Strange & Extreme Trains

>>1027539
Is that a double-ended snowplow?
And if so, why?

>>1027559
For un-plowing the snow, obviously

>>1027559
if it is
Canada

>>1027559
It's so they don't have to turn it around to change direction. Apparently it was built for use on branch lines where there was nowhere to turn the train around.

>>1027567
The Russians have a very serious commitment to horizontal assembly.

>>1027568
>Apparently it was built for use on branch lines where there was nowhere to turn the train around.
But then how would they get it from the front of the train to the back?

>>1027582
They decouple from it and then run the locomotive around it on a parallel track and come back from the other side. Even a small single-track branch line will generally have passing sidings that they can use for this.

>>1027568
>>1027584
>Acting as if branchlines mean anything.
The real reason is that nobody uses turn tables anymore, you can't put wyes everywhere, and a snow plow is too heavy to have its own internal turn table like other MoW equipment.

>>1027680
That was my initial thought too but I looked the thing up and what I found said that it was intended for branch line use.

My initial guess was that it was intended for clearing yards but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Also, on the subject of wyes, it occurs to me that you couldn't use them at all in this situation, since the train would have to back up through an unplowed part, unless you put a plow on the back end of the train too. (Which actually doesn't seem like the worst idea, come to think of it, just put a single-sided plow on both ends of a switcher and you could clear a yard with minimal hassle.)

>>1027825
You don't plow yards. There are cars in them and they're moving often enough.

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>>978258
>not just posting the Holman Horror

>>1027931
What the hell is the point of this?

>>1028285
The fact that this shoop was brought to life makes me really want running on my layout.

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Reminds me of that dog. Someone must know what I'm talking about. This isn't real btw, just found it searching the holoman horror.

>>1029165
It was supposed to increase tractive effort by having more points of contact between the drive wheels and the rails, improving adhesion. But it was also a scam.

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>>1029169
Found it

>>1027536
I'm building a model of this currently

>>1029673
Pics pls

>>1029673
pics or link to model?

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>>1029717
>>1029720

1/144. I am working on an Nscale model railway, and since I don't want a honking big German gun with my Japanese trains, I'm thinking of doing it in IJA green and leaving some space to sit it on the side.

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>>1029814
Noice

>>1027536
>gustav
>on tumblr
ew

captcha: SS

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all your trains are so tiny

>>1030584
top notch lad

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So apparently despite the overwhelming number of people who will tell your otherwise, 2-6-4 type locomotives DID exist in America.

I have obtained some pictures of a few owned by the former Boston & Maine Railroad. None survived.

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>>1030987

Another. It can sort of be thought of as a "super forney" locomotive with an extra driving axle crammed into the space between the cab and the firebox.

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>>1030989

More B&M oddities. Here's an inspection engine.

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>>1030990

Possible the oldest photograph of a B&M loco, from 1855. Note the unconventional inside cylinder layout, extremely rare on U.S locos.

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>>1030991

Slightly more conventional 2-6-6-2 mallet owned by the railroad, presumably for the mountainous routes in western Massachusetts and New York.

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>>1030992

More unusual 0-8-8-0 Mallet that was later sold to a mining company in Utah.

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Perhaps the most beautiful engines to serve on the B&M, no. 3713 has the survived the genocide of her siblings and is still preserved today. It is now owned by Steamtown who hopes to restore it to working order, which would make it the first B&M engine to steam up in almost 60 years.

This is mainly to supplement Steamtonwn's two showcase steam engines: Canadian Pacific no. 2317 and Canadian National no. 3254 which were both taken out of service to to expensive mechanical issues. As of 2016, Steamtown currently has no serviceable engines.

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>>1030651

>>1030651
> compensating this much

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Let's not forget about this behemoth either.

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>>1031599
Also this, though I question its authenticity.

>Implying that I should.

>>1031600
>Implying that I should.
I'd do a bit more than just question it - It's a terrible quality edit.

>>1031599

>2-10-10-2

Christ

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>>1031063

>>1031599
>>1031800
Santa Fe also had some 2-10-10-2s but they sucked. Virginians however did work!

...Not only that, the VGN ones had the largest LP cylinders on a locomotive (48" bore) and the widest boiler too (118.5")

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This may not look too unusual, but the rear drivers actually projected into the firebox, since it was il fired. That's one way to get a wide AND deep firebox on a 4-8-0! It was also the heaviest conventional 4-8-0 ever (A few tons heavier than N&W M2)

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>>1030987
>>1030989

>mfw American 2-6-4 engines actually exist

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Camelbacks were always cool.

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>>1031599
Also don't forget about this thing

>>1033540
It would be hard not to, considering that it is also a terrible shoop.

>>1032656
for_what_purpose.gif

>>1027560

Lol, ZIP

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>>1033572
The joke's on you, I don't even own photoshop.

While I'm here though; here's an actual train;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-14-4
It's the only 4-14-4 loco ever produced... And for a good reason.

I think this guy put it best:

http://www.aqpl43.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/russ/russrefr.htm

"It spread the track, wrecked every set of points it passed over, and derailed almost every time it moved."

>>1033736
>http://www.aqpl43.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/russ/russrefr.htm

>TEPLOPAROVOZ
>Diesel-steam

Damn, those diesel steam hybrids are pretty crazy sounding. Shame they didn't work out.

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This though.

>>1033736
>The joke's on you, I don't even own photoshop.

You could still save a shoop and repost it nigger.

>>1033540

>2-10-16-2

Suitable for moving the earth's axis I presume.

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r8

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>>1035027
>>1035025
>4-12-12-6

Might as well tow the planet while they're at it.

Once an artic is over 4 wheels/tyres in each of two driving sets, wouldn't they have the same problem as a rigid frame locomotive while going through tight curves?

>>1035072

Maybe is can be a 4-6-6-6-6-6?

>>1035309
It doesn't help if the respective points that each driving set pivots around are still in a straight line. The leading and trailing sets would need to have an extra allowance for extra lateral movement.

>>1033585
To burn slow burning anthracite you need x-box hueg firebox. That obscures view, so move cab midway because that still allows communication with the fireman and offers better view

>>1027536
>>1029673
>>1029814
Just what the FUCK did this thing shoot?! Like, ammunition and target -wise..

>>1036430
Being in the cab of that thing sounds about as fun as shitting razor blades.

>>1036435
Of the top of my head, I think it was 36" shells that weighed more than a T-34-42.

They shot it at forts.

The only real work it did was in Crimea, blowing up Soviet ammo dumps & fortifications during the Siege of Sevastopol.

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>>1036435
>>1036445

Close, it was only 31". Shells weighed 10,000 to 15,000 lbs.(Is that about 1/4 of a T34?)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwerer_Gustav

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>>1036438
There's a reason they were eventually outlawed.

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>>1030987
>>1030989
>>1030990
>>1030991
>>1030992
>>1030993
>>1030997
>>1031599
>>1031600
>>1031928
>>1032656
>>1033540

>When you realize almost none of these locomotives were preserved as monuments to American ingenuity

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>>1037610
Well a portion of them are shooped so-

Have a steam turbine.

>>1029169
How would that boiler even function?

>>1029814
Nigga that shit is off the rails (reddit tier pun intended).

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>>1037610
>American ingenuity
There's two words never seen together. Step aside, Mallard coming through!

https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/transpotter/21929440

bus train inventor claim:
- we have some very simple, very neat solution to.solve how does it turn and the illusion ot will give to driver that they're driving backward
- it can turn easily as its car are connected with soft connection
- the upper cover of this bustrain can be raised and fall to accomodate low bridges
- No SUV are higher than 1.8m so the 2.2m space it have would be more than enough, and large cars can use other roads
- Those people online say i have not completed primary school education but we only want to invent something new, those great inventors like Edison weren't from famous university either

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>>1039390
Locos with inclined boilers like that were designed to work on steep inclines/cog railways, which would level out the boiler. That one is exaggerated though-look at the incline cropped off on the upper right.

Here's the Mt. Washington cog railway locomotive for comparison.

>>1039701
woah dude. I learned somthing today

>>1039701

What about when they are going downhill?

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>>1027560

>>1039738
They just go down backwards.

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>>1039701

That engine looks like it's having a hangover.

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>>1041459

>>1041459
Why are there testicles on this guy's face?

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>>1027536

>>1042888
I don't really understand the point of the tube there.

>>1042705
He's just ugly. They go into it in the comic.

>>1042917
you mean the launch tube around the rocket? It's there to protect the rocket during transit and erection, protects the train somewhat from rocket exhaust, and helps contain and concentrate thrust at liftoff a bit too.

>>1042932
>protects the train somewhat from rocket exhaust

Maybe, but if those rockets are being launched it's probably a "One time use" kind of deal.

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A locomotive from 1904 that the museum I volunteer at is taking apart and refurbishing. The strange/interesting thing about it is that it ran on compressed air rather than steam.

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not a strange train in itself, but it ended up in a strange location

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>>1043125
There's another one just like it, if not the same.

http://www.aqpl43.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/ouestair/ouestair.htm

>>1044441
Also
http://www.aqpl43.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/TRANSPORT/comprair/comprair.htm

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A freight EMU

>>1044562
I'd like to see how they load/unload the containers with the catenary.

>>1044626
I think they shunt it off track

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Dunno what this is, but it probably fits here.

>>1044747
"STEAM TRAM"

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>>1044626
The yards can be set that the train goes beyond the wires while at least 1 pantograph is still touching
Alternatively, shunting as above

>>1043001
That is a good point... If that's a nuke, some engineer somewhere is *incredibly* optimistic.

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polish eu funded pilot project

>>1045323
Doesn't look Polish at fucking all.

>>1045323
>JR
>Polish
Poles fucking wish

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>>1043127

Holy fuck

You can see the dead woman's feet sticking out from under the smokebox door.

>>1045369
Can't see shit.
Would you please draw something in it to identify it please

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>>1045752

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>>1046365

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>>1046269

>>1045369
>>1046373
Jesus.

>>1046373
how can you tell those are feet, and not whats left of a headlight?
it also looks a bit like a bell mount.
I see something, but it doesn't distinctly look like feet to me.

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>>1045369
>>1046373
While there was one death from the incident, It was due to falling masonry, not being crushed by the train.

>>1046488
Jees how strong is the frames of that thing not to buckle at all at the forces but the street below just fucks off out of there.

>>1046492
It's a 4 inch thick plate of steel

It holds up

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>>1027536

Not too easy to see the rails but we move the sub's about on bogies equipped with large hydraulic acutated platforms. The rails criss-cross the assembly shed and take the boat out onto the shiplift where it gets lowered into the dock. The front cradles are yoked together ensure they don't splay out under the boat's mass.

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Freight tram transporting cars between two Volkswagen factories in Dresden, Eastern Germany.

>>1036435
target? 7m of reinforced concrete plus 1m of armour metal who knows what the fuck tougher than concrete.
At a range of 40km

>>1027536
hate to break it to you, but gustav and dora were not transported via rails. The rails exist solely as a recoil system, and were purpose built for this. What you see in that image is a circular loop that also enables the gun to be aimed in any direction. The guns were disassembled and moved via other means.

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narrow track railroad in my cunt

>>1047036
broad gauge railway up ur mums cunt

>>1044747
I literally came

>>1046771
It was transported by train, they even built a special line to transport it to the only location it's ever been used in combat.
They disassembled it though, and didn't run it on double tracks, but transported it on a regular freight train.

>>1047036
>TU2
That was the strangest loco I've ever seen on narrow-gauge tracks.

>>1046619
>brits have rolls royce in the nuclear industry
>have to get shitty french company to build hinkley

>>1036468
Even closer! What is interesting about these rounds is that the shells had to be made in increasing diameters (~1/4") over the course of shelling a target. Gustav and his engineers at Krupp were making $10,000 per round fired by the German Army and after ever shot, the barrel had to be remounted. ~40 rounds later and the barrels needed to be swapped, which meant they could start using the smaller diameter shells again.

The weapon and story of Krupp are truly fascinating, check out The Arms of Krupp by Michael Manchester.

>>1031600
Yeah, that's totally not shooped.

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K

>>1051412
What's strange and extreme about a doodlebug? They're rare now, but they used to be quite common.

>>1051412
>americans think railcars are strange

>>1053818
Is that a shay?

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>>1053825
yes

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How about a steam-electric locomotive? It's cab-forward as well, for bonus strange points.

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>>1053898

>>1051793
>buffer and chain couplers

>>1057743
I never understood that method when knuckle couplers exist

>>1059854
And have existed for nearly 150 years. How the hell do European railroads switch cars with any kind of speed? Do you even kick cars with buffer and chain?

>>1059858
I heard that the buffers can tangle on a curve lol. Stupid buffer

>>1051412
This is a model

Necro bamp

>>1059982
Duh.

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A C&O M1 steam turbine, probably the weirdest locomotive I'm aware of.

>>1065646

Not that weird if you coal supplier is cheaper than the diesel supplier. But a better implementation would have been an articulated mallet-garrat with 4 set of drivers with steam condesning gear and possibly the coal bunker underslung in the center (to avoid the coal dust issues plaguing the traction motors)

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>>1066264

Still lurkin