I'm bored

[Chris333]

Anyone want to guess the guys height standing behind the cab.

[bbussey]

They look short.

Is this your next project?

[Hawghead]

Well,

Guessing a driver height of about 30", he'd be close to six feet tall.

Scott

[glakedylan]

Well,

Guessing a driver height of about 30", he'd be close to six feet tall.

Scott

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using the same comparison i would say 5' or 60"
2 driver heights


sincerely
Gary

[Hawghead]

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using the same comparison i would say 5' or 60"
2 driver heights


sincerely
Gary

I should never do math before I've had my coffee.  I agree he would be around 5' tall.

Scott

[Chris333]

Is this your next project?

Not sure yet. I like the proportions of this loco and figured step one would be making a scale drawing of it, but I have no info to go on.

[Santa Fe Guy]

I reckon he is about 5'4".
You could try taking your scale off the tie on the lower left hand corner of the image.
They were about 8 inches in height if I am correct.
Might just work.
Rod.

[central.vermont]

I'm kinda thinking that he might even be sitting actually.
Jon

[Chris333]

Behind the cab not in    He is leaning a little bit though.

I scaled the photo so the wheels were 30" and the guy was 5' tall. Might need to go a tiny bit taller. And then go look for a chassis that might work. 

[nkalanaga]

Are the center drivers blind on that thing?  If so, just how sharp were the curves?!

[Chris333]

Probably is blind. I found the photo on Facebook and just liked it. I seem to be collecting a bunch of photos of small steam locomotives.  This 0-6-0T was owned by the Sierra Lumber Co. and when I searched for more info I found this showing 2 other locos of theirs:


As for modeling it. It looks like the newer Bachmann 2-6-0 chassis will work if I remove the pilot wheel and flip the chassis around to get the correct  driver spacing. Moreover I'm just trying to get off my a$$ and do some modeling.

[ednadolski]

Anyone want to guess the guys height standing behind the cab.

Depends on what scale he is.

Ed

[learmoia]

Apparently all of the drivers were blind... 

[nkalanaga]

In the photo it's hard to tell, but I'm pretty sure the front and read drivers have flanges. 

All-blind drivers?  Don't laugh - look up the old British "plateways".  They used angle iron rails, with the vertical side on the outside, and regular wagon wheels.  Horse-drawn, of course, but more efficient than dirt roads, and the wagons could be used on road or rail.  There's no reason a locomotive couldn't be built to run on one.  Switches would be interesting, but not impossible, especially stub switches.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Can you scale off of the builder's plate?