06-17-2009, 08:02 AM
Galen,
If you check the bottom of this thread:
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You'll see plans for the only 3' gauge 4-8-0s ever to run in the US. They were essentially 2-8-0s with a 4-wheel lead truck. Since you're doing that sort of thing.
Logging lines and short lines frequently had all sorts of similar conversions. The Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway had four 2-6-2s which were essentially just 0-6-0s with extra wheels. One was even converted to a 2-6-0 which demonstrated not only that the extra axle was not integral to the design, but also that it really served no purpose. The Hilo Railroad had an ex-Sierra 2-6-2 which was also little more than an 0-6-0 with extra wheels. I'm sure there were many other examples.
You need to get up the SF...IIRC, there have been three operational Southern Pacific pacifics in the past 10 years. (I admit, half the reason I typed that was to say: Southern Pacific pacifics...it is nearly as good as talking about Southern pacifics
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If you check the bottom of this thread:
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You'll see plans for the only 3' gauge 4-8-0s ever to run in the US. They were essentially 2-8-0s with a 4-wheel lead truck. Since you're doing that sort of thing.
Logging lines and short lines frequently had all sorts of similar conversions. The Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway had four 2-6-2s which were essentially just 0-6-0s with extra wheels. One was even converted to a 2-6-0 which demonstrated not only that the extra axle was not integral to the design, but also that it really served no purpose. The Hilo Railroad had an ex-Sierra 2-6-2 which was also little more than an 0-6-0 with extra wheels. I'm sure there were many other examples.
You need to get up the SF...IIRC, there have been three operational Southern Pacific pacifics in the past 10 years. (I admit, half the reason I typed that was to say: Southern Pacific pacifics...it is nearly as good as talking about Southern pacifics
)
Michael
My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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