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Did 0-8-0 steam locomotives ever pull a freight train.?

Just wondering because im going to buy an ho scale 0-8-0 for my layout, and i want it to be realistic so i was wondering if it was common to see them pulling a freight train.

Yes, 0-8-0’s had lots of chores to do. Here is great information for you. Here’s your chance to really learn about some neat stuff. I’ll try to stick with only the 0-8-0 that you are asking about:

Norfolk & Western 0-8-0 switcher No. 244 holds the distinction of being the last U.S. reciprocating steam locomotive built for an American Class 1 railroad:

http://trains.com/ctr/default.aspx?c=a&id=105

On this link is a USRA 0-8-0 picture:

http://orion.math.iastate.edu/jdhsmith/term/slususra080.jpg

As you can see, it is a handsome looking beast with lots of power.
The small drivers made for low end torque for pushing and pulling on strings of freight around the freightyards and to make delivery of heavy loads like coal, grain, flour, steel, ore to local city depots. Back in the Steam Era many homes were heated with coal.

The B&O Railroad had some 0-8-0’s that could be used on mainline higher speed traffic. The larger diameter drivers allowed for higher speed. Also they sported larger pistons [bore & stroke].

Some examples of 0-8-0 power on the B&O Railroad:
E-2L & E-3L had 50″ drivers
E-24L 0-8-0’s had 56″ drivers
L-1A- 57″
L-2- 62″

And then came this brute: ‘U’ 0-10-0 with 58″ drivers with 30×32in bore & stroke.
Go to this link and look at all this magnificent Steam Power & data:

http://orion.math.iastate.edu/jdhsmith/term/slusbo.htm

This link has info on Steam Engines all around the world!:

http://orion.math.iastate.edu/jdhsmith/term/slindex.htm

This is an example of what you can expect from your train set:

http://www.theweebsite.com/trains/pctrain_09.html

Note the name “Yard Bull”. This locomotive was a real workhorse!
Quoted from link: “Although the high-speed steam locomotives could deliver their cargo in record time, they were inefficient in short-distance deliveries to final destinations or precision redirecting. With blooming industrialization and the advent of large freight yards, a growing need developed for efficient “switching” of “shifting” of large blocks of freight cars. This is were the 0-8-0, affectionately named ‘Yard Bull’ came in. This behind-the-scenes behemoth, with its incredible traction and slower speed, could deliver the perfect combination of precision and brute force that was needed to accomplish this daunting task.”

You will become very fond of this locomotive, and how important it was.
Here’s a few more, just for fun and enjoyment:

http://www.trainweb.org/j.dimech/roster/080ros.html

http://www.lner.info/locos/Q/q.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0-8-0

http://www2.gpmd.com/imagel/l/llnlu0103.jpg

http://www.tee-usa.com/store/product332.html

Ho Scale Train Layout

One of the most simple layouts that you can have for your model trains is a simple circle oval that would fit nicely on a 4×6 sheet of plywood, with no landscaping or scenery, just model train and the track. While you could choose to layout your model railroad in this manner, it is highly unimaginative and lacks creativity. True, it may be an inexpensive endeavor, but not one that is very realistic or will hold your interest for long.

Moving beyond this most basic and simplistic model railroad layout, there are are couple of model trains layouts that you may be interested in incorporating into your model railroad design. These layouts include the point-to-point layout and the out-and-home layout, which is a modified version of the previous layout.

The point-to-point model railroad layout strives to simulate the fact that real trains are constantly in motion and moving from one point to the other. It is based on the fact that real life railroads have branches and subsidiary systems, but that the main branch of the railroad begins in one location, moves to another location, and then stops.

Terminals are included as part of the model railway system to turn around the model trains. However, the main line goes from point-to-point, or form one location to another. There are normally switches and yards at one end of the layout and a turnaround at the other end.

Though these model train layouts resemble actual railroads in appearance, they do not accurately duplicate the scale mileage of the railway system. You can compensate for this inaccuracy by using scenery in a decent sized layout. Smaller model railway systems cannot achieve the illusion since there is not room for two terminals.

The out-and-home model railway layout may be a better fit for smaller layouts, since is only has one terminal. It is a modified version of a point-to-point model railway layout that simply doubles back on itself.

The train leaves the terminal and travels through your landscape and scenery and arrives back at a terminal that happens to be the same one from which it departed. You simply pretend that it is a different terminal. In this way, your model railroad achieves more mileage between terminals.

The real challenge of laying out your model railroad is the creative use of scenery to make it seem more realistic. One you master this, you will b able to accomplish a model railroad layout that it both pleasing to you and others.

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trying to find a nascar Jimmy Johnson Diecast model disel truck and trailer in a 1:80 or 1:87 scale size?

this die cast listed above is for a Ho scale (1:87) model train layout I am building.

Ebay is your best option. You can find just about anything you want there.

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