[REAL] New Chinese loco for the UK

Frsimplex1993 · Post by **Frsimplex1993** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:42 pm

Hi,
Atlast the chinese C2 loco has arrived in Wales! Visit http://priderock.co.uk/c2project/ for more details.

I'll be visiting the loco tommorrow or Saturday so more photos then!

Cheers,
William

Jontan · Post by **Jontan** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:56 pm

Yay! Love those, they're all ickle. ^^ Just don't paint it blue or anything, it should look worn, part of it's character.

I could imagine one of those plying along some overgrown branch...

/Jonatan

sparky123456 · Post by **sparky123456** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:14 pm

I take it thats another one for the WHR? They do look uite nice locos...

Cheers

Chris

Frsimplex1993 · Post by **Frsimplex1993** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:16 pm

It edepends what the owners want to do isn't it! As it's not owned by the FfR!

RobertM · Post by **RobertM** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:23 pm

I bet within 5 year it would of been sold on.

The wheels are too small & from what I can gather its too wide for the route

roltay · Post by **roltay** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:05 pm

Hello William,

What a great little loco,

It would be nice to have one for the sim , so anyone interested in making one?, bit of a cheek to ask , i wish i had the talent to make one!

Cheers Roger.

Rfairlie · Post by **Rfairlie** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:17 pm

RobertM wrote:I bet within 5 year it would of been sold on.

The wheels are too small & from what I can gather its too wide for the route

Before you make wild suggestions like that how about reading the press release. The loco is not owned by the FR it is owned by a group of chinese rail enthusiasts who just happen to be FR vollunteers. All the FR has done is provide space for the loco to be stored until a proper restoration base can be found on the FR or elsewhere no where has it been suggested that it will run on the FR or the WHR.
Finally the loco is only just outside the FR loading gauge the cab being to wide , if it were the same width as many other C2's it would fit the FR also wheel size is not the only factor determines how fast a loco can go. Linda and Blanche have the same size wheels yet Blanche will happily do 20mph on 8 cars whereas linda gives up at about 18.

If you want real info on this loco look at thier website not the FR or WHR egroups.
Hope i've not offended.
Tim

CaptainBazza · Post by **CaptainBazza** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:00 am

Count me in, I'd love to model this loco. I have four or six youtube vids of the same class in action. The loco would have to be textured in her work worn guise, there are enough pretty shiney wee beasties about.

Goth-Grunge' is so 'now'.

Cheers Bazza

CaptainBazza · Post by **CaptainBazza** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:58 am

I viewed the vid clip, and with the other clips I've seen the loco is a sitter for ((BazzaMotion)) (((:x))) The wee dump wagons shouldn't be a problem, either.

Imagine the fun tuning the physics....

Was it oil or coal fired?

CaptainBazza · Post by **CaptainBazza** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:00 am

I think the loco and wagons should be scaled up for 3ft Xtrack = 2.5ft gauge?

I'm certain I have a colour pic of the European original in one of my railway books.

Cheers Bazza

Earl1 · Post by **Earl1** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 7:31 am

That will be awfully unstable if regauged, they don't exactly ride well of 2ft 6in, and she will be way too light footed at only 4tons an axle, even more so than Blanche I think.

Rfairlie · Post by **Rfairlie** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:17 am

Im looking forward to seeing your model now Bazza, defintly a good candidate for ((BazzaMotion)) dont forget the lobster pot on the chimney

This one was coal fired im not aware of any oil fired ones but its possible something like 3000 built worldwide and a fine example of how a steam loco should be.
Tim

CaptainBazza · Post by **CaptainBazza** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:21 am

I found some pics on the net (locos for sale) and looks like the drivers were solid, hurray, no spokes, more polys to spare, specially with four driver sets.

They appear 0-8-0, can't see any leading/trailing bogies.

Rfairlie · Post by **Rfairlie** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:30 am

data sheet and side drawing here http://priderock.co.uk/c2project/technical.html
The driving wheels have 2 small oval holes in them i think.

CaptainBazza · Post by **CaptainBazza** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:39 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPn2SrF8eVQ

That's a clip of the same class hauling logs. There are several clips, look in the "Related menu" to the right - there are six clips, also a few other clips worth watching, too.

Cheers Bazza

PS Thanks for the info RF, I'll check that out.