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Well this has been a long time coming! And I only got around to posting it because of a conversation I was having with one of my watchers.
Behold, a WasteLand 4-6-2! The was a passenger locomotive I designed to be featured on my story "WasteLand", a Steampunk Spaghetti Western.
I've always loved 4-6-2 type locomotives, especially the earlier versions of the locomotives. This particular one would be used for mixed service with the smaller drive wheels. Passenger oriented versions would be a little longer and have larger drive wheels. In essence the engine would be used similarly to how the Norfolk & Western "J" class 4-8-4s were used, in both freight and passenger service. Though unlike trains of today this engine, was well as nearly the rest of the railroads in WasteLand use a track gauge of 5'3", or what is known as "Irish Gauge". Supposedly the most efficient track with to size of train ratio. Or so I've read from somewhere.
It was really fun designing this thing, I wanted to convey an obvious "Western" feel to the locomotive and still have a feeling like you would see from trains used in old Spaghetti Westerns like "For A Few Dollars More", just as an example. I also added the inside bearing trailing wheels because it was an older style, and it just looks DANG good!
My only gripes about the locomotive are the smoke stack, which I'm still not happy with the overall shape, and the placement of the rear tender truck. I did mean for it to be placed further back and some how I goofed that up pretty good. :shrug:
If I had any skill with Gimp or Photoshop I'd fix it.
Not quite sure how I'm going to color this one, certainly lots of brass and copper, but as for paint I'm thinking with going with earth tones like browns and possibly tans. Still mauling over that though.
Anyways, I hope you guys like it! Please do leave comments!
Behold, a WasteLand 4-6-2! The was a passenger locomotive I designed to be featured on my story "WasteLand", a Steampunk Spaghetti Western.
I've always loved 4-6-2 type locomotives, especially the earlier versions of the locomotives. This particular one would be used for mixed service with the smaller drive wheels. Passenger oriented versions would be a little longer and have larger drive wheels. In essence the engine would be used similarly to how the Norfolk & Western "J" class 4-8-4s were used, in both freight and passenger service. Though unlike trains of today this engine, was well as nearly the rest of the railroads in WasteLand use a track gauge of 5'3", or what is known as "Irish Gauge". Supposedly the most efficient track with to size of train ratio. Or so I've read from somewhere.
It was really fun designing this thing, I wanted to convey an obvious "Western" feel to the locomotive and still have a feeling like you would see from trains used in old Spaghetti Westerns like "For A Few Dollars More", just as an example. I also added the inside bearing trailing wheels because it was an older style, and it just looks DANG good!
My only gripes about the locomotive are the smoke stack, which I'm still not happy with the overall shape, and the placement of the rear tender truck. I did mean for it to be placed further back and some how I goofed that up pretty good. :shrug:
If I had any skill with Gimp or Photoshop I'd fix it.
Not quite sure how I'm going to color this one, certainly lots of brass and copper, but as for paint I'm thinking with going with earth tones like browns and possibly tans. Still mauling over that though.
Anyways, I hope you guys like it! Please do leave comments!
Category All / All
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File Size 198.6 kB
Please don't mistake me for being rude, but that information is incorrect. Frederick Methvan Whyte developed a system to classify steam locomotives according to their wheel arrangements. Though only the wheels on the primary frame on the locomotive is included, the tender is excluded. And then for tank engines, locomotives without tenders, the wheel arrangement would be followed by the letter "T". For example an 0-4-2T
I'm not sure where you got you information, but I think there was a misunderstanding in translation. If you google "Steam Locomotive Classification" there will be multiple examples on a number of results, none of which includes the wheels on the tender.
http://www.trainweb.org/seaboard/St.....ifications.htm
Again, I'm only trying to clarify. If I sound rude I do apologize as that's not my intention. ^^'
I'm not sure where you got you information, but I think there was a misunderstanding in translation. If you google "Steam Locomotive Classification" there will be multiple examples on a number of results, none of which includes the wheels on the tender.
http://www.trainweb.org/seaboard/St.....ifications.htm
Again, I'm only trying to clarify. If I sound rude I do apologize as that's not my intention. ^^'
Yes, I know. Whyte notation, along with virtually ever other locomotive wheel formation classification system I know, only counts the wheels attached to the locomotive's frame and/or subframes. The tender is (technically) an entirely separate piece of rolling stock.
There is the OBB 399 class which has a Wheel arrangement of: D2-h2St (D2 = 0-8-4)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hallgr.....99/5838338851/
http://www.mariazellerbahn.at/nostalgie/mh6.php
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hallgr.....99/5838338851/
http://www.mariazellerbahn.at/nostalgie/mh6.php
It's an Engerth locomotive so it's sort of is an 0-8-0 with an articulated tender. It's an 0-8+4 according to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engerth_locomotive
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%96LB_Mh
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%96LB_Mh
The engine in the first link is VERY interesting and I think I'll keep it in mind for a possible future WasteLand locomotive. It's very unique, though the one in the second link still looks like a traditional 0-8-0. though I do understand the lateral play in some of the driving axles to allow for better tracking on sharp curves.
All good and very solid locomotive designs/wheel arraignments. For myself I like taking the larger engines you wouldn't have seen back then and backdating them. To me it really gives a "Steampunk" feel to the locomotives, just like the one I drew here. Now I do have an idea for a 4-4-2, though it would look a little more traditional. It's actually one of the focal character's private train and only consists of two or three cars. (Probably three, Business car, private car, and storage car/express box)
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