whacky Locomotives etc (real & steam-punk)

raafif · March 06, 2011, 06:28:58 PM

Couldn't find a suitable topic already so posting here ...

Would love to see this 1863 Blackburn Agricultural engine in 1:1 scale -- minus the device on the back & with a side-platform stoker added it would make a neat steam-locomotive (the treads mesh with the sleepers for cog-traction)

1/16th scale steel model ...
http://modelengineeringwebsite.com/Blackburn_engine.html
http://modelengineeringwebsite.com/Blackburn.html

rickshaw · March 06, 2011, 11:00:14 PM

Might be useful on mountain railways, up steep slopes which normal engines can't handle. They often use a rack system anyway.

Weaver · March 07, 2011, 11:31:09 AM

Now what you need on that is:

1. A lengthened front end with two tiny wheels,

2. A zig-zag funnel with a cone on top,

3. A driver with Mk.9 goggles on his top hat,

4. Two of them to have a drag race....

The Rat · March 07, 2011, 12:01:36 PM

Oh dear, is it time for this disturbing video again?

Cliffy B · March 07, 2011, 12:18:03 PM

Quote from: The Rat on March 07, 2011, 12:01:36 PM
Oh dear, is it time for this disturbing video again?

Just wait until they try to go UP hill

Doc Yo · March 09, 2011, 07:56:12 AM

The image stokes my fevered brain...thanks for the links, Raafif!

Weaver · March 09, 2011, 07:59:16 AM

Quote from: The Rat on March 07, 2011, 12:01:36 PM
Oh dear, is it time for this disturbing video again?

It never was time for that video and it never will be. I need mind-soap. Now.

starship1 · March 10, 2011, 02:24:35 PM

Quote from: The Rat on March 07, 2011, 12:01:36 PM
Oh dear, is it time for this disturbing video again?

OMG my eyes! my eyes! Must pluck out.

ysi_maniac · May 30, 2022, 05:27:54 AM

Toying with Big Boy and Southern Pacific class GS-4 4449 type aka Golden State

1st and 2nd are the real things

3th is 4449 with Big Boy config, a huge locomotive

4th is Big Boy lightly steam lined

ysi_maniac · June 07, 2022, 10:26:22 AM

Short versions of known SNCF electric locomotives , that apear on top of each image.

Hobbes · June 07, 2022, 11:03:02 AM

Those are pretty close to RW locos.

NS 1600-class, based on Alsthom BB 7200:

and
NS 11, based on BB 8001:

PR19_Kit · June 07, 2022, 12:09:18 PM

Is the bottom pic a model?

Hobbes · June 07, 2022, 12:48:43 PM

Yes, it's an H0 model by Piko.

PR19_Kit · June 07, 2022, 01:18:00 PM

I'm impressed, the pantograph looks very realistic, unlike some of them.

ysi_maniac · June 07, 2022, 08:15:35 PM

Railways models enthusiasts are very lucky: they are supplied with wonderful models, already done and funtional.

...
Quite expensive too. $:-\$