Post Articulated Locomotives Here

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Like this?

>1038089
good but more points for steam

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I'm OK with less points

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>>1038096

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>>1038097

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>>1038098

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>>1038099
Imagine if US transcontinental railways were electrified...hnnng

>1038097
>1038096
>1038098

Well i was expecting steam but electrics are okay too i guess

>>1038088

Where does it articulate?

>>1038110
It's a mallet

>>1038100
They will be.

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>>1038101

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So trains. I normally come here for the bikes, but trains tho. How do I get into this elite level autism. What is the locomotive equivalent of a vintage Eddie Merckx bicycle?

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>>1038534
>How do I get into this elite level autism.
idk I just like machines.
>What is the locomotive equivalent of a vintage Eddie Merckx bicycle?
Steam.

>>1038558
I like machines too, but trains don't appeal to me, their not precise enough. I'm more of a guns and watches type guy. Maybe its because I'm an americunt and the train here are uninteresting and suck.

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>>1038558
>steam
particularly inter war central euro designs

>>1038135
No they won't. It's too expensive and the BNSF and UP transcons are too remote.

>>1038606
>too remote
>black mesa and lake powell

they have the capacity to do it but they wont because they have too many diesels and no buyers in case they really wanted to do it

>>1038088
Why are trains so fucking aesthetically pleasing? How do they do it? I've yet to see a train which didn't have any points of charm.

>>1038585
>Not precise enough
That's because you live in a country that is unwilling to properly fund and maintain railways?

>>1038841
You act as if I don't agree with you. I rode on an amtrak train this last winter. That shit was literally from the 1960's. The rails were so poorly built that one section had us going 10mph for a full hour. Just think of all the Irish and chinks that died creating something as pointless as the american Rail system. Please Elon Musk save us from this hell.

>>1038606
What ever happened to the MILWbro?
Sure he was long winded, but the pics he posted were comfy as fuck.

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Post some real articulates, like the Allegheny 2-6-6-6 here.

One of the few most powerful steam locomotives built.

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>>1039294
There's a preserved one in the Henry Ford Museum.

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>>1038898
Still here :^)

Got kind of tired of fighting off butthurt cyclists though so I don't really post new threads much anymore. If there's interest though I can start a thread and dump 150 or so of the best MILW electric photos I have.

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Also Little Joes count as articulated locomotives so I can post them here.

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How about a mallet Tank Engine

>>1039368
metal af

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Electrified freight will happen when oil becomes too expensive and we have moved to a majority-nuclear grid. Trust me.

(Not articulated, but still my favorite electric loco)

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>>1039562
Mallet tank engines are cool looking

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>>1038605

>>1039829
Garratts are one of those things that I'm sure worked really well but they'll always look fuckin' alien and wrong to me.

>>1038608
>hurp durp non-interchanging lines are at all comparable to transcons.
Kill yourself.

>>1039829
What was the point of Garratts?

>>1038130

I do not understand.

>>1040022

Did some googling. I understand now

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>>1040022
this has a decent explanation at 5:32
also Big boy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR5dEc5VeNw

>>1040013
Lower axle load (suitable for lighter track)
Larger firebox and boiler
Handled curves better than Mallets
Ended up being really popular with African railways, usually of narrow gauge and lesser construction. Never caught on in America, for various reasons. As far as I know, only one Garratt exists in the US, a narrow gauge South African one that is privately owned by a guy near Hempstead, Texas.

>>1039822
Yamero

>>1039822

>>1039368

>>1038135
>>1038608

If you want electric railroads, allow them to have their own power infrastructure.

>>1038088
https://youtu.be/GU2YDGBUR6s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8v8Meu9BO0

>>1038881
Passenger rail in the US sucks for sure, but in these days of very inexpensive flying, and the distances between many major cities it doesn't make a lot of sense to build more, or even to upgrade most of what exists outside maybe the acela corridor. Moving past passenger rail, which is entirely insignificant in the states, you have a massive, transcontinental freight rail system unmatched anywhere on earth.

>>1044831
Every distance that is travelled by car is a distance that could be more conveniently travelled by train. By your logic highways would be empty, yet they aren't, they're full of people driving their cars at 60mph when they could ride a train at 79mph or even more.

Your country not giving a shit about basic public services doesn't mean it isn't feasible nor that it lacks market.

>>1044860
>Every distance that is travelled by car is a distance that could be more conveniently travelled by train.

HAHAHAHAHAHA no

>>1039822

Why the fuck would they ship a huge-ass standard gauge mallet to some tiny ass island off the coast of England?