Whacky how 844 looks bigger than 1218 in this photo
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That's just what I was thinking. 844 looks bigger than 1218. The camera lens must be causing a distortion.
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| Posted by Sport! on March 28, 2014 | |
What beauty is.
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The distortion is interesting--probably a very wide angle lens and a comparatively close photographer. However, 844 actually is ALMOST is big as 1218: 1218 is just 8 ft longer (122 versus 114 ft) and about 5% heavier (951,600 versus 907,890 lbs). Of course, 1218 pulls much harder: tractive effort is 114,000 lbs for 1218 versus 63,800 lbs for 844.
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according to wikipedia, for what thats worth, the locomotives are nearly the same weight in total.
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| Posted by Mordy on March 28, 2014 | |
There's a sense of frustration in this photo, like the engines are biting at the chomp, wanting to know what happened to their trains...
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Great photograph of a meeting of three railroads that would have never met like this during the steam era.
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| Posted by Dana M. on March 30, 2014 | |
To Mordy: I think you meant to say: "Chomping at the bit!"? This line up also gives the impression that these locomotives are challenging each other to a race! As to the size comparison of 1218 and 844, actually to some degree to height - 844 is inches taller than 1218, but they are comparable in size overall!
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Is this a model railroad scale comparison? The 844 & 1218 look a hundred times larger than 1522, which looks like a yard switcher!
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