7j43k hwolf These engines are to large for the layout which is 10' x 16'. They don't look good. The small engines ( Climax & Shay's) look better. They also handle some of the tight turns better close to the mine. I only pull 6 ore cars plus caboose at any one time. Harold So, the Heisler I mentioned is "too large"? The Vulcan I showed is "too large"? 2-6-2T's mentioned earlier are "too large"? Mine's shorter than your Bachmann Climax. And my logging 2-8-2T is about a 1/4 inch longer. So you're correct on that one. Sorry we couldn't help. Ed
hwolf These engines are to large for the layout which is 10' x 16'. They don't look good. The small engines ( Climax & Shay's) look better. They also handle some of the tight turns better close to the mine. I only pull 6 ore cars plus caboose at any one time. Harold
These engines are to large for the layout which is 10' x 16'. They don't look good. The small engines ( Climax & Shay's) look better. They also handle some of the tight turns better close to the mine. I only pull 6 ore cars plus caboose at any one time.
Harold
So, the Heisler I mentioned is "too large"?
The Vulcan I showed is "too large"?
2-6-2T's mentioned earlier are "too large"? Mine's shorter than your Bachmann Climax.
And my logging 2-8-2T is about a 1/4 inch longer. So you're correct on that one.
Sorry we couldn't help.
Ed
Ed...
dehusman Depends on what you mean by "mining". The big mining roads in the iron ore regions and the copper roads in Utah were using 2-8-8-2's and larger engines.
Depends on what you mean by "mining". The big mining roads in the iron ore regions and the copper roads in Utah were using 2-8-8-2's and larger engines.
I think the OP was responding to this, but could be wrong.
Bachmann produced a tiny 0-6-0 saddletank a few years ago that would probably fit well with your geared steam and mining setting. It was very light on its feet and would have a tough time pulling 6 cars and a caboose. But it's a cutie! They do pop up on Ebay from time to time.
Simon
Aside from seeing posts about the Reading Tank engines, these really weren't on my radar screen until today.
Coincidentally MRVP posted a video about a tourist railroad Mt Rainier RR that uses a logging tank engine.
Henry
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Dave H. Painted side goes up. My website : wnbranch.com
One of my engines is a Baldwin 4-4-0. It does not seem to have any pulling power like my climax.
Ya, logging engine doesn't necessarily mean a geared steam engine. Frank King in one of his books pointed out that the most common logging railroad steam engine in Minnesota was a 2-6-0. Diesels would work fine in the 1950's too.
You would see 0-4-0's, 0-6-0's, 2-6-0's, 2-6-2T's, 2-8-2T's, and Heislers. You'd also see smaller 'light' 2-8-2's with blind middle axles for turnouts and curves regular Mikados couldn't handle.
This Heisler really did run in the distant hills around Courtenay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia about 75 years ago or more.
This Baldwin Mikado's center driver axles are clearly blind. It operated on excursions in and around Woss, about 100 km north of Courtenay as recently as 1990. Prior to that it was a working logging engine for CANFOR.
The excursion engine used by the Alberni Pacific heritage railway is a Baldwin 2-8-2T with a saddle tank draped over its boiler. It was always an oil burner, to my knowledge, but it certainly is now. Both of these engines have modern valve gear with spindle valves, no slide valves. I don't know if the Mike is super-heated, but the tank engine is.
Bachmann makes a nice tank engine in their regular line. You can still find Rivarossi Heislers.
Ed's post sent me to Brasstrains.com, where they have a tank logging mallet. You might enjoy this youtube vid https://youtu.be/JmAiOQaqygc
Painting a brass steam loco is a bit more than I, personally, would want to do.
https://brasstrains.com/Classic/Product/Detail/078750/HO-Brass-Model-NWSL-TOBY-Baldwin-Saddle-Tank-Logging-Mallet-2-6-6-2T-Unpainted
It is a cool engine though.
Well, of course there's the Heisler. Some people are fond of the Rivarossi. It DOES seem to get good marks for reliability.
Another option would be a Vulcan, though it's not exactly a geared locomotive:
Besides the Bachmann geared engines, there are many many versions in brass to explore.
Common locomotives for logging roads were 2-6-2 and light 2-8-2 and 2-6-6-2--all small and with or without tender. Again, there are versions in brass available.
For mining, I would think a 2-8-0 would be common. The famous Russian Decapod would also be a candidate, in my mind.
A good thing about a logging (and mining?) railroad is that it wouldn't need very many locomotives. Thus the price of brass is less of a problem.
Some early diesel designs go back to
the 30s. The Northampton and Bath hee in PA deiselized in 1934 with westinghouse centercab engines. The first all diesel operation in thecountry. They replaced them with nw2's in 1947. So a logging line could conceivably pic the used units up on the used marked. There also odd ball contraptions that where half steam. Half diesel. Some of these logging companies took geared engines, pulled the boiler and cab off the frame. And stuck a diesel and cab on. Usually center cab style. One logging co did that with a 4-6-0 Wierd looking thing. makes for some interesting opportunities
Wolfie
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My layout is in a large part Lumber and a Mine from the 1950's.
What other Steam Engines other then Shay's & Climax where running at that time. My last Bachmann Shay is gone and I don't want to only run Climax's.