Baldwin 0-6-6

[S&G Rute of the Silver River]

While flipping threw a book on baldwin locos one caut my attention, a 0-6-6. The caption said they took an old shay frame centered the boiler and added a set of drivers to the front, mounted on a pin. and a passanger truck in the back. It was intened for passinger trafic. Any recomendations on how to build this in F scale.

[cabbage]

Ok, this sounds like a Single Fairlie Locomotive. You would need some form of 0-6-0 chassis to start with and then build your 6 wheel bogie. The main frames can be made of ply covered with ABS. Have a look here: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sheila.capella/cabbage/welcome.html Look at the section marked Kitchen Sink Engineering. I make all my own models myself, have fun and welcome to the wonderful world of scratch building!!! regards ralph

[Anonymous]

alternatively  use  shay components on an LGB chassis with coach truck at rear  tho the parts could prove expensive

[S&G Rute of the Silver River]

For the chassis I was goong to fab one out of steel plating, (the scrap bin at work is over flowing) I thought this so this way it would have a good weightand have proper grip to the rail. I found two motor blocks and I don't know which one to use, the LGB or the Bachman block, which one would you recomend?

[Snoq. Pass RR]

Hia buddy.  What locomotive did the LGB and Bachmann motor block come from?

[S&G Rute of the Silver River]

What's up.   

I found both on ebay for dirt and was woundering which to buy, but its of little use becouse I lost where they were and then left for a week, (in hence I need an acount on there so I can hit the "watch this item" button and recive emails about them) don't you LOVE techo-nology, becouse it despises me. Oh and to top it off I crushed my thumb chooping wood.

[S&G Rute of the Silver River]

Progress, An old bach. big hauler provides the running works, now all I kneed is a passanger truck, and a lot of work.

[underworld]

Can you post a pic of the original 0-6-6?

underworld

[S&G Rute of the Silver River]

Ill try.       Ok, first find the page in that book.....

                                      .....then take a picture of it....

                                                         ...then somehow load the thing in here.

[underworld]

Like this

 

click on picture to enlarge

 

underworld

[underworld]

There is a survivng 0-6-4 at The Henry Ford Museum

 

underworld

[vsmith]

Like this

 

click on picture to enlarge

 

underworld

[underworld]

vsmith Yeah, I couldn't find a Baldwin yet...but I'm still looking!

underworld

[cabbage]

In my experience most Single Fairlies (patent) are smaller than the versions made by Mason (no patent). 0-6-4 is a "standard" configuration for the Irish GSR at Inchcore which I think were the largest number built in the (then) United Kingdom (ie before partion). I would recommend you look at the Kitson Meyer type of locomotive 0-6-6-0 for your basic design calculations -I am afraid I cannot find the Baldwin locomotive that you are describing. The nearest thing that I have to it is the (in)famous CYCLOPS of the GWR -but that was never a carriage hauling loco. But, it is definately on the list of locos to build.....

regards

ralph

[S&G Rute of the Silver River]

Thanks guys, Thats the exat picture I saw. Whoever buit that in an ALCo. book must have been confused. Why Lionel? I thought it was the wrong guage.