How about an 0-4-4T return flue geared locomotive? [%-)] SP’s subsidiary Oregon & California Railroad had two of these, used during construction. They were “numbered” “A” and “B” respectively.
With a return flu, the boiler gasses pass through to the front and returned to the rear of the boiler via U-shaped flues. I presume this was an attempt toward efficiency by having the hot gasses pass through the boiler twice. I’d bet it created a maintenance nightmare.
Mark
Pretty cool looking
Whats the box like house on the back for ?
Nice piece. No model of this one. On3 has more of these than HO. I really like these wierd engines.
I’m guessing that’s where the fuel for this beast is kept.
Wood (fuel), LCL freight (anything this loco could pull would’ve been LCL, LOL) and maybe chickens (for lunch)
A kitbash of that would look good running around on my future On30 layout.[tup]
My money would be on the beast being a woodburner, and the roof being very useful to keep the woodpile dry in an area that gets more rain in a week than Southern Nevada sees in a wet year.
From what I can see, the boiler front reminds me of a Scotch marine boiler, which was a return flue design. They weren’t any worse to maintain than a standard boiler, but I’ll bet having the final smokebox in the cab was, to put it mildly, cozy. (I wonder if they swiped the boiler off a small steam-powered watercraft.)
Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
The GP30. that bulge in the hood was because of the wish to not make it longer.
Look a lot like a merged John Bull
The critters were rebuilt from locomotives acquired from the Cascade Railroad, built by the Vulcan Iron Works in 1862 and 1866. After the Oregon & California, they went to the Oregon Central.
Mark
[|(] DOGGAMMIT! - I hate you ! [banghead]
Now I just have to build a model of it! [swg]
PS I think the ‘tender’ is a seperate car built on a bogie, sure looks like it to me… at least thats the way I’m gonna build it.[:-,]
Packers#1, GP30s are good candidates for the Academy of Ugly Locomotives, not this one.
Mark
BTW I know nothing about wierd logging engines [:-^]
WHAT?!!!
I think that GP30’s are some of the coolest EMD’s ever produced. 
That ‘bulge’ is for the traction motor blower fan. The GP30 had two ducts under the walkways to route to cool air to the traction motors. Later EMD production used just the left hand ductwork to route the cooling air. This reduced the need for multiple blowers over each traction motor(actually reduced the need for a longer car body). The GP30 was the first central air system EMD road engine.
Jim
For your info, the cylinders are 6x12 and driver diameter is 34 inches. Having the loco jointed will allow for a far smaller turning radius than if built solid.
[}:)]Mark
Yeah, at first I was thinking it looked kinda like a Forney, but then I saw that the teder looked seperate.
i found this one…
here: http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/gaugechange/gaugechange.htm
The website is here: Loco Locomotives
Rotor
A goofy solution for track-gauge conversion. A worthy candidate for the Academy of Weird Locomotives!
Mark