I'm still working of just keeping it upright and not crashing into the ceiling of tunnels and bridges!
2-4-6-8-10-12
- Thread starter Mountain Man
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Right!!! The engine was the engine.. and classified as such... The tenders were "add-ons"
I just would like to see the look on the face of the Turntable operator when it needed to be "Turned"!
A Mallet would be somethign like 2-6-6-4. A 4-6-2+2-6-4 is a Garratt.
As noted, the Whyte system makes a LOT of assumptions about a steam engine's design, and it's easy to break. The Eurpean system not only counts axles but dstinguishes powered and unpowered - a 4-6-2 becomes a 2C1. The Germans, at least, often bother to list tender wheels as well, though separately.
cidchase
Active Member
It's a "photshop" job of a triplex.:thumb: (Erie is misspelled.) No, ya think? I guess you have "premission" to post it here? :thumb: somebody stop me...:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:
Trains magazine tried to adopt a reformed Whyte system a while back that would give extra information. I think -(6)- indicated 6 drivers that swivelled. Someone seemed to think it important to know if the front set was on a pivot or securely fastened to the main fame (e.g. PRR T1). I don't know if they came up with anything for unpowered axles in the middle (I think only Beyer Garratts had them). Some people also make a fuss if what looks like a 4-wheel rear truck is actualy 2 wheels on the frame and 2 on a swivel (2-6-2-2)
Well, since the 2-4-6-8-10-12 isn't actually a real locomotive, it's much ado about nothing.
It would make an interesting model, though.
It would make an interesting model, though.
Well, since the 2-4-6-8-10-12 isn't actually a real locomotive, it's much ado about nothing.
It would make an interesting model, though.
Yes, but this thread has the potential to be almost as interesting as "The light at the end of the tunnel!"
L
lester perry
Brutus the barber has been quoted here but I don't see his original post. Am I missing something.
Les
Les
The post was removed by administrative decision so now the thread can be more about that extraordinary fantasy locomotive.
Ralph
Interesting proposal... even if it's a photoshop job. Isn't it a 2-4-6-8+10 though? "+10" for the booster (i.e. powered wheels on the tender) and no "12" since unpowered axels on the tender don't count?
Andrew
In order to make sure this horse is good and beaten, the 12 tender wheels were a "steam turbine powered 6 axle trailing truck booster" according to the fanciful description on the site that Brutus linked.
My opinion is that tender boosters don't count!
:mrgreen:Matt
Not quite. A vasectomy doesn't show so no one knows you've had one. This shows so the whole world knows...
Oh I Hope not.
Joe
Oh I Hope not.
Joe
No, but it can be emasculating.
Actually, the full form of the European system does that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UIC_classification uses an apostrophe after any set of wheels that pivots.