Interesting photo Mr. J Neu - I would like to know more information about this photo. I surmise that it's an industrial Narrow-Gauge from the V-shaped dump car right behind the locomotive - but could you provide more information? Also - the young woman operating the locomotive motor doesn't seem too happy or thrilled to be running this on a cold or chilly Spring day. Interesting little "critter" though. Nice, interesting photo.
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Absolutely love this photo, J Neu. I guess this can be classified as a critter, but typically, critters are any locos smaller than 45 or 44 ton. This one might have to be classified micro-critter.
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That is the smallest switcher I have ever seen!
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| Posted by FSWood on May 24, 2017 | |
Hey Steve, a word often used for this size of thing, at least a word used here in the US, is dinky.
That brings to mind a couple things to look up; one a book titled "Critters, Dinkys, and Centercabs" which is about here in US. I'm pretty sure there are many equivalent publications around the planet, and I'd like to know of them but do not as there is only one of me and are only 24 hours in a day.
Another thing is to play in Google images with word feldbahn - or maybe not, since it can lead to 'missing time'.
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I trust that's not a steering wheel on that critter.
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| Posted by FSWood on October 10, 2017 | |
Actually that wheel is for a built-in turntable: see the lever right below the wheel - that's for the hydraulic jack which lifts body above wheelies then the 'steering wheel' is cranked around to rotate the body. And that way you can make sure the exhaust pipe is always downwind of you when driving the thing.
Oh, wait, this isn't April 1, never mind.
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