From website: Another "really weird and wonderful" boxcab is the N&W's #7 electric BOXGON (or whatever they call it?): Per Clint Chamberlin, "the NW#7 is an electric transfer car at one of N&W's Coal transfer piers in Norfolk VA. The coal hoppers were dumped into a stock pile and the coal transferred to these cars, which would travel out onto the pier and dump into waiting ships." From John McCluskey (photo by John Testagrose). " Weird, ain't it? It was from http://home.att.net/~Berliner-Ultrasonics/rr.html
Another "really weird and wonderful" boxcab is the N&W's #7 electric BOXGON (or whatever they call it?):
Per Clint Chamberlin, "the NW#7 is an electric transfer car at one of N&W's Coal transfer piers in Norfolk VA. The coal hoppers were dumped into a stock pile and the coal transferred to these cars, which would travel out onto the pier and dump into waiting ships." From John McCluskey (photo by John Testagrose). "
Weird, ain't it?
It was from http://home.att.net/~Berliner-Ultrasonics/rr.html
You want an unusual locomotive? I got an unusual locomotive for you, and I ain't making this up!!
How about an electric-coal-steam engine? Don't believe me? Switzerland, in the 1940's converted a few of their 0-6-0 switchers to electric power by adding a pantograph, transformers, and a resistance grid heater to the boiler of these engines. They retained the standard coal fired ability, but could now also run off of electricity.
Image from the Loco Locomotives page, copyright Douglas Self. http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/swisselec/swisselc.htm
How'd you like to have that running on your traction layout?!Matthew Imbrogno-Mechanical Vollenteer, Arizona Railway Museumwww.azrymuseum.org
Well, since we are referencing the Loco Locomotive page...
I think I would have to nominate the Franco-Crosti beast; an 0-6-2+2-4-2-4-2+2-6-0 Quadraplex.
More here:
http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/francocrosti/francocrosti.htm
Scott - Dispatcher, Norfolk Southern
TrainFreak409 wrote:Well, since we are referencing the Loco Locomotive page...
Worse
I'm not through all of 'em, though, so I'm getting to be afraid what else there might be there....
bpickering wrote: TrainFreak409 wrote: Well, since we are referencing the Loco Locomotive page...WorseI'm not through all of 'em, though, so I'm getting to be afraid what else there might be there....
TrainFreak409 wrote: Well, since we are referencing the Loco Locomotive page...
Outside of the myth/legend of the soviet atomic Big Joe, I always thought this, the Soviet AA20, a 4-14-4 was the greatest most spectacular failure steamwise, ...
Heroic in scale, heroic in intent, heroic in failure...
Have fun with your trains
It's STILL better looking than a P&LE Berkshire or Pig Boy!!
Roger