----- Original Message ----- From: danconialead . . . . . . . . He calls it a "Suburban", but I'm not sure if this is correct, since I can't find a picture of the prototype when I search `Suburban locomotive', Suburban 4-4-2' and related terminology. . . . . . . . > > > > > > > > > > > > The Rex steam loco that is all one piece - the coal bunker being installed behind the engineers' station all on one frame - has always been called a Suburban, at least in our little S world. As I understand it, the two qualifications of a Suburban as we use the term is everything being on one frame, and it being intended for bi-directional service. When it reaches the end of the line out in the suburbs they don't turn it, they just run it around the passenger coaches. Note it has a cow-catcher on both ends.
Here's one http://www.flickr.com/photos/morgpk/2728340218/ The all-one-frame style is also sometimes referred to as a Fourney. Here's some reading on that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forney_locomotive Tom Hawley -- Lansing Mich ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
