I followed Jim's link to Don Ross's website with photos and info on the Sandley equipment. The site indicates that a Hudson was built back in the 40's in 15" gauge and that it is now in a museum in Delaware. OK all you Delaware steam fans, do any of you know of this engine? Any photos of it out there on the net for all to see?

I also heard some years ago that a gentleman in the Pacific NW was building the UP FEF-3 4-8-4 in 15" gauge and brought his completed tender for the loco to the UP Historical Society convention one year. Anyone know anything about this one, too?

Sincerely,

Rob Gardner


train@nls.net

> There is another one, in Oklahoma. It is at
> the more-or-less defunct Eagle Park, in
> Cache, OK. Aside from the 2' 0-8-0t there is
> an 0-4-0t that once operated on 3/4 mile of
> track. They plan on reopening and the
> engines are inside and in good condition.

Are both engines there? I have not had been to Cache, OK; but I understand that there was a fire there, and the former amusement park is derelict.

Also, while BMAG C.N. 10885 has not been reported elsewhere; the second engine has. Maffei 4613 is reported to be at the Aspen Valley RR in Longview, TX; along with Hartmann 4613.

(Both the engines at Longview are "Brigadelok" 0-8-0Ts, not the smaller 0-4-0Ts.)

Surviving World Steam Locomotives
james1@pernet.net

> The flexible driver system is called
> Klein-Lindner (not Linder). If you have the
> 30-year old Kalmbach book "ARTICULATED
> LOCOMOTIVES" there is fairly long
> section on this system, which allows the
> first and last driver sets to swivel like
> leading and trailing trucks.

Correction to the correction: The engineers of the Saxony railway network who came up with this axle design were Ewald Richard Klien (! "ie", not "ei") and Heinrich Robert Lindner, and their invention dates from the early 1890s. I haven't seen the Kalmbach book, but a short description of the idea is as follows: Take a driver axle with crank handles connected to the drive rods but without wheels. Place this inside a hollow axle with the wheels. Link the two axles through a spherical joint in the center, and you can obtain a flexible axle that allows to accommodate tight radii. Among the first engine types they put this technique to work was the Saxony Class IX-V, a Consolidation type freight engine. The rear drive axle uses this system, and it sits so far behind the other three drive axles that you could think you'd have a 2-10-0 with the fourth axle removed. This gap sits conveniently underneath the firebox, giving room for making it large.

Cheers, Jochen

JochenTrost@cs.com