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Longfellow (6 posts)
Aug-15-01, 07:03 AM (EST) "Baldwin Mountain Climber 4-8-8-4" Is there anyone out there with the talent to make a hearty baldwin mountain climber like a 4-8-8-4. There are probably thousands like who are patiently waiting for one good steam locomotive to be posted. Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
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Subject Author Message Date ID RE: Baldwin Mountain Climber 4-8-8-... Captain Bazza Aug-15-01 1 RE: Baldwin Mountain Climber 4-8-8-... NickF Aug-15-01 2 RE: Baldwin Mountain Climber 4-8-8-... milwaukeefan Aug-15-01 3 RE: Baldwin Mountain Climber 4-8-8-... bleuzzmann Aug-15-01 4 RE: Baldwin Mountain Climber 4-8-8-... michigandon Aug-16-01 8 RE: Baldwin Mountain Climber 4-8-8-... tgibson Aug-15-01 6 RE: Baldwin Mountain Climber 4-8-8-... milwaukeefan Aug-15-01 7 RE: Baldwin Mountain Climber 4-8-8-... GrizzlyBear Aug-15-01 5 RE: Baldwin Mountain Climber 4-8-8-... buzzbenz Aug-16-01 9

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Captain Bazza (42 posts)
Aug-15-01, 07:13 AM (EST) 1. "RE: Baldwin Mountain Climber 4-8-8-4" Patience friend, from little tank locomotives, large mallets grow Don't let the computer WIN! Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
NickF (251 posts)
Aug-15-01, 08:55 AM (EST) 2. "RE: Baldwin Mountain Climber 4-8-8-4" Personally I think the Pacific and Hudson are both pretty good, but I suspect you really were trying to say was "a really good BIG steam engine I'm looking forware to some of those myself. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
milwaukeefan (97 posts)
Aug-15-01, 11:06 AM (EST) 3. "RE: Baldwin Mountain Climber 4-8-8-4" Balwin never made any 4-8-8-4s, just Alco, who also made the UP challengers and 4-8-4s. And Big Boys werent specifically for mountains, but also fast frieght Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
bleuzzmann (217 posts)
Aug-15-01, 03:38 PM (EST) 4. "RE: Baldwin Mountain Climber 4-8-8-4" Make mine an H-8 Alleghany 2-6-6-6, the most powerful steam loco ever built. It had a drawbar horsepower just short of 7,500 or almost 10,000kw. Only two survive to this day...both in museums. That horsepower is a fair bit above the 4-8-8-4 UP BigBoys...they developed 6,290hp. But I won't quibble...I'd like to see any of the following: the UP Challenger class 4-6-6-4, or the Big Boy 4-8-8-4, or the M3 Yellowstone 2-8-8-4, or the 5001 Class 2-10-4 (or the Lima "Texas") or the UP 9000 4-12-2. For foreign locos, I'd LOVE to see the hugely unique 231-132BT Class 4-6-2 + 2-6-4 locomotive built by Beyer-Garratt. What a roundhouse lineup all these would be!!bill Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
michigandon (33 posts)
Aug-16-01, 04:38 AM (EST) 8. "RE: Baldwin Mountain Climber 4-8-8-4" LAST EDITED ON Aug-16-01 AT 04:39 AM (EST)>Make mine an H-8 Alleghany 2-6-6-6, the most powerful steam loco
>ever built. It had a drawbar horsepower just short of
>7,500 or almost 10,000kw. Only two survive to this day...both
>in museums. That horsepower is a fair bit above the
>4-8-8-4 UP BigBoys...Having grown up near the Henry Ford Museum and of course having the pleasure of being "up close and personal" with the 1600 MANY times, I gotta say "what he said".Not that I would gripe much about having ANY "super power" to operate and enjoy. I'll stand back on the sidelines and be patient.....Don
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tgibson (121 posts)
Aug-15-01, 08:32 PM (EST) 6. "RE: Baldwin Mountain Climber 4-8-8-4" > Balwin never made any 4-8-8-4s,
>just Alco, While I will agree that Baldwin never made any 4-8-8-4 steam engines, they actually did make 4-8-8-4's - the Centipedes. Now those are big diesels!!!Tom Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
milwaukeefan (97 posts)
Aug-15-01, 10:01 PM (EST) 7. "RE: Baldwin Mountain Climber 4-8-8-4" One incredible thing is that even though to production centipede had a massive 3000hp for the time, the demonstrator had 6000hp!!! it was because of multiple engines though, and the demo got scrapped a littl whiles later Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
GrizzlyBear (45 posts)
Aug-15-01, 06:21 PM (EST) 5. "RE: Baldwin Mountain Climber 4-8-8-4" Hi
I think Roger, aka RvA1, with the Big Steam Project is currently working on a Challenger, which could then be modified further into a Big Boy. The problem with big steam right now is that they are very complex models, and since TS is so new, people are still getting a feel for how to model. Once Abacus' TS Studio is released, I suspect we will see more stuff become available, since making models will be accessable to more people, as you won't need to have the $3500 3Dmax anymore. I think with some waiting, a time will come when TS hobbyists will be able to get just about any loco their hearts desire. TS is just to new right now. In time it will be like FS. In the meantime, if you're a fan of UP like I am, go get Auran'z DD40X, it's the Big Boy of deisels. The Big Boy is my favorite loco of all time, and I think in time we will have one! Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
buzzbenz (180 posts)
Aug-16-01, 04:56 PM (EST) 9. "RE: Baldwin Mountain Climber 4-8-8-4" Don't forget about 3D Canvas Pro for $50.------ BUZZ Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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