Thread 2054149

hello /n/, i’m a so called mechanical designer (shameless larp) that makes trains half the time.

i’m constantly seeking inspiration to base things off for my fictional railway, mostly locomotives

any sort of piece of rolling stock of any era and country is appreciated

Helium supply cars, to keep the blimp trains going

Wooden vinegar tank car

A Camelback, double cab or Mother Hubbard, mostly used by railroads that served the NE Pennsylvania anthracite coal fields. The phat firebox was so they could burn low grade anthracite waste, thus the cab was scooted forward.

Czech snowblower using a MiG-15 engine

>>2054262
Looks like a Euro loco tricked out as a Maine narrow gauge Forney. I like the standard gauge Forneys that ran on the New York elevateds.

>>2054196
A Shay converted to diesel power

ACE 3000 steam locomotive concept

Streetcar elevator in Cincinnati

Grumman TLVR

Storage battery powered streetcar in Manhattan

>>2054270
almost right, its a Hudswell Clarke narrow gauge tender engine decked out with american equipment

Switcher at the Victor Records plant in Camden, NJ

>>2054282
But where is it going?

>>2054329
It’s a funicular that raised and lowered streetcars on Mt. Adams in Cincinnati. There’s a current funicular thread here on /n/ where I posted this pic.

>>2054330
Sad that this Gigakino is long gone, however the closest thing still in existence is the Trieste tram, which has a funicular section where the tram cars are placed above a dummy car and then run as funicular for a stretch, to then continue on as normal trams.

Double decker streetcars were rare in the U.S. The “Broadway Battleship” in New York was a one of a kind experiment that only lasted a decade.

>>2054465
But it was a hundred years worth of kino. Wish one would of been preserved.

>>2054155

Looks like something out of Mad Max