 2017 by Niels 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 we did have some 4-8-0's on the NER and the LSWR, so why not try a tender version of them https://d240vprofozpi.cloudfront.net/locos/T/t1_1.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Trains-Railways-British-Isles/SR-and-BRS/LSWR-tank-engines/i-5VnCCW3/1/dd97093a/M/S_LSWR_492_SRA131018_300A-M.jpg take the bunker off, lengthen the boiler and move the firebox over the rear most wheels and add a tender 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted September 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2017 please click on link above 4-8-0 haunts my dreams. You could use GIMP, which is a free alternative to photoshop. https://www.gimp.org/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 19, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 19, 2017 Whose going to be the first to build a working model of this:- http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/fictional/fictional.htm 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Or you could try this... http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20140307#.WcGbmMZry9K This section of the "Girl Genius" webcomic concerns the excitement of taking a trip on the railway system operated by the Corbettite Order of monks. Dunno about the wheel arrangement, but the loco body would be interesting! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Whose going to be the first to build a working model of this:- http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/fictional/fictional.htm It would be interesting to model the grappling-hook locomotive. Someone with limited floor space could build a nice vertical layout to run it on. Getting servos to operate the hooks in the right sequence would be challenging! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimble Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Apparently there was a planned, but not built 2-6-8-0 German war loco, of which Marklin actually made a model of... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 (edited) Not sure what you'd call it. Cheers David Edited September 20, 2017 by DavidB-AU 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazythread Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I can't remember if Sam Berliner III's creations have been mentioned before here, but if you scroll down the linked page you'll find his "EERIE" 2-4-6-8-10-12 multiplex. And more........ http://sbiii.com/bwrkapoc.html#multplex 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Inspired by the EMD DDA40X. Cheers David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 It would be interesting to model the grappling-hook locomotive. Someone with limited floor space could build a nice vertical layout to run it on. Getting servos to operate the hooks in the right sequence would be challenging! Didn't Fowler, or one if the other "lesser" manufacturers, produce a loco that put down sprags in sequence? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 (edited) You could use GIMP, which is a free alternative to photoshop. https://www.gimp.org/ Thank You but I used a scissor and tape. More suitable for my age. When mr Riddles got older, he dreamt of having made the Clan class as Caprotti 4-8-0 and beated the Chapelon for the run of having made worlds best locomotive. LNER could have done prewar and would have looked much better https://imgur.com/mv7Jp6V Edited September 20, 2017 by Niels Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzie Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Not sure what you'd call it. 20-37.jpg Cheers David Is this not a Class 58 'Bone'? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trains4U Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 (edited) I always enjoyed the cut and shut stuff I was particularly fond of my streamlined (A4) tank and double deck Mk3 Edited September 20, 2017 by Trains4U 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trains4U Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 And someone mentioned a tender conversion for a Terrier? 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted September 20, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 20, 2017 Sean O'Connor made a similar Bulleid tank loco. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted September 20, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 20, 2017 (edited) Some of these almost got built a tri Bo locomotive with 86 style cabs was proposed for an earlier channel tunnel and a single cab 58 was an export option Edited September 20, 2017 by russ p Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted September 20, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 20, 2017 (edited) I always enjoyed the cut and shut stuff The Dean 4-2-2-2-2 - that'll be his version of the triple-expansion compound - sending up F W Webb? As all the cylinders are between the frames, things must get quite interesting on shed. Who'd be a fitter? I can only imagine that there's one cylinder per driving axle, with rather short connecting rods. I dare say that once in motion, everything slips into synchronisation. The Drummond double Fairlie has definite possibilities ... ideal for working a push-pull sandwich? The Fowler 2-4-4T looks as if it might have a bit more go about it than the 2-6-2Ts that were actually built. Edited September 20, 2017 by Compound2632 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 20, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 20, 2017 The 142 on bogies was something I considered but with only three bogies and articulated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trains4U Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Most of those pics are about 10 years old - when I had time to mess around - before children! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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