Name the Mystery Character

[Odyknuck]

I believe he is one of our own! Ok, first the pic was sideways and now its upside down!

[Bill Shields]

guilty as charged. sitting in my favorite riding car position (which is not up-side-down )

the loco on the cover is the one I am riding behind in this picture. My neighbor who rides shotgun with me on trips is behind the throttle.

It is not MY loco, it is a loaner from a VERY GOOD FRIEND that weekend (I am merely the loco's winter caretaker since I put a new boiler on her 6 years ago when the old one started weeping)

is a unique piece of design - 4 bolts / 10 minutes and the entire boiler / cab assembly / all piping just pops off.

chassis and boiler then sit in separate carriers to make transport easier for us old farts with bad backs.

all loads into my Subaru Forester without too much squeezing.

[Charles T. McCullough]

Must be from Australia!

[Rich_Carlstedt]

I can see him holding on for dear life, but how does the loco stay on the rails ?

Rich

[Charles T. McCullough]

Vegemite

[Bill Shields]

I can see him holding on for dear life, but how does the loco stay on the rails ?

Rich

quick drying loctite dispenser in front of each wheel & seat belt not seen in photo

[rmac]

Well, hmm. Normally I would invert the photo but not this time!

[Charles T. McCullough]

Actually, since everything in Oz is upside-down, gravity works the opposite as it does here. It pushes the loco UP against the rails and keeps the engineer in place as well.

[Odyknuck]

Great Article Bill. The Loco is very nice, well done.

[Bill Shields]

like I said, not my loco...was built in 1966 -> all I did was put a boiler on it as a replacement almost-in-kind as a favor to a very good friend (now deceased - B&O Bob).

His father designed and built her.

see the southern valve gear?

interesting exercise in itself

loco tender sandwich.jpg (85.7 KiB) Viewed 1847 times

loco carrier 3.jpg (49.65 KiB) Viewed 1847 times

the copper block on the left is the chassis / smokebox interface

hole on left is steam in from boiler
hole on right is water in from pump
hole in center is steam out to stack
holes in corners are 1/4-20 hold down bolts that come in from the inside of the smokebox

very slick....

[Odyknuck]

Very interesting designs

[tsph6500]

Here is the original image of Budha Bill so folks don't have to turn their computer monitors upside down and a close-up look at the hand-painted art on the tender.