Articulate & Steam

CN1

Active Member
I thought I would share this with the "steamer folks"
4-6-4-4 Duplex
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Topo

Member
Thanks for these pics, CN1.

Certainly, the Pennsy had some amazing motive power, specially these duplex! :eek:

BTW, the J #610 is an all-time favourite! ;)
 
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Fred_M

You may be right MM, I checked and I was thinking of the Pennsy 6-4-4-4 duplex (which you can get). The second (4-4-6-4) is avalible in O and N, but I could of sworn it was once imported in HO brass way back when, but I can't find it. Sorry to get your hopes up. Pennsy just had too many homebrewed locos. :eek:ops: :eek:ops: :eek:ops: FRED
 

Cjcrescent

New Member
CN1;
Nice pics. But the Duplexes aren't articulateds. They're rigid framed. The models (in brass) have to have a radius over 30". One from Westside of the 4-4+6-4 needed I think 38".
 

Medicine Man

New Member
If the price of oil keeps going up,going back to wood fired steam may not be un-reasonable.

Water and lumber,the ultimate in renewable energy.

MM
 

CN1

Active Member
Yes they're Articulated...

Cjcrescent I didn't mentionned or claimed that Duplex were Articulated. The title on this post is : Articulated and Steam. You came to the wrong conclusion.

For more information on Duplex Locomotive you can go to:

Locomotive Wheel Arrangment: http://www.du.edu/~jcalvert/railway/wheelarr.htm

Duplex Loco:http://www.skyrocket.de/locomotive/duplex.htm


For more information on Articulate you can go to:

Baldwin Loco, Mallet Articulated: http://catskillarchive.com/rrextra/blwmal00.Html

Articulated Locomotivehttp://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/articult/articult.htm

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fee: http://www.steamlocomotive.com/articulated/atsf.html

UP's Articulated: http://www.steamtrainartist.com/text_steam_train_PL1061.html

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CN1

Active Member
Articulated Consolidation AC4
Builder: Baldwin
Fuel: 4889 Gal
Cyclinders: 24 x 32"
Water: 16152 Gal
Weight: 614,000 lbs Dia.
Drivers: 63"
Steam Pressure: 235 lbs
Tractive Effort: 116,900 lbs

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Cjcrescent

New Member
CN1;
Given the title of this thread, "Articulate and Steam" and then shown pics of just non-articulated engines, what was I to think??? A lot of railfans make the mistake of assuming the pennsy Q & T class locos were articulated, but they weren't. They just look like it and again given the title and those pics, it was very easy to believe you had made the same rookie mistake.
 
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