Making a new Train

[gusty geode]

i recognize a sp cabforward anywhere

are you doing an interior for it

[versed shale]

yes

once i get the chassis finished i'm going to work on the cab next

[river pawn]

ooh this'll be fun
which railway mod is that?

[versed shale]

Northern railway mod

[river pawn]

I don't think I've checked that one out yet, I'll give it a look. Neat!

[versed shale]

i think this is gonna be one of the largest functioning steam engines in SP

[river pawn]

probably so yeah
I recall there was a Big Boy ages ago but it wasn't compatible with any of the railway mods obviously

[versed shale]

I probably might convert this into the UP 4014 since it's the same locomotive with chopped front end

[gusty geode]

nuh uh

[versed shale]

it has one less set of front wheels and they added a metal shroud to the cab, other than that it's the same train

[river pawn]

after you post this one, make a bunch of teasers for an AC-9 and then just take a month off lol
free points

[versed shale]

oh you mean the Allegheny right? wait nevermind this isn't Allegheny

[river pawn]

https://tenor.com/view/house-explosion-explode-boom-kaboom-gif-19506150

the AC-9 is literally the cab-forward (AC-12) but turned around the normal way

same frame and everything I think (or minimal differences at most)

[versed shale]

i mean yeah you right, i mean at the end of the day, there's only really one way you pull off this configuration effectively so the designs are gonna look similiar

[versed shale]

Big boy has a bigger cab

[gusty geode]

drivers are different too

lima was standardized in their practices (much like Baldwin) but their locomotive models were different for sure

even with shays, you could have differences in how they were ordered if it was a 60 ton class B

[river pawn]

shays my beloved

[versed shale]

what's a Shay?

[gusty geode]

best logging locomotive ever made

[river pawn]

The pistons are side-mounted and it drives (all) the wheels through a mechanical drivetrain and gear reductions

with the side effect that they sound like they're going about ten times faster than they actually are

[versed shale]

oh wait those geared driver ones. yes i remember now

[river pawn]

they are the most mechanical engineer solution possible and I love them for it

[versed shale]

i really wanted to make one of the 20th century Dreyfus locomotives but i couldn't find prints for em, do you know if those exist still?

[gusty geode]

they also ride incredibly rough over 7mph due to the counterweights in the rods

there's a lot of cool things about them, like how logging railroads would put winches for logging (sometimes even pulling the loco up grades) and water pumps on them for fire fighting

[gusty geode]

https://nycshs.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/pages-from-1981q3.pdf

[versed shale]

thank you, i wanted to make one of em because they used to fly through my home town heading through the Niagara falls route

[gusty geode]

you can find a lot of content by searching "digital archive" or "digital collection" on google for more railroad stuff, or filetype:pdf

[river pawn]

extremely specific question but would you happen to know of any pictures of s/n 2671 other than this one? I've looked for ages and have only come up with the one.

[gusty geode]

i'll see what i can find, im also friends with a lot of logging railroad nerds so i'll consult with them if they have anything too

[river pawn]

it's one of only two OC&E/Weyerhaeuser Woods engines that I can't find a good photo of (and I'm pretty sure no photos whatsoever exist of the OC&E #1, though I do have a pretty good one of a nearly identical engine on the OR&N). 2671 was ex-Cherry Valley #3 when it was bought by Weyerhaeuser, and the Klamath Falls operation hated it so much that they sent it to Washington (where that picture was taken) to die

[gusty geode]

unfortunate news

sometimes, there's just simply locomotives that escape the camera

[river pawn]

no worries, just thought I'd check anyway
I've channeled like 90% of my foamer braincells into the OC&E lol