4-8-2 (Mountain) steam locomotive 7138 - front
Unfortunately, the 1522 is too expensive to build in it's original form (almost $4 for a dark bluish gray 6 x 6 dish?!?) so I colored it dark green to give my 2-6-0 a break pulling the express train it's had for nearly 3 years. On that note, the 2-6-0 will not be scrapped anytime soon for it's parts or any other reason. (It just looks better together than apart.) This 100% build-able engine should be here alongside another express passenger car sometime in or around December 2016.
Fictional background:
These sixteen four 4-8-2 (4 leading, 8 drivers, and 2 trailing wheels) Mountain – type locomotives numbered 7130 – 7146 were built in the mid 1930's by Baldwin Locomotive Works. These locos were designed for both freight duty and passenger traffic and as such were not streamlined. This type are basically enlarged versions of the Mountain types of 1926, and are same mechanically though the heavier weight cuts the top speed down to about 95 MPH. The Emerald Express, pulled by a overworked 2-6-0 since 1917, was upgraded with 4-8-2 number 7138 in 1936, and was painted a dark green to match the heavy-weight rolling stock.
LDD file: www.moc-pages.com/user_images/80135/1469404180m.lxf
4-8-2 (Mountain) steam locomotive 7138 - front
Unfortunately, the 1522 is too expensive to build in it's original form (almost $4 for a dark bluish gray 6 x 6 dish?!?) so I colored it dark green to give my 2-6-0 a break pulling the express train it's had for nearly 3 years. On that note, the 2-6-0 will not be scrapped anytime soon for it's parts or any other reason. (It just looks better together than apart.) This 100% build-able engine should be here alongside another express passenger car sometime in or around December 2016.
Fictional background:
These sixteen four 4-8-2 (4 leading, 8 drivers, and 2 trailing wheels) Mountain – type locomotives numbered 7130 – 7146 were built in the mid 1930's by Baldwin Locomotive Works. These locos were designed for both freight duty and passenger traffic and as such were not streamlined. This type are basically enlarged versions of the Mountain types of 1926, and are same mechanically though the heavier weight cuts the top speed down to about 95 MPH. The Emerald Express, pulled by a overworked 2-6-0 since 1917, was upgraded with 4-8-2 number 7138 in 1936, and was painted a dark green to match the heavy-weight rolling stock.
LDD file: www.moc-pages.com/user_images/80135/1469404180m.lxf