So on the trestle pictures thread there is an interesting locomotive with a double cab.
It looks very similiar to this Strong Locomotive company engine
Yea, they are usually called “Camelbacks”, or sometimes “Mother Hubbards”, and Piko makes a Camelback. Piko’s is larger and more modern then that one, but I am sure with a little bashing…
Is it basically a situation where the primary cab is placed in the middle of the boiler and the fire box and a second cab are placed at the back near the tender? That’s what t looks like.
Looking at the above picture I can see this as being an easily scratch built locomotive out of a Bachmann 10 wheeler chassis and tender. It would require an entirely new boiler and cabs. But using 4 out of the six drivers the as is front truck adding a trailing truck, use the tender basically as is. Oh yeah make it a 1:20.3 wood burner and your right up my alley. Looks like the CR&N may have to have a # . . . what number am I up to now.
I hope people here realize I save everyone of theses stupid pictures for potential someday builds. . .
That’s the oddest looking Atlantic I’ve ever seen.
To get from the footplate to the cab, the engineer would have to be part monkey.
The Wooten fire box was developed for type of coal that didn’t burn as hot as other types. The Reading and others had a variety of wheel bases with these dual cab beauties…
Just a few that I’ve collected…
John
At the time it was built The Worlds Largest!!!
The Engineer is in the next county!
There you go grasshopper.
Oh there was one more style with the wide fire box. The coal needed a wide fire bed to generate enough heat…
But there wasn’t much leverage/balance for a big cab…
John
Okay, my first thought was “Wait… I never built anything like that.”
Didn’t know there was a “Strong Locomotive Co.” Google turned up that this particular locomotive was actually built by Hinkley for the Strong Locomotive Co.
More here; apparently that’s a pretty “interesting” design for the boiler, known as the “Strong boiler.”
Later,
K
As opposed to a “weak boiler”?
Sorry, I couldn’t help myself.
I guess the idea would work as well with a wood burner, a bigger fire equals more BTUs.
Kevin, Kevin, Kevin
You need to drop everything and build a locomotive with a Strong boiler. That is a cool concept and would be a very unique model. I am pretty sure I read somewhere that EBT had a narrow gauge version
From the Railway Journal Kevin linked.
Now that I am learning a little the Strong Locomotive has the unique double fire box which is the Strong design. The other camel back in the other thread has a Wooten fire box which after reading a bit is as John has said an extra wide firebox. Both being so wide makes sense why the second cab. The engineer would need to be up by the boiler to operate the locomotive and the fireman would need to be at the fire door which is a few miles back behind. Not only long but wide which prevents any room in the ab next to it. So makes sense build one cab forward of the fire box and one aft. I get it now. What a fun type (either one) to model.
Devon Sinsley said:
Kevin, Kevin, Kevin
You need to drop everything and build a locomotive with a Strong boiler. That is a cool concept and would be a very unique model. I am pretty sure I read somewhere that EBT had a narrow gauge version
You know, there is a “what if” category in the FEBT reunion modeling contest now. Just saying. (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
So, with 2 fireboxes to feed, did they have 2 firemen to feed them? (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Randy Lehrian Jr. said:
Devon Sinsley said:
Kevin, Kevin, Kevin
You need to drop everything and build a locomotive with a Strong boiler. That is a cool concept and would be a very unique model. I am pretty sure I read somewhere that EBT had a narrow gauge version
You know, there is a “what if” category in the FEBT reunion modeling contest now. Just saying. (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
