"The Freak"

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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A different “Cab Forward”

http://www.ironhorse129.com/Projects/Engines/NPC_21/NPC_No21.htm

There is a HOn3 unpowered one on eBay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/HOn3-NORTH-PACIFIC-COAST-21-CAB-FORWARD-4-4-0-PART-SET_W0QQitemZ6038677328QQihZ005QQcategoryZ484QQcmdZViewItem

Rich

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Very interesting though you may want to change the title as it may be a bit misleading and cause readers to overlook it.

Thanks for sharing

Fergie

3

IIRC, the Master Mechanic who devised this (insert descriptive noun of choice) received a U.S. Patent for it, based largely on having the “backward” boiler set on a “cylinders forward” frame.

By way of contrast, the SP cab forwards were simply conventional locomotives running cylinders to the rear. Replacing their swinging trailing trucks with pivoting trucks under the cab was their only concession to being routinely run ‘in reverse,’ a characteristic they share with every dual-directional tank loco with a two or more axle truck under the bunker.

Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - with tank locos that run cab-forward upgrade)