A suburban type is any double ended steam locomotive. A Forney type is built to Forney's patent, related to the mounting of the four wheel rear truck.
Here is an article on suburbans, including the NYC 2-4-4T that is the prototype for the Rex model. http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/steamtown/shs3a.htm The 2-4-4 was never manufactured by Putt, the molds were modified under Rex for a different model. Pieter Roos Sent from my iPhone On Apr 6, 2013, at 8:54 PM, "Tom Hawley" <[email protected]> wrote: > ----- 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 > > >
