Other ideas on the go - Inspection Locomotive

[Andy_Elms]

You know when you have masses of unfinished projects, but keep having other ideas...

Having seen this from the Dutch 009 group


I want to have a go. I'm thinking something like an 0-4-4T, with side tanks, a short stumpy boiler and 1 compartments worth of a Parkside Dundas bogie coach on the back, forming a neat little inspection saloon.

I mean, check out the size of bunker on this Forney:

And then the standard gauge GWR crane tank (not my image, just a preview):


With a side tank, or pannier Tank loco (even a Darjeeling style saddle tank), it might be possible to squeeze  a compartment onto the back supported by a bogie. If it all goes wrong, I could even go for something like a 2-6-4+4 tender loco, with the tender front bogie and loco chassis articulated like a Gresley "Coronotion" set... but then we could be getting into the realms of cab-forwards

Any thoughts, or has it been done before?

Andy

[Cambridge Paul]

"Here's one I made earlier"

[david788]

Not exactly an inspection locomotive, but how about the Hunslets used on the Lagos Steam Tramway.
See  http://www.sidestreetbannerworks.com/locos/loco30.html    for a 16mm scale model.

There's a drawing in one of the 7mmNGA drawing booklets and I do seem to recall an 009 model (by Willie Smith, I think) written up in 009 News.

[Andy_Elms]

Thanks guys. You seem to have accurately guessed that the Drummond "Bug" inspired this particular flight of fancy.

That Lagos Tramway loco looks eminently do-able, especially if I judiciously kit-bash a GVT "Dennis". And it would give me something to use my GEM spark arrestor stack that's sitting unloved in my bits box...

I could insert a joke here about building a model of a $4,000,000 Nigerian loco and just need $20,000 from your bank account to fund it...

[JulienW]

There is a wonderful NG Inspection loco for the 3 foot gauge Chimbote Railway.  This was a 2-2-4 built by Baldwin (and apparently one of their standard designs!) called Emilia (see attached).  Whilst looking for a shot of Emilia I also found this Polish page http://www.zeljeznice.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=195705&sid=c933f32d64179801b44862745a06d16d which also has a few ideas...

[Andy_Elms]

Hmm, well with Hon. Chairman duly throwing down the gauntlet with his challenge, I think a few subtle tweaks to the design should make this a contender.

Now to find time to build the thing...