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Steam & Excursion > Can anyone identify this locomotive?Date: 01/28/04 23:19 Can anyone identify this locomotive? Author: C.P.Huntington Go to:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2221604638&category=35975 If this photo was mine, I'd enter it in Trainorders Oddity Photo Contest! This appears to be a fireless locomotive rather than a tank car. Notice the cylinders, rods and valve gear mounted on the sides like on a Climax locomotive. And the trucks look like they came off of a Heisler. Anyone have any info on this engine? Date: 01/29/04 09:25 Re: Can anyone identify this loco? Author: roberthedgecock I would agree it looks like the frame of a Climax locomotive it appears to have been cut down to create a flat car
Date: 01/29/04 09:54 Re: Can anyone identify this loco? Author: SilverSky It is the little-known Climax "calf" unit without the mother unit. Just hook up a steam line from cylinders' exhaust on the Climax and presto......you have low pressure (compounding) to operate the "calf".
Silver Sky Date: 01/30/04 12:41 Re: Can anyone identify this loco? Author: Gonut1 That may be a fireless loco used at one time at the Alan Wood Steel Plant in Conshohocken, PA. It looks to be in poor condition. I saw a builders photo of it once a long time ago.
Gonut Date: 02/03/04 20:36 Re: Can anyone identify this loco? Author: filmteknik Yeah that's right. I remember seeing it in a vintage Trains. Built by Heisler.
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