The 4-6-4

Here it is the 4-6-4 not like you saw in the first picture? Yeah that was an earlier wheel pattern tor the same engine. Its front wheels are regular freestyle wheels on a turntable and then they are connected with with a ball connector to the 6 drivers. The first 4 are modelteam wheels and the last 2 are well, their erector set. Surprisingly enough they have axles that are smaller than lego holes, all the better for lumpy track. Then it's connected to the last 4 with a small paperclip, attached with tape (See Picture). It also has an attachable cowcatcher but I took it off because it was weak. The wheelsets were mostly designed from this photo:



Taken from Hans Halberstad's Working Steam Vintage Locomotives Today


Except for the fact that this is a 4-8-4.
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