I present to you a classic Baldwin 2-6-6-2: The U.S. Plywood Corp. #11.

[AbleChristopher]

Just recently finished another build, for this one I went in a very different direction from my last and focused on a Baldwin 2-6-6-2 which would have been found across many Pacific NW logging railroads with many modifications and variants. For my build I focused on the U.S. Plywood Corp #11 in its 1939/present day configuration. I am a big fan of these turn of the 20th century logging railroad workhorses and particularly love the Baldwin Mallet 2-6-6-2's (or 2-6-6-2 t's or 2-6-6-2 t&t's etc). Built to be both powerful and agile, this Mallet locomotive used all the steam energy it possessed from both its high- and low-pressure cylinders to haul western redcedars, douglas-firs and western hemlocks, which often weighed up to 2,000 tons, up and down steep, hastily built logging railroad grades. True to the real life version of this locomotive, it is designed to handle tight corners and steep grades. It is 8-wide, 1:48 scale, and is designed to handle all standard Lego track curvature.

[M_slug357]

Reminds me that I need to build me some mallets…!

what was the trickiest part of your build?

[AbleChristopher]

11 minutes ago, M_slug357 said:

Reminds me that I need to build me some mallets…!

what was the trickiest part of your build?

That's a great question, I would say the high and low pressure cylinders. That and the fancy footwork I had to do within the boiler to make sure that it could support the various detail elements like the running boards along the smokebox. For this model I wanted to incorporate a lot of detail without sacrificing structural integrity.

[Feuer Zug]

Fantastic locomotive. Not only have you captured the look of this Baldwin, but the functionality as well. You even got the difference in the cylinder sizes down. Kudos.

[AbleChristopher]

21 minutes ago, Feuer Zug said:

Fantastic locomotive. Not only have you captured the look of this Baldwin, but the functionality as well. You even got the difference in the cylinder sizes down. Kudos.

Thanks Feuer! Those are kind words, means a lot.

[zephyr1934]

Great job capturing these (relatively) tiny but quite mighty locomotives. Is it a good runner?

[Asper]

Wonderful MOC, would like to see a video of this.

[AbleChristopher]

3 hours ago, zephyr1934 said:

Great job capturing these (relatively) tiny but quite mighty locomotives. Is it a good runner?

They are small! Those driver wheels are only 44 inches. I have more stats on my Flickr album if you're interested: https://api.flickr.com/photos/192470194@N02/albums/72157719589534549

She handles pretty well, I'll try and get a video of her running.

1 hour ago, Asper said:

Wonderful MOC, would like to see a video of this.

Thanks Asper, sounds like others would enjoy seeing it run too. I'll see what I can put together.

Edited May 9, 2022 by AbleChristopher

[Ropefish]

Saw this on flickr! really well done. Would love to see video of it running

[Paperinik77pk]

Wonderful locomotive and really really good work on the bogies articulation! 

Ciao!

Davide

[XG BC]

looks very nice! can only second @Paperinik77pk the boogies articulation is very well done!

[AbleChristopher]

39 minutes ago, Paperinik77pk said:

Wonderful locomotive and really really good work on the bogies articulation! 

Ciao!

Davide

 

16 minutes ago, XG BC said:

looks very nice! can only second @Paperinik77pk the boogies articulation is very well done!

Thank you both! That was one of the difficult parts of this build, the diameter of those driver wheels is so small, they leave only about 2 plates worth of clearance below the center of the axle which left little room to be creative.