Found this thread, some really interesting pictures on it
http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=92886
CF-7 bashed from covered wagon F-7 into a freight cabbed switcher
Metra F40PHM-2 w/ modified cab from a standard F-40PH
…then theres this, shop made for the Southern San Luis Valley RR
This? and what in blazes is this?
omg they liked building some weird stuff, the drive wheel is a regular rubber wheel in the middle
(http://www.wagon-wheel-gap-route.freehomepage.com/images3/SLVS-Rail-Pusher-00015129.jpg)
Mark, well, if it has enough down-force on it then it would grip the rails well.
I guess this thread goes in the file “There is a prototype for (almost) anything”
Wow, what strange locos, and what interesting stories behind them!
Mark Dashnaw said:
omg they liked building some weird stuff, the drive wheel is a regular rubber wheel in the middle
(http://www.wagon-wheel-gap-route.freehomepage.com/images3/SLVS-Rail-Pusher-00015129.jpg)
Mark that’s a Powered Tender! You’ll notice it’s built on an old tender frame…
John Caughey said:
Mark Dashnaw said:
omg they liked building some weird stuff, the drive wheel is a regular rubber wheel in the middle
(http://www.wagon-wheel-gap-route.freehomepage.com/images3/SLVS-Rail-Pusher-00015129.jpg)
Mark that’s a Powered Tender! You’ll notice it’s built on an old tender frame…
Although the image won’t show for me I know what it is, its also a SSLV creation like the cupola cab engine in my post above, both were built on tender frames. The critter in my pics used a chain drive to the tender wheels, the other used a direct tire drive. Ingenious solutions.
Ya Vic, I’ve got it too.
I was guilted out of posting pics … I was waiting for a powered tender thread… oh well.
John
Mark Dashnaw said:
omg they liked building some weird stuff, the drive wheel is a regular rubber wheel in the middle
(http://www.wagon-wheel-gap-route.freehomepage.com/images3/SLVS-Rail-Pusher-00015129.jpg)
Here it is. I saved it in my freight shed. I think it is also a chain drive like the old Mack trucks.
Anything is possible where there is a will there is a way and where there is a scrap pile, little money but a need then there is a train.
That tire driven cab over is whacky