 | | A4 Class Locomotive teaser & Wheel count designations —Doug Glasnapp
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| | | I have completed my first atempt at creating the British A4 Loco. It's the streamlined A4 class british loco steam 4-6-2. I have the pictures developed, and my the redesign of my site is almost complete. Once i get the pics scanned, i will finish (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: A4 Class Locomotive teaser & Wheel count designations —Frank Filz
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| | | | | (...) Counting wheels is standard for the US. (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: A4 Class Locomotive teaser & Wheel count designations —James Mathis
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| | | | | (...) I look forward to seeing it. (...) Correct: the two end wheelset pivot and the central wheelset translates perpendicular to the track. However, the central wheelset can actually pivot to some degree. I believe that the photos at my website (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: A4 Class Locomotive teaser & Wheel count designations —Ben Fleskes
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| | | | | | | On the contrary, this isn't ludicrous at all. It's a great idea! Why hasn't it been done before. Build a circle of track with sixteen sections of track. Make a train car using four train motors separated by 90 degrees each. Fill in the entire middle (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: A4 Class Locomotive teaser & Wheel count designations —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | | (...) Put some wheeled supports in the middle of the circle. That's assuming the height of track + motor is equal to the height of wheels + some number of bricks. Steve (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: A4 Class Locomotive teaser & Wheel count designations —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | (...) Or a technic turntable?? (...) It presumably can be fudged a little, we're talking about a big span here. (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: A4 Class Locomotive teaser & Wheel count designations —John Neal
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| | | | | | <snip> (...) Easy there, cowboy! I have built some 8 stud wide coaches (built over *2* wagon plates) that practically *do* equal the length of the diameter of the circle. *Looks* goofy going around the circle, and prototypically an engine could (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: A4 Class Locomotive teaser & Wheel count designations —James Mathis
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| | | | | | (...) diameter (...) wagon (...) Sorry 'bout that. I can't think that big. Those are monster coaches! Wow! (...) never (...) cool (...) so (...) blue (...) If not flex track, I'd like to see the addition of a different (larger) radius of curve so (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: A4 Class Locomotive teaser & Wheel count designations —John Neal
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| | | | | | (...) I, too, but that's just you and I, James (and every other locophile)-- dreamers[:-p -John (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: A4 Class Locomotive teaser & Wheel count designations —Ludo Soete
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| | | | | | (...) radius (...) side. (...) I agree with this too,but also interesting would be a straight track half the actual lenght.This would enable us to close the weird loops whe like to build,but couldn't be closed due to a offset of 8 studs. Replacing (...) (25 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: A4 Class Locomotive teaser & Wheel count designations —Simon Denscombe
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| | | | (...) Well it's correct for steam locomotives and shunters (switchers) (counting the wheels) but there is a newer system for diesel and electric locomotives: Powered Axles are given letters A=1, B=2, etc. Unpowered axles are given numbers for each (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: A4 Class Locomotive teaser & Wheel count designations —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | US does not use the "o" part. There was a long thread on this in RTL I think, where I pontificated at length. Some US examples: A (GM) DD40AX is a D-D (hence the model designation) 2 trucks, 4 axles each. I think the trucks have steerable outer (...) (25 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: A4 Class Locomotive teaser & Wheel count designations —James Powell
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| | | | (...) It actually depends on the country as to what system is used. Germany used a number-letter-number designation for steam engines (2-c-1 would be a 4-6-2). The US tends towards using a name for them (a Pacific) the UK uses (4-6-2 or Pacific) And (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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