Smokebox: Central Pacific Railroad #60 "Jupiter" 4-4-0

[bpetit]

all the nuts and bolts too

[mrennie]

all the nuts and bolts too

and we mustn't forget the rivets (not even the dummy ones on the replica's smoke box)

[Logan20131]

Wait so you're telling us that it's not real? That just totally makes me unhappy.

[mrennie]

Wait so you're telling us that it's not real? That just totally makes me unhappy.

Yep, it's like the new-build Tornado - to meet modern safety standards, the boiler has fully-welded seams instead of using rivets like they did in the old days. The rivets on the boiler and smoke box are only pretend.

[mrennie]

I've added the handrails with their lovely cast brass stanchions, caps and flanges.

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[TheEmmaSweeny1]

sure sure work fast.. it took you about 4 months to reach this point with the fef-3. so far, its been about 1and a half months.

[B-24_LIBERATOR]

4-4-0's are slightly smaller & slightly less complicated

[TheEmmaSweeny1]

4-4-0's are slightly smaller & slightly less complicated

wait.. youre telling me..... a 4-4-0 american is smaller than a 4-8-4 northern?...

[TheEmmaSweeny1]

i still think an animation that would top it all off would be an animated fireman that throws logs into the firebox. besides, not only have there been no new engineers,it would need an 1860's era looking crew to look more realistic.

[mrennie]

i still think an animation that would top it all off would be an animated fireman that throws logs into the firebox. besides, not only have there been no new engineers,it would need an 1860's era looking crew to look more realistic.

That's already on my to-do list.

[mrennie]

More work-in-progress screenshots for your delectation ...

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And yes, she will have two fully-functional mechanical crosshead-driven feedwater pumps, so if you come to a stop and need to fill the boiler, you'll have to run her up and down a short stretch of line to get more water to go in, just like in the good ol' days

[TheEmmaSweeny1]

lookin' good mike!

[TheEmmaSweeny1]

more progress pics?

[Ericmopar]

4-4-0's are slightly smaller & slightly less complicated

wait.. youre telling me..... a 4-4-0 american is smaller than a 4-8-4 northern?...

What's really funny, is how designers hate to admit they were wrong.
You see... after decades of fiddling with many different locomotive designs, they had to admit the American 4-4-0 was the best design of all time.
So, in order to hide the fact they were wrong in the first place, the designers built the 4-8-4 which is actually two 4-4-0s back to back...

[JohnM1945]

Eric wrote:

the designers built the 4-8-4 which is actually two 4-4-0s back to back

Lateral thinking!

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Kind regards, and much Easter chocolate...

John M