Anyone ever model a fireless steam locomotive?

[Boise Nampa & Owyhee]

These locomotives were used largely by industries which had some need for steam for the regular operation of the business.  Thus it was easy to use locos that relied on that steam. They were use in local yard service and never strayed very far from a steam source.

They functioned exactly as any other steam propelled loco except............ they did not boil their own water.  They would charge these locos with what ever steam under pressure that they might have used for other in house functions.

When looking at a fireless cooker you will find a stack and usually at least one dome.  They exhaust was conducted the same as an on board fire boiler would have.  The dome was necessary as they still needed a dry pipe to prevent water from arriving at the pistons.

see ya

 Bob

[hon30critter]

This might be better asked on the Prototype Information thread but can someone please explain how a "fireless" steam locomotive works?

Thanks

Dave

[Anonymous]

rrinker

Certainly shouldn't be too hard to make one, since the 'boiler' is straight and cylindrical, not tapered and there's no firebox to worry about.

                  --Randy

... or you get one from Trix, Marklin´s 2-rail DC brand. Look here:

Fireless Steam Locomotive

 

[rrinker]

Certainly shouldn't be too hard to make one, since the 'boiler' is straight and cylindrical, not tapered and there's no firebox to worry about.

                  --Randy

[Lehigh Valley 2089]

I know that Steamtown has a fireless locomotive from the original Blount collection, an 0-6-0, I think.

I don't know of any company that makes these engines, but it would be really neat.

[Beach Bill]

I don't know of any commercial models of fireless steam locomotives.  This is a little unusual, in that they were found across the country in industrial settings and some of them lasted well past the usual "end of steam".   In the summer of 1969, I rode the New York Central "James Whitcomb Riley" from Cincinnati to Chicago, and just north of the passenger station in Indianapolis was an operational fireless steam (I think 0-4-0) that was used to serve the steam plant there.

While 0-4-0 was likely the most common wheel arrangement for fireless steam, the largest one produced was an 0-8-0 built by Heisler and still on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania:

Bill

[Boise Nampa & Owyhee]

Here is a link to a site that has quite a bit about them.

I've built a lot of stuff over the years but never one of these.  They are an odd sort of duck.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireless_locomotive

see ya

Bob

[GP-9_Man11786]

Has anybody ever modeled a fire steam locomotive? Evidently they were quite common during the steam era in settings where a locomotive with an open fire would have been a hazard. I've never seen one produced commercially but it seems they'd fit in nicely with a steam-era layout.