Atomic Systems

https://twitter.com/railsimulator/statu ... 1988471808

This seems to be a very unusual locomotive mentioned on Twitter, I have no idea what it is.

Maybe: https://www.facebook.com/Meshtools/post ... 6168984103 ?

Marcus

A very nice model from Meshtools it is too.

Trev123 wrote:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... 17021).jpg

Nearly...try https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... 17021).jpg

...though as that particular loco has a pantograph it ain't a battery loco

It does seem to be being operated with it's pantograph down so maybe it is running on it's batteries. Just saying

gptech wrote:

Trev123 wrote:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... 17021).jpg

Nearly...try https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... 17021).jpg

...though as that particular loco has a pantograph it ain't a battery loco

If you read the caption to the photograph it says

English Electric Type 3B, 200 v dc overhead & battery, 35 hp 0-4-0 No.E905 of 1935

749006 wrote:

gptech wrote:...though as that particular loco has a pantograph it ain't a battery loco

If you read the caption to the photograph it saysEnglish Electric Type 3B, 200 v dc overhead & battery

Exactly, it's an overhead & battery loco.

I never saw one of these IRL, but remember puzzling over it as such an unusual specimen in the Ian Allan "combined". Never imagined I'd get to drive one, LOL!

There is a real Battery Loco preserved in Manchester at MOSI
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3178987

And another at Shildon
http://www.train-photos.net/picture/sho ... ttery-loco

Peter

gptech wrote:

749006 wrote:

gptech wrote:...though as that particular loco has a pantograph it ain't a battery loco

If you read the caption to the photograph it saysEnglish Electric Type 3B, 200 v dc overhead & battery

Exactly, it's an overhead & battery loco.

Trying to cover your tracks now.

No Trev, it's part of my quest to determine the point at which the elasticity of any stretched point fails......

That would be the twang I heard earlier then!

Louder than Concorde......

Back on topic.....that looks a smashing wee loco, I do like these *oddities*