A pushing train possible?

[atani]

These are damn fun to run in Trainz, although there aren't nearly enough examples of the design available for download. I too would love to see one converted over for use in SMRR!, even though it's only 2' gauge.

Not all are 2' gauge... We have the old Sugar Pine RW #3 up here on display, unfortunately due to weather and people some parts of it are in a sad state

Here is a picture my wife and I took of it a short bit ago:


Somewhere among the other pictures I do have a picture of the plaque which is to the right of the image above, it has the serial number etc for this engine.

If anyone wants to do up a model for this, I can get up close detailed pictures of this engine and upload them someplace...

Mike

[Dr Frag]

I'd give up the family jewels to be able to build that but with all the trouble I'm having exporting a working NIF file I'm not even going to condider doing all the work a steam engine requires.

[VirginiaAndTruckee]

WOW that is ugly who would want that. Looks like a plumbers nightmare

It's not a plumber's nightmare, but the superheated version was a mechanic's nightmare until Willamette came along and improved cab capacity(by moving the cylinders forward), riding(springs leaning toward center of the bolster), efficiency(welded boiler rather than bolted), maintenance cost(cylinders flipped so doors facing out, Stephenson valve gear rather than slide), and several other features.
As "Willies" threatened to bypass Lima they came out with the Pacific Coast Shay, which used about 3/4 of the improvements. Probably the most beautiful Shay was built for WM, the last Shay ever built. If you want a REALLY odd engine, take a look at this: http://www.gearedsteam.com/davenport/davenport.htm