Name That Locomotive Game

[Dr EMD]

Tiny
  You are correct in that the ATSF operated this type of locomotive. Based on the rules, you may post the next photo. You can pass, and posting the next photo will be up for grabs.

[tiny]

Thank's doc, But my "train stuff" are in boxs now, so i will pass, 

[Sam Clavis]

yay for living in nz I dont know what time it was when tiny posted in the U.S.A but right here its 6:41.

Here the pic it is a NZR loco.



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[Guilford Guy]

looks like a 2-6-2...

[Sam Clavis]

Nope,but close. Try opening it in microsoft picture manager and putting up the contrast and brightness a lot.

[Guilford Guy]

oh its a 4-6-2
and if I am still wrong then my ext guess is a 2-8-2

[Sam Clavis]

Yes it is a 4-6-2. No one will know the class (other than me) so you got it right unless you want to try guessing the class.

[Alex V.]

I was looking forward to participating in this game (by the way, great idea Guilford), but my first day back on the board has not seen one post on this topic.      My patience is getting stronger with all this exercise.

[Guilford Guy]

Alex you can take it after all Sam said it was good enough...

[Sam Clavis]

yeah you take it alex.Like i said nobody will correctly guess the class.

[Alex V.]

Okay, this will probably be an easy one, but here' goes; What 2 things make this Shay unique?

[scottychaos]

Okay, this will probably be an easy one, but here' goes; What 2 things make this Shay unique?

Western Maryland #6.
1. the last Shay ever built. (1945)
2. the largest surviving Shay.

She is often referred to as "the largest shay ever built"..but this is untrue. The largest Shay (as built new) was s/n 2570, Kansas City Southern #900, built in 1913.

The heaviest Shay ever was a 4-truck Shay built by the Mower Lumber Co. modified from a 3-truck Shay. but it was not that large when built by Lima, it was modified later.


Scot

[jayl1]

...and you can see/ride behind her at Cass Scenic RR in West Virginia.

[Alex V.]

You win, Scotty.  If I have the rules straight, your up.

[scottychaos]

ok, here is the next one!



This particular flavor of ten-wheeler was unique to one railroad and one builder..when I first saw pics of these engines, I thought maybe they were originally 4-8-0's and had the front driver removed! that gap is quite odd..
but they were designed and built as 4-6-0's..

Railroad and Builder?

Scot