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Published: 2014-07-06 11:24:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 2707; Favourites: 43; Downloads: 0
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A little of a late Birthday pressie for Bishoujoshadow You see I couldn't think of anything off the top of my head to draw for her B-day (especially in the know she's got something planned for me) She asked for me to draw a British 4-8-4. Now of course, our loading gauges and faculties, plus the engines we already had, we had no use for such a large design, especially considering all the problems that came with the P2s, which were 2-8-2s.So I had to look into something a bit more... smaller in order to get bigger, if that makes sense. Until I came across an LSBC design (which are live steam models) of a locomotive drawing as such. www.users.waitrose.com/~n25ga/… Just look at the size of this machine. If the Great Western went ahead and built these and somehow managed to sort out the issue with weight... My god would this blast nearly every other locomotive in the country out of the water... Mind you... You'd feel sorry for the one who'd have to fire that thing! Anyways, she requested that it'd become dark blue, so I chose S&DJR blue C:
Thanks and have fun.
O and have a happy birthday C:
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You know they fixed the problem with stoking inefficiencies in American 4-8-4's by simply adding a mechanical stoker. Also, the "Northerns" as the 4-8-4's are called by, weren't too bad of water consumers if you could treat 'em right.
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Just found this, the 4-8-4 nice I think our 500's hold the title of biggest non-articulated locomotive built in Britain and I think it still holds it too
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Actually, The LNER P-2s were a success, But became horrible after Thompson turned them into Thompson Pacifics. Also The LNER W1 ENgine was a 4-6-4 and it weighed about as much as two A-4s.
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Pfft, shows what you know then.
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Wow, excellent pic, though interesting the GWR would have a 4-8-4 in mind, when Pacifics were too large for their network (though I do know there were plans for 4-8-2's on the LNER at least, never went ahead though)
As for firing it, well there's always a mechanical stoker, like there is on every 4-8-4 design I know of
EDIT: Oh and then there's frames. Would plate frames be able to withstand the power of a 4-8-4?
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O_O Crikey! A 4-8-4! In Britain! I'm surprised if rails didn't just break under its weight! i'm surprised its pulling a train, it looks like it should be pulling that station!
but anyways, awesome railway artwork of the Planet class Joe! I love the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway blue, its one of my favourite tones of blue and livery from British Railways and on the planet class it does not disappoint even with the 3500 gallon tender it has coupled to it. and even the Wheel Arrangement, which is done from fictional, has been done splendidly with the walschaerts motion on the side. well done ^^
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I love it,. 
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And a civil engineer's pounding headache!
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Oh yes probably
*does not know what a "civil engineer" actually is*
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I forgot what we were talking about.
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I wouldn't call it my best <__>
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It looks great as far as I'm concerned
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that is a cool design, I would have liked to see some pictures of the real thing in preservation if GWR actually did build it
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