Re: Logging Mallet . . .

Johnson Barr Wrote:
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> Tomstp Wrote (approximately):
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> > A{n} 18 wheeler just came into Chama from
> > the north full of big logs.  Are they
> cutting
> > down the dead pine trees in the Chama valley
> > and Cumbres Pass??
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> Wayne Hoskin Wrote:
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> > Is that 2-8-8-0 Mallet they are using?
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>
> Close Wayne, but no cigar – not even a tin
> of Vegemite.    
>
> The tractor is probably a 2-4=4-0 simple
> non-articulated duplex (I'm using "=" here, as I
> have no idea how La+Messina would distinguish a
> duplex from an articulated or a Garrett.  I
> also have no idea how to describe the trailing
> flat on which the logs are loaded, as it's
> apparently missing it's front truck and is resting
> on the rear of the loco's frame.  OTOH, the
> trailer's not an engine anyway, so the Whyte loco
> classification system probably shouldn't be
> applied — unless the whole contraption is a
> wood-burner and the logs are its fuel.  Then
> maybe it's a 2-4=4-0+0-8-0T . . .  
>  

I think you are over thinking this Willie! If both axles on the prime mover, sorry, tractor were powered it would be a 2-B plus one loaded skeletal flat, if only one axle is driven it would be 2-A1 plus one loaded skeletal flat. Simple! I'm going for my late breakfast of Vegemite on toast now!

Wayne from Oz



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/14/2017 04:25PM by Wayne Hoskin.