bw&r 0-2-0 question

[bobby4309]

i don't know if this is the right scale, but what i really want to know is, why are the 0 2 0's made with the tender in front of the engine?

[Rowan]

bobby, You appear to have mixed your metaphors (so to speak).... While you have not posted a picture, the assumption is you are referring to B2's 0-2-0 Cab Forward?

If so, then the tender is certainly at the rear........

(NB. Scale refers to the proportional size of the loco, while the designation's 0-2-0, 4-8-4 etc refer to how the wheels are configured...)

Cheers
 

[bobby4309]

thanks, i hadn't realized it was a cab forward i was looking in the gallery so i didn't take note of the scale. i do like the 0-2-0 comcept, and since iimitation is the sincerist form of flattery i may flatter the heck out of it's designer, also i haven't figured out how to post a picture yet - but i will

[bkbates]

Hi Bob,

The byline of the BW&R is "Garden Railroading on an imaginary scale". The 0-2-0 Cab Forward is of course, a minimalist rendition of the magnificent SP Cab forwards that ran through Sierra Nevada mountains with it's long tunnels and snow sheds.

It has been modeled many times and the inspiration is free, so please do feel free to have a go at it.

Best Regards,
Bruce

[bobby4309]

bruce this image has haunted me for many years, i located my one copy of the magazine from years ago and i noticed you were also in the magazine, what i've been thinking about is making a non working version alot bigger than g scale by using pvc pipe for the boiler, pipe, wheels etc, i've figured out today how to make the rail out of wood, i figure when i am finished it should stand between 1.5 to 2.5 feet tall, also i figure the tender would only have one set of wheels ( one pair) and since it wont run the two will support each other.and look articulated, i like porters so the cab will pretty much follow those lines, i also think a mother hubbard or goat type loco would be cool, but it is in your footsteps i'll be following

[dmaynard]

An 0-2-0 with a one axle tender and articulated?   Yea I can see why that contraption would be built as a static model, if it were to try and be run it could "jackknife" and fall between the rails. 
 
However you build it we all would like to see pictures of it, preferably a lot of detailed pictures. Have at it and good luck, we await the outcome.   

[trainguy111]

I remember finding an 0-2-2-0.

[bobby4309]

  well by articulated i guess coupled may have been more correct please remember i am new here and prown to making mistakes    actually i may begin this weekend, i'll take photo's and figure out how to post them this should be fun, i figure maybe that way the two will help balance each other out

[Rowan]

Here's my Ettie a 4-2-4...

and
Grasshopper 0-2-0

Cheers
 

[otherunicorn]

what I want to see is an articulated 0-2-0 

[bobby4309]

ok i have been thinking about this and i think it can be done, so becareful of what you wish for because i might just build it

[bobby4309]

normally when i build something i do not draw it out, this time i did. i primararily like steam locos. so when i drew out the plans for an  "articulated"  020 steam loco i found out that yes it could work in the real world using steam, would it work in the modeling world? i think due to size for it to work it would have to be at least g scale or bigger. the problem i next ran into is balance (aesthetically and actual) steam engines are front heavy in this instance, but i was thinking that i could increase the tender portion. the tender becomes important because i'll use it to balance the loco, also for the most part i want to do this as cheap as possible, i have sheet styreene that is 3/8" thick that will probably be used for the cab, tender sides etc. the nice thing about this being a whimsy loco is that if i were to leave something off it's no big deal, however because i am doing it, it has to be somewhat realistic in the details, like a non moving floor for the engineer. this is do-able as my sketch had proved (look i dont have cameras or a scanner so i have to rely on others) my next thought was once this is built what do i do with it? i plan on entering it in a county fair, and then maybe storing (displaying) it at one of my local hobby stores.