Very Weird Locomotive

[Driverman2008]

I found a picture of a Swiss steam locomotive (or is it electric?). Anyway, it's a very odd locomotive. It doesn't have a firebox, yet it makes steam.:eek: And yes, it did exist. This is no photoshop job.

http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/swisselec/swisselc3a.jpg

If someone was to make this for either MSTS or Rail Simulator, would it be classified as an "Electric" or a "Steamer"?

[ianmacmillan]

It's just a conventional steam loco used to move coaching stock from the sidings to station.
Many railways used steam locos for this in order to pre-heat steam heated coaching stock.

The pantograph is to power electric heated coaching stock.

[baldwin]

According to this site http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/swisselec/swisselc.htm The panto was used to replace coal during the war, coal being in short supply.

Mervyn

[Andy J]

According to this site http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/swisselec/swisselc.htm The panto was used to replace coal during the war, coal being in short supply.

Mervyn


Correct! The pantograph, was used to run a heating element, in the firebox, in lieu of coal.

It is a electric, steam locomotive.. A wartime expedient.

[Driverman2008]

Pretty much all of Europe had some very ugly and weird looking steam locomotives. Except for England and the rest of the UK. I think the UK has the best steam locomotives in this world hands down.:D

[ED_4]

Yes indeed. That crazy contraption was one of those crazy steamers built with a heating element powered by none other than electric, in place of the firebox. That was one of the oddest steamers ever made. I would call it an electro-steamer.

[CRQ5508]

I'm not trying to be rude, or start an argument, but this more or less struck me as de-ja-vu... but didn't we have a thread like this awhile ago? I'm not trying to come across as sarcastic or anything, but I'm just trying to figure out if my mind is in whack or not :P

[ED_4]

I'm not trying to be rude, or start an argument, but this more or less struck me as de-ja-vu... but didn't we have a thread like this awhile ago? I'm not trying to come across as sarcastic or anything, but I'm just trying to figure out if my mind is in whack or not :P

If there was and it was as recent as a couple of months ago. Do show us. I haven't seen it.

And then it would be argued that not to resurrect an old thread. So when he started a new one, he did it right. Where do we draw the line of starting a new thread to stop resurrecting old threads? To making accusations of asking the same thing, since it was from an old thread already? Hmmm?

[Andy J]

http://forums.flightsim.com/vbts/showthread.php?t=188205&highlight=electric+steam+locomotive

Check out this link in the above post..

http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/swisselec/swisselc.htm

And their was one much earlier than that, I posted about it then...

But, I don't consider this thread a repost, in the usual sense..Things are bound to repeat at times. ;)

[Driverman2008]

http://forums.flightsim.com/vbts/showthread.php?t=188205&highlight=electric+steam+locomotive

Check out this link in the above post..

http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/swisselec/swisselc.htm

And their was one much earlier than that, I posted about it then...

But, I don't consider this thread a repost, in the usual sense..Things are bound to repeat at times. ;)
Well I'll be danged!:eek: I didn't know that there was a topic similar to this one. Sorry about that. You're right, things repeat from time to time.

[CRQ5508]

Like I said, I didn't mean this as an attack or anything... I was just wondering if my mind wasn't going fuzzy... I tried doing my own search last night, but I couldn't find anything similar...

[GCRailways]

I've seen a couple of threads on this website about bizarre steam, but I've known about most of those engines--including the electric-steam. I used one of the websites (titled "Extreme Steam") for a project in high school.