Olaf Rasmussen Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> It took five attempts to get all of the four lines
> of the my previous post to show up. I wonder if
> there might be a simple software fix. I see many
> posts trailing off ...
Olaf: I can't replicate the problem you describe, so I'm consequently unable to fix it in the event it's some sort of post format problem.
What exactly is being chopped off?
I'll copy my former post in "quoted" format so you can compare (provided it shows up) and let me know what's missing from the post above.
May also be resolution-related: The post of yours you called "four lines" displays on my PC as six lines, presumably due to differing local resolutions or window sizes.
James Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> That style of locomotive kind of breaks the Whyte
> system of classifying wheel arrangements. These
> types of oddball arrangements weren't included in
> the original system as they were either rare or
> not yet invented when the system was developed
> circa 1900. Whyte certainly isn't set up to deal
> with hybrid rod/lever drives. It's tempting to
> call the one pictured above a 2-6-4-0 (and
> probably most people do) but it could also be
> called a very peculiar 2-10-0, and doing so is
> arguably more fitting with the purpose of the
> Whyte system. The Whyte system is more focused on
> power sets than articulation* and all powered
> axles on the Hagans locomotive are driven from the
> same engine and must all rotate together. I've
> seen some writers denote Hagans engines using a
> plus sign similar to how garratts are usually
> handled, presumably less out of necessity (there
> are no unpowered axles to cause confusion like on
> a garratt) than for convenience and informative
> purpose. It might be a fair way of handling an
> oddball such as this.
>
> *The primary focus on power sets is why German
> types like the class 44 and class 50 are called
> 2-10-0; the 10 driving wheels are all one power
> set, even though the lead drivers are articulated
> with the lead wheels using the Krauss-Helmholtz
> arrangement. Such engines track like 4-8-0's.
> Likewise that's why a PRR T1 is a 4-4-4-4 even
> with a rigid frame; the driving sets are
> independently driven from separate engines.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/17/2020 03:00PM by James.
