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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by sparkingbolt I'll go out on a limb here, since the topic deals with diesels, but how about a diesel era steam engine? in the June 1982 Model Railroader was an article on the ACE 3000, a proposed new age steam engine. it looked like 2 wide bodied diesels back to back, but with steam-piston driven running gear on one of the units with nice big drivers, a boiler consealed within the hood body. It was to be fully modern, with microprocessor fuel management and a great many improvements over the best of the last steamers. I think it had a 4-8-2 wheel arrangement. The "support unit" (tender) featured modular fuel containers that could be loaded on with fork lifts, and it would recycle the steam and condense it back into water for reuse in the boiler. And the whole locomotive featured lots of other cool features, both from a prototype and a modeling point of veiw. The proposed "prototype" never made it to the rails, so was it really a prototype? It would still be a great subject to model, and fit right in to the modern diesel era with some freelancers license. What does anyone else think about this? Dan [/quote] Here's a link to a drawing of the ACE 3000 and the Ultimate Steam Page web site. http://www.trainweb.org/tusp/ace_det.html
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