Re: NNG V&T 11 specs
| September 21, 2021 04:06PM |
Rosso Wrote:
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> In the Baldwin spec sheet, the pilot truck wheels
> are 26". The tender truck wheels, as built, are
> also 26"
> Reno's tender, certainly since her first movie
> days, has notably small wheels- as copied on
> countless h0 models from most manufacturers. Now,
> I've never had the fortune to see one of these
> locomotives in the metal, but I've read at a lot
> of books. It often appears that the top of the
> tender tank followed the line of the cill of the
> cab side windows or lover side panel top-moulding,
> which gives very pleasing lines. On the V&T .com
> linked page, the as-built illustration, along with
> all the others, shows a locomotive where the
> tender wheels appear to be 2 or 3 inches smaller
> than the pilot wheels.
> Is there a story to this? Or am I just looking
> from too far away?
Copy, paste, and clipped from the 1878 drawing:
Bruce
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> In the Baldwin spec sheet, the pilot truck wheels
> are 26". The tender truck wheels, as built, are
> also 26"
> Reno's tender, certainly since her first movie
> days, has notably small wheels- as copied on
> countless h0 models from most manufacturers. Now,
> I've never had the fortune to see one of these
> locomotives in the metal, but I've read at a lot
> of books. It often appears that the top of the
> tender tank followed the line of the cill of the
> cab side windows or lover side panel top-moulding,
> which gives very pleasing lines. On the V&T .com
> linked page, the as-built illustration, along with
> all the others, shows a locomotive where the
> tender wheels appear to be 2 or 3 inches smaller
> than the pilot wheels.
> Is there a story to this? Or am I just looking
> from too far away?
Copy, paste, and clipped from the 1878 drawing:
Bruce
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