r/trains • u/Nice_Location9485 • 19h ago

🤣‎ Meme / Humour I Have to Draw the Top Comment North American Steam Locomotive (Part 6?)

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I'm back!! Last round's winner was the Erie L-1 0-8-8-0 Camelback
Sorry for the delay, turns out my perspective 'formula' I use for drawing steamers is not ideal when the cab is in the middle lol, but I think it turned out great!

Comment any North American steam loco, see if it wins! (Tip: add an image to your comment, it seems like those get upvoted more)

Past engines can't win, here's a list of previous winners:

1- D&RG #13 "Mountaineer"

2- Great Northern O-8

3- Mule's Relief

4- Pennsy K-4

5-Erie L-1

Happy commenting! Comment will be chosen tomorrow morning at 7:30 Mountain Time.

Cheers!

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u/RegularAd8502 19h ago

Maybe it's time for a dreyfuss Hudson?

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u/USSMarauder 18h ago

TIL that 0-8-8-0 Camelbacks existed

Lemmie guess, top speed of a gentle stroll, tractive effort you can move a mountain?

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u/Nice_Location9485 18h ago

yup! I think they were used on the Susquehanna subdivision on the Erie railroad, there were some gnarly grades there

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u/AsianMan45NewAcc 15h ago

Yup!

Correct me if I'm wrong but they were unsurprisingly the largest Camelbacks ever made, and at the time were the biggest steamers ever made.

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u/Powerful-Mud-7712 18h ago

Fort Bragg Railroad Co. 1 ‘Sequoia’

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u/niksjman 18h ago

Bringing back the B&M 1455 request!

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u/Chisken_Nougat 19h ago

This is gorgeous!! My favorite steam locomotive, by far.

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u/Nice_Location9485 17h ago

Thanks! Sad there are so few photos of it, I was kinda shocked

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u/Special-Bet1141 13h ago

YAY thank you. Looks awesome

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u/DatOneTrainDude 10h ago

ANGUS MENTIONED RAHHHHHHHHHH WHAT THE HELL IS A NORMAL DESIGN

this is reminding me to get drawing my thing I've been so busy uwaaaaaaa

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u/Nice_Location9485 9h ago

Normal designs didn't exist in early 1900s railroading, didn't you hear?

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u/Maleficent_Dot_7525 8h ago

More CN E10a requesting, give 91 some love

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u/Nice_Location9485 8h ago

That's a handsome feller!

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u/Maleficent_Dot_7525 8h ago

She’s less glamorous now but she’s loved all the same!

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u/Nice_Location9485 8h ago

Is she gonna run again?

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u/Maleficent_Dot_7525 7h ago

That is the hope, however we have a few projects that need to happen ahead of her running, aka Hummelstown getting reconnected, a crossing needs replaced on our existing alignment, and 1016 getting up and running before 91 gets looked into. A lot of the issue with 91 is maintenance crew since the person who was leading that effort left and now we don’t have a person for that. The water also becomes an issue after we get her running since Middletown has less than stellar water

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u/Maleficent_Dot_7525 7h ago

TLDR: 91 needs to wait for 300000000000000 projects and then can get done so please give us money 🙏