2-footer 4-4-0 American wood-burner

[ShrikeArghast]

I knocked this out due to boredom more than anything else, though I was really surprised how excellently it turned out, considering the narrow frame. I based it loosely on the privately-owned Eureka and Palisade 3-footer, but there were 2" gauge 4-4-0s out there, too (though probably not many as high-stepping as mine - those are big drivers for such a narrow gauge).

Prototype:

Model:

[Rotundus]

Nice model, with good scaling. Very clean lines. Some well done stickers would finish it off nicely! On the prototype: Compared to the coach it is pulling, that locomotive looks freakishly small... Almost like an amusement park ride. Ah, the joys of narrow gauge. Well done!

Edited May 10, 2016 by Rotundus

[KlodsBrik]

I love how this looks. Im sure it would look really pretty in real bricks on a hillside diorama.

Well done !

[ShrikeArghast]

Nice model, with good scaling. Very clean lines. Some well done stickers would finish it off nicely! On the prototype: Compared to the coach it is pulling, that locomotive looks freakishly small... Almost like an amusement park ride. Ah, the joys of narrow gauge. Well done!

Thanks guys! And here's a nice little video of the real thing: it looks no less cutesy in motion, I assure you!

[jtlan]

I can't tell if you've already done this (since there's no shots from that angle), but looking at the prototype you should use the taller window on the left front side of the cab.

Now, the million-dollar question: is it motorized? :D

[ShrikeArghast]

I can't tell if you've already done this (since there's no shots from that angle), but looking at the prototype you should use the taller window on the left front side of the cab.

Now, the million-dollar question: is it motorized? :D

If I added that window, it wouldn't accomplish much, since the extra length would be masked by the boiler. And no... it's not powered. If I ever built one of these, I'd have to introduce a power car somewhere on the train.

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Wonderful work ..you've really spotted the original locomotive

Super!

[zephyr1934]

That looks really good. Do you think it could negotiate curves?

[ShrikeArghast]

That looks really good. Do you think it could negotiate curves?

Only one driver has flanges, and the pony truck as well as both wheelsets on the tender at all articulated. Without fiddling with it, I wouldn't know for certain, but I did design it with motion in mind.