Freelance double articulated locomotive

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Tim Brien

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Merely a bit of fun having at one time far too many Stainz I wanted a little extra power so decided to follow prototype practice and double head, but as an articulated double-ended loco. Construction commenced over five years ago and only now have I decided to get some paint on these and complete them.

The Stainz chassis, boiler and cab were all shortened and then modified to enable the articulation. I have now assembled both chassis and am awaiting the clear coat to cure on the cab bodies before finishing them. Hopefully tomorrow and then I can call it quits on these.
 
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Merely a bit of fun having at one time far too many Stainz I wanted a little extra power so decided to follow prototype practice and double head, but as an articulated double-ended loco. Construction commenced over five years ago and only now have I decided to get some paint on these and complete them.

The Stainz chassis, boiler and cab were all shortened and then modified to enable the articulation. I have now assembled both chassis and am awaiting the clear coat to cure on the cab bodies before finishing them. Hopefully tomorrow and then I can call it quits on these.
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Not quite so madcap as you might think. The NG lines in former Yugoslavia had Duplex's which were effectively 2 Stainz like Locomotives back to back. Sadly never seen a pic of one, but there are odd pics of them after splitting. Link to outline for you.

http://www.angelfire.com/co3/drustvo/Cira/173crtez.jpg

JonD
 
Would it be 'custom and practice' to run with the red smokebox to the rear?
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Finally completed after years sitting on a storage shelf (soon to go back into storage). The red smokebox locomotive was a limited release version from around mid to late 1980's and I could not be bothered repainting it. As the intention was that this model is a combination of two similar locomotives for greater traction I decided to allow the red smokebox loco to retain its identity.

Purely analogue with directional lighting, I could not be bothered converting the drives to digital as the loco will receive little to no usage at all.
 
Me like. Didn't LGB produce a double-ended 0-6-0+0-6-0 recently with great lack of sales?

Tim, it's a shame your family name isn't Goode, then you could name this type of loco the 'Fairlie-Goode'. :)

Just a thought. I'm leaving now......

tac

PS - I'd be grateful if somebody could advise me if my emoticons are showing. All I can see are little hollow squares...
 
Terry,
emoticon is visible. Yes, LGB did a combined 0-6-0, but it was extremely expensive, although one did get two locomotives.
 
Our local LGB dealer had such a locomotive, I recall. It was extortionately...ugly.

Glad to hear that my emoticons are appearing - my PC has Japanese OS, and is not friendly towards many characters and 'short-cuts' character sets. So long as I 'emulate' them, using : and ) and so on, rather than use the handy menu, it looks like I'm good. :)

Best

tac
 
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