JMORG wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2018 12:05 pm
Honestly, after reading that article I'm surprised they didn't go for a Sandy River 24. It's a "grand" loco and has all the stuff that Silver Lady has plus the additions of pony trucks and a much lower center of gravity!
I agree with
JMORGthat an Accucraft shay might have been the machine for the job. ALL "pony trucks"...
I once saw a video of an Accucraft shay pulling a man on a 5"gauge wagon, with little 45mm rails on the sleepers between the 5" rails. It didn't appear too bothered by the load either.
Not without historical precedent, either, there was ONE shay in he U.K. at some point or other (there's a prototype for everything)
Although a shay would have been more difficult to repair if anything had gone wrong, and at its top speed we'd still be waiting for it to get there.