This thread is where you post drawing of fictional locomotives that you designed! Rule: *Be as detailed as possible! Example: "D" Class 4-8-0 Specifications: Type: Steam Locomotive, 2 cylinder Simple Configuration: 4-8-0 Gauge: 4 ft 8.5 in (1,435 mm) Valve Gear: Bakers Driver Size: 80 inches Fuel Type: Coal Tender Capacity: 32,000 Pounds, 16 tons (14.5 tonnes) Boiler Pressure: 300 PSI (2,100 kPa) Cylinder Size: 26 inch stroke x 32 inch diameter
Immpossible, as the locomotive doesn't exist, so I don't know the weight...you know... "MT" Class 4-6-0 "MT" is an acronym for "Mixed, Ten Wheeler." SPECIFICATIONS Type: Steam Locomotive, 2 cylinder simple expansion. Configuration: 4-6-0 Gauge: 4 ft 8.5; in (1,435 mm) Valve Gear: Bakers Driver Size: 64 inches Fuel Type: Coal Tender Capacity: 8,000 Pounds, 4 tons Boiler Pressure: 228 PSI (16 kg/cm2) Cylinder Size (2): 24 inch stroke x 28 inch diameter
All my designs have Baker Valve gear on ouside cylinders, the driver sits on the left of the cab, and Belpaire fireboxes.
HF Class 2-10-2 "HF" means "Heavy Freight." SPECIFICATIONS Type: Steam Locomotive, 3 cylinder simple expansion. Configuration: 2-10-2 Gauge: 4 ft 8.5; in (1,435 mm) Valve Gear (Outside Cylinders): Bakers Valve Gear (Inside Cylinder): Gresley Conjugated Driver Size: 57 inches Fuel Type: Coal Tender Capacity: 20,000 Pounds, 10 tons Boiler Pressure: 250 PSI (1723.6 kPa) Cylinder Size (3): 30 inch stroke x 36 inch diameter
I managed to work out the tractive effort, just not HP http://mitchellsgallery.fotopic.net/p52977809.html http://mitchellsgallery.fotopic.net/p52977810.html
Pair of Baldwin Sharks Back to Back Baldwin Shark Nose with BB - BB trucks - In theory would give you more tractive effort than two of the locos:
I've always wanted to see an "orange and green" Great Northern "SD-30"!That would be a sweet kit-bash!!
We've all got our own ideas, but remember...without actually building one, it is impossible to find the weight, and thus impossible to find tractive effort.
That double-ended Shark is great - it reminds me a bit of the gorgeous big electrics GN ran through the Cascade tunnel. Sort of a cross between those and the Centipedes... This gets my brain going on speculation - like what if some "fallen flag" builders like Baldwin or FM were still in business? Methinks I may contribute to this thread soon...
I took a photo of my venerable old Shark and did a bit of image-mangling: That would be really impressive as it thunders by, pulling a heavy freight...
Here's a more practical version of the "flexible mallet" concept. Although a 4-10-10-4 (Noone's gone beyond 2-10-10-2), it is realy more of a 4-10-0 coupled to a 0-10-4: thgere are two boilers, with a firebox at each end. However, there are 3 flexible pipes joining the boilers. 2 large ones are for steam/water. The small one is for steam going to the huge low pressure cylinders (Which, I might add, are the same size as on the Virginian 2-10-10-2's.). Its cylinder arrangement is that of a normal mallet. The "smokebox" (if it can be called such) is mounted on the from engine, over the hinge connecting the two. The used smoke and steam comes from a pipe in each boiler, and share a double KylChap funnel. The pipe under the hinge is for the ashes to drain out. It is oil fired, and the engineer's cab is in front so he doesn't have to see across the gargantuan boiler. The fire man is with him, and there is another fireman in rear cab, along with, occasionally, a film crew.
