Mountain Man
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At least, that's what I think it is!
The picture is a link, not a copy. Links are acceptable by our rules, copies of copyrighted work is not.It's a photshop job of a triplex. Erie is misspelled. The number is wrong. A quick google shows it came from http://www.karenparker.net/PixelMagic/pixelmagic.htm , and it's near the bottom. I guess you have premission to post it here? NEXT
At least, that's what I think it is!
It's a photshop job of a triplex.
Josh...
It's the Whyte system of notation - and yes, in a way, it does refer to axles - although indirectly by actually counting the number of wheels. I believe the French method counts axles.
A 4-6-2 (for example) is a "Pacific" type steam loco. It has 4 wheels (two axles) on the pilot or lead truck, 6 powered driving wheels (three axles) and a trailing truck (under the firebox) with 2 wheels/one axle.
Some locos with more than one set of drivers uses an addional number - like Challengers, Big Boys, etc - e.g. 2-6-6-6. This implies two pilot wheels, two sets of six drivers (three axles each) and a trailing truck with six wheels.
Where there are no wheels, it is noted with a zero - e.g. small switching engine 0-6-0 with six drivers only and no lead or trailing truck.
Additions are used for things like Mallet engines - 4-6-2+2-6-4, and other specifics may use letters, like adding "T" for tank engine. Thomas is a 0-6-0T
Andrew
Interesting proposal... even if it's a photoshop job. Isn't it a 2-4-6-8+10 though? "+10" for the booster (i.e. powered wheels on the tender) and no "12" since unpowered axels on the tender don't count?
Andrew
Not if you allow the '2' for the unpowered pilot wheels. :thumb:
Personally, I think it's hilarious, and there are quite a few locos that defy the Whyte System, chief amongst them being the Holman Horror.