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QUOTE: Originally posted by dave9999 4884bigboy, You are a posting maniac, you must be stopped! I think you have covered it all. Is there no end in sight? Dave
QUOTE: Originally posted by Jetrock Personally my favorite is the gypsy locomotive. These were practically unknown except on the California northcoast. They were essentially a small 0-4-0 engine with a special gearing mechanism and capstans on the front of the engine. This mechanism was intended to use the engine's power to load logs onto the disconnects. There were two ways to deliver this power--either the locomotive was a traditional rod engine with an extra cylinder dedicated to the loading apparatus, or a sort of "geared" locomotive with cylinders mounted horizontally above the drive wheels, whose power could be switched via a lever (and quite a bit of grunting and swearing on the part of the train crew) between a gearing to drive the wheels and a "bull gear" to drive the capstans. They are almost uniformly ugly, bare-bones simple (often lacking in things like paint, covered cabs, headlamps, and other amenities) and tiny, and I find them utterly charming. Here's a link to some gyspy-engine info: http://www.trainweb.org/gearedsteam/other/bear_harbor_1/bear_harbor_1.htm And another gypsy-engine link, with a picture of the "Falk", which is drop-dead adorable: http://www.visithumboldt.com/loggingmuseum/redwoodcountry.html I'm currently sort-of working on a small HOn3 logging layout (small as in less than three square feet) and want to build a gypsy engine from a converted N-scale 0-4-0 Dockside. I'm also fond of Porters--those tiny logging rod engines. Supposedly there is a company that makes a Porter body for HOn30/HOn3 use that one can mount on the same 0-4-0 Dockside, and I want one of those too (I have two Docksides ready for mutilation!)
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QUOTE: Originally posted by 4884bigboy QUOTE: Originally posted by dave9999 4884bigboy, You are a posting maniac, you must be stopped! I think you have covered it all. Is there no end in sight? Dave I'm sorry[8)]. I just am obbsessed with trains at the time and want to find out other peoples intrests. Plus I have so many questions....... Sorry if I've been annoying.[;)] 4884bigboy[:)]
QUOTE: Originally posted by dave9999 QUOTE: Originally posted by 4884bigboy QUOTE: Originally posted by dave9999 4884bigboy, You are a posting maniac, you must be stopped! I think you have covered it all. Is there no end in sight? Dave I'm sorry[8)]. I just am obbsessed with trains at the time and want to find out other peoples intrests. Plus I have so many questions....... Sorry if I've been annoying.[;)] 4884bigboy[:)] Your not being annoying, I was just funnin' with ya [8D]. Dave
QUOTE: Originally posted by railman Am I getting duped or is the "grasshopper" a real engine? I've never heard of it before.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Muddy Creek QUOTE: Originally posted by railman Am I getting duped or is the "grasshopper" a real engine? I've never heard of it before. 4 wheeled, vertical boiler: http://www.gearedsteam.com/dunkirk/dunkirk.htm Early B&O Grasshopper: http://www.southernsteamtrains.com/agrasshopper.htm Here's how to model one: http://www.southernsteamtrains.com/misc/grasshopper1.htm Wayne
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QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith QUOTE: Originally posted by Jetrock Personally my favorite is the gypsy locomotive. These were practically unknown except on the California northcoast. They were essentially a small 0-4-0 engine with a special gearing mechanism and capstans on the front of the engine. This mechanism was intended to use the engine's power to load logs onto the disconnects. There were two ways to deliver this power--either the locomotive was a traditional rod engine with an extra cylinder dedicated to the loading apparatus, or a sort of "geared" locomotive with cylinders mounted horizontally above the drive wheels, whose power could be switched via a lever (and quite a bit of grunting and swearing on the part of the train crew) between a gearing to drive the wheels and a "bull gear" to drive the capstans. They are almost uniformly ugly, bare-bones simple (often lacking in things like paint, covered cabs, headlamps, and other amenities) and tiny, and I find them utterly charming. Here's a link to some gyspy-engine info: http://www.trainweb.org/gearedsteam/other/bear_harbor_1/bear_harbor_1.htm And another gypsy-engine link, with a picture of the "Falk", which is drop-dead adorable: http://www.visithumboldt.com/loggingmuseum/redwoodcountry.html I'm currently sort-of working on a small HOn3 logging layout (small as in less than three square feet) and want to build a gypsy engine from a converted N-scale 0-4-0 Dockside. I'm also fond of Porters--those tiny logging rod engines. Supposedly there is a company that makes a Porter body for HOn30/HOn3 use that one can mount on the same 0-4-0 Dockside, and I want one of those too (I have two Docksides ready for mutilation!) Jetrock, we have similar tastes... Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette did some articles on the Bear Harbor Gypsy, including full drawings, enough to build a great model out of, FYI. I hope to build a model of this one day. Personally I'm more into the mining types (thats my layout), the turn of the century Porter 0-4-0's back when they had wood cabs were of charm, Falk types are really cool. My favorite geared loco's were the 2 footer Shays used by the Gilpin Tramway in Colorado, and my all time favorites were the 2-6-6-2 mallets built fot the Uintah Railway. I also really like Class A Climaxs, worn down backwoods beast that look like a still on wheels.