[modeleng] Re: Steam loco configurations

Peter,

My 1-1/2" scale CP 173 has spoked wheels on its tender trucks and solid ones 
on the pilot truck.  Even the arch bar trucks on the CP173 are entirely 
different from most locomotives of that period.

Jesse in getting wetter W. Tennessee

A US customer came to my house for dinner, and decided my collection of US
 based railway books was lacking, so he sent me a copy of 'The Evolution of
 the Steam Locomotive' by Swengel. In it, the 'classic' 4-4-0 pictures show
 solid bogie and tender wheels, and from scaling, I'd say about they're 2ft
 6in diameter, give or take a bit. Relatively small driving wheels, around
 4 to 5 feet in diameter. An interesting touch is the painting on the side
 of the headlamp, which was apparently quite common in the mid 1800s.
 Interesting book - it goes right through to the Big Boys and the PRR
4-4-4-4 of 1942. There' also a picture of a New Jersey Railroad mogul of
 1871 wirh 10 wheel tender. An 1899 Chicago Burlington and Quincy Atlantic
 has a tender that looks very like one from a BR standard 2-6-0, though -
 spoked wheels, very English looking! Baldwin 0-6-0 switchers could have 4,
 6 or 8 wheel tenders, apparently.

 Peter Chadwick
 Swindon

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