Well, which do you prefer?
4884bigboy, You are a posting maniac, you must be stopped! I think you have covered it all. Is there no
end in sight? Dave
Oh yeah, Three truck shay. Dave
Overlooked on the list are the Climax – the second-most popular woods lokey – as well as the Dunkirk; the Willamette (a highly successful Shay knockoff that prompted Lima to introduce the Pacific Coast Shay); and Baldwin rod lokeys such as 2-6-2Ts, 2-8-2Ts, 2-8-2s and 2-6-6-2 articulateds.
I like the Pacific Coast Shays, but wouldn’t mind if someone introduced a three-truck Climax or Willamette!
Willamette,
My grandfather SOLD them.
interesting
Doug, in Utah
Dunkirk’s, Grasshoppers, Climaxs Why aren’t these on the list.
The Shay are the baddest logging steamers. Especially Western Maryland’s #6. Awsome.
Personally my favorite is the gypsy locomotive.
These were practically unknown except on the California northcoast. They were essentially a small 0-4-0 engine with a special gearing mechanism and capstans on the front of the engine. This mechanism was intended to use the engine’s power to load logs onto the disconnects.
There were two ways to deliver this power–either the locomotive was a traditional rod engine with an extra cylinder dedicated to the loading apparatus, or a sort of “geared” locomotive with cylinders mounted horizontally above the drive wheels, whose power could be switched via a lever (and quite a bit of grunting and swearing on the part of the train crew) between a gearing to drive the wheels and a “bull gear” to drive the capstans.
They are almost uniformly ugly, bare-bones simple (often lacking in things like paint, covered cabs, headlamps, and other amenities) and tiny, and I find them utterly charming.
Here’s a link to some gyspy-engine info:
http://www.trainweb.org/gearedsteam/other/bear_harbor_1/bear_harbor_1.htm
And another gypsy-engine link, with a picture of the “Falk”, which is drop-dead adorable:
http://www.visithumboldt.com/loggingmuseum/redwoodcountry.html
I’m currently sort-of working on a small HOn3 logging layout (small as in less than three square feet) and want to build a gypsy engine from a converted N-scale 0-4-0 Dockside.
I’m also fond of Porters–those tiny logging rod engines. Supposedly there is a company that makes a Porter body for HOn30/HOn3 use that one can mount on the same 0-4-0 Dockside, and I want one of those too (I have two Docksides ready for mutilation!)
i like the 2-8-2Ts and the 2-6-6-2s
I use a Samhongsa Powerhouse 2-4-4-2 on a logging branchline.
I’m sorry[8)]. I just am obbsessed with trains at the time and want to find out other peoples intrests. Plus I have so many questions…
Sorry if I’ve been annoying.[;)]
4884bigboy[:)]
Jetrock, we have similar tastes…
Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette did some articles on the Bear Harbor Gypsy, including full drawings, enough to build a great model out of, FYI. I h
Your not being annoying, I was just funnin’ with ya [8D]. Dave
Ha Ha! [:D][:)][:p][8D] Happy Thanksgiving everyone![8D]
Super shays. I’m fond of #2 at Cass Scenic Ry.
Hoy Vey! here’s another almost year plus topic! No wonder I didnt recognize it![:0]
I do like them Shays with their coffee grinding sidewinder gears but I also have a soft spot for Climax’s, in particular the Class A Climax.[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]
Hey Jonathon,
This one is from waaaaay back… I still remember this one. Dave
Am I getting duped or is the “grasshopper” a real engine? I’ve never heard of it before.
Love them climaxs and any other small, well used logging loco. Want to have a porter on my layout, but been told that in my scale ( HOn30 ) the 040"s don’t run very well. Guess I’ll have to stick with my class A climaxs for now.
4 wheeled, vertical boiler: http://www.gearedsteam.com/dunkirk/dunkirk.htm
Early B&O Grasshopper: http://www.southernsteamtrains.com/agrasshopper.htm
Here’s how to model one: http://www.southernsteamtrains.com/misc/grasshopper1.htm
Wayne