Dave (HOn30 critter) will probably have enough parts to make one of these after his plow is completed [:)].
Simon
Now THAT is interesting. Locomotive design as influened by a Chinese rickshaw.
Solid disc drivers? Or are there large holes in the disc making this an early Scullin driver? The cylinders don’t line up with the stack, but that’s OK. The steam dome looks as big around as the boiler. And you have to love what look like Greek columns holding up the “cab.” And is that a plow or flanger ahead of the rear truck?
I am reminded of a long ago article in MR, maybe by Jim Findley or Bill McClanahan, about the guy who introduced all manner of expensive parts into his “scrap bin” and then would produce models and explain to his wife that it cost him nothing, he just used stuff from his scrap bin. The punch line of the article was “I wish I’d thought of that years ago”
Dave Nelson
Now that is neat.
It looks to me to be a steam locomotive version of a RGS “Gallloping Goose”.
I want one.
-Kevin
Hi Simon,
After the plow is completed I am going to try to go back to building my layout. I have left it untouched for far too long (except for piling junk on it!).
Before I start building any new ‘hybrid’ locomotives, I have a few projects that need to be finished properly. This is one example of an attempt at a Galloping Goose that doesn’t look too bad, but I can’t say the same thing about how well it runs. The brass pilot is too close to the track so it shorts the rails constantly. Unfortunately, the whole frame under the cabin and the pilot are all one piece of brass, so it will take a bit of work to correct the problem:
Here is another critter that is long overdue to be finished. It looks great and it runs great. All it needs is a paint job:
I think that my worst bad habit in the hobby is not finishing things properly. I don’t know if it is lazyness or boredom, but I have to change my ways.
Cheers!!
Dave
John White addresses these in some detail in The American Passenger Car. These were quite popular in the mid-19th Century, with intended use just like EMC motorcars in the early '20s. The effect of the Panic of 1857 and the Civil War seems to have killed the idea at the time…
It would appear that this contraption was built by the Vulcan Iron Works in 1868 and at some time belonged to the San Joaquin Valley Coal Mining Company. It may have been the Central Pacific pay car also. (?)
Cheers, the Bear.[:)]
South African Railways #1:
SAR_Steam_Motor_Coach_no_1,_1906 by Edmund, on Flickr
The Grand Trunk Railways of Canada ran this fine looking machine over the International Bridge at Fort Erie. Note the cylinders and side rods at the far end:
http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/photos/cnr_self-propelled/steam.htm
Canadian Pacific had their version as well:
Of course there were the dozens of inspection engines that were popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
PLE_Insp-23 by Edmund, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
Cheers, Ed
Anybody else notice the woodburning stack on that creation ?
Must have been a pain in the back to load cordwood through the door.
While not adding any further information, though I only had a quick look, there’s a nice rendition of the contraption here…
https://historyoftherails.com/sp-up-unmerger-1912-1913/
Cheers, the Bear.[:)]