My new baby

[Dave]

Picked up this little (well not quite so little) beauty at the weekend with 20 boxcars, Genesis Challenger 4-6-6-4

 

 

And a little video

 

[RedRich]

That's is an amazing piece of engineering in model form Dave. Imagine what the prototype is like. If it was 00 the tender would probably be as big as the 071. Great model, really enjoyed the video also.

 

Rich,

[Dave]

Thanks Rich, I'm really getting into the American stuff. Although my main interest is Irish I just couldn't resist it!

[irishthump]

Wow!

 

Not a steam fan myself but that is an impressive beast! And the sound is phenomenal....

[heirflick]

jesus dave.....thats some big girl- hope you can handle her!!

[UP6936]

Thats a lovely model! How long are they in real life?

[Warbonnet]

Welcome to the darkside my man!

[Dave]

Thanks lads, she is a monster the 071 was tiny beside her! I love the late Union Pacific steam era into early diesels. I want a Big Boy next, that's a 4-8-8-4!

[ttc0169]

Wow impressive loco Dave-nice one.

[BosKonay]

Oh dear oh dear oh dear :)

[RedRich]

Welcome to the darkside my man!

 

Fran you sound like Senator Palpatine.

 

Rich,

[RedRich]

Thanks lads, she is a monster the 071 was tiny beside her! I love the late Union Pacific steam era into early diesels. I want a Big Boy next, that's a 4-8-8-4!

 

24 wheels before you include the tender, it sounds like a monster Dave.

 

Rich,

[Georgeconna]

No Harm in a bit of the Unusual really!! Very nice Vid....

[Garfield]

Lovely loco, Dave... an absolute beast! And to think she'll be dwarved by the Big Boy when you get it!

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[Warbonnet]

Fran you sound like Senator Palpatine.

 

Rich,

 

[WRENNEIRE]

Forget about Big Boy girls, you need one of these!

2-6-6-6 ALLEGHENY

 

 

These were the heaviest reciprocating steam locomotives ever built, at 389 tons for the locomotive itself plus 215 tons for the loaded tender

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[heirflick]

[quote=WRENNEIRE;

2-6-6-6 ALLEGHENY

 

[BosKonay]

 

i see your 2-6-6-6 ALLEGHENY and raise you the Virginian Railways 2-8-8-8-4 built in 1916!

[Dave]

Too much train porn on this site

[Dave]

Forget about Big Boy girls, you need one of these!

2-6-6-6 ALLEGHENY

 

 

These were the heaviest reciprocating steam locomotives ever built, at 389 tons for the locomotive itself plus 215 tons for the loaded tender

 

But the Big Boy was the most powerful steam loco

[Warbonnet]

The ALLEGHENY was the most powerful of them all. I have one of those Rivarossi models and they're absolutely stunning. The Genesis Challenger and Big Boys are too.

 

I wished I owned the Big Boy in this pic, but I am lucky enough that I own the big UP power either side of it. All have sound

[Warbonnet]

But the Big Boy was the most powerful steam loco

 

Nope, the Allegheny was. The Big Boy was bigger and faster mind you. The Allegheny was built for heavy coal slogging up the mountains. The Big Boys were built for fast freight. No weakling themselves mind you but the higher speed meant less tractive effort.

[BosKonay]

Pretty sure the Virginian Triplex was the most powerful, but it could only manage a max of 5Mph for a few minutes!

(it was designed entirely to bank heavy trains up mountains!)

 

Here is a pic with some humans to scale!

[BosKonay]

Then again, the Allegheny's could generate 7,500 HP at 40 MPH!

[Warbonnet]

MTH do a nice model of the triplex. I guess it comes down to what you mean by most powerful? High horsepower, tractive effort? The Allegheny chucked out 7,500hp at 40mph, so probably the highest most usable power. The boilers were good for 8,000. No modern diesel gets near that. A bit more info http://www.steamlocomotive.com/allegheny/

 

Either way, monsters, the lot of them! I can't wait till the Big Boy gets out on the mainline again.

[heirflick]

just emagine the size of the turntable that these babies used!

[WRENNEIRE]

Too much is written about what was the most powerful steam loco

 

Tests of the C&O with a dynamometer car indicating momentary readings of 7,498 hp (5.6 MW) with readings between 6,700 to 6,900 hp (5.0 to 5.1 MW) at about 45 mph (72 km/h). No one has published a higher dynamometer horsepower for any steam locomotive.

[burnthebox]

Picked up this little (well not quite so little) beauty at the weekend with 20 boxcars, Genesis Challenger 4-6-6-4

 

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And a little video

 

Where that thing is concerned, there's no such thing as a "little video", she's a beauty Dave, well done

[NIRCLASS80]

Stunning model, enjoy.

[Dave]

Thanks lads, she's a stunner. Only problem is I have no layout to run her since I have moved:(