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The Controversy of AT&SF Locomotive #3463

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[quote user="schlimm"]Sounds like a lot of internal changes, less external.  And what had 3463 become but a rusting hulk with no external sheeting, incapable of running for 50 years.  If this works out, as unlikely as that seems, we might see a living, modern steam engine.  What's so bad about that?[/quote] The changes will be internal and external.  The engine will be jacketed with a functional aim for wind resistance at 130 mph.  Somewhere, there will be the appearance of whatever it takes to house an auxiliary power generator.  The group says the engine will bear very little resemblance to the original.  Perhaps, at some point soon, they will offer a rendering of what their vision for the locomotive will look like.  Perhaps I will offer one first.     <o:p></o:p> I see nothing wrong with building a modern steam locomotive for whatever reason.  However, this project strikes me as being so “conquer-the-world” in scope that I have to question its credibility.  Nevertheless, they are quite likely to take the first step, which might be the sacrifice of the significant historic artifact of the AT&SF locomotive.  People in Topeka would hate to see the locomotive lost to a pipedream that never comes to fruition.  <o:p></o:p> In proper engineering terms of practice, this project should begin with the thorough cad modeling of the existing locomotive.  This would occur concomitantly with the design engineering of the modern locomotive.  Or the engineering would occur prior to modeling the existing locomotive.  So, generally, all the engineering and funding would be in place before disassembling and reworking the historic locomotive.   <o:p></o:p> I am waiting to see if this group puts the cart ahead of the horse and begins the immediate disassembly of the historic locomotive before engineering and designing the new locomotive.  That would be the typical amateur approach to this type of project, and a big red flag to the chance of a successful outcome.
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