MTH Premier Virginian Triplex (2-8-8-8-2) O-Gauge Steam Locomotive

[toytrains1]

O72, the absolute minimum for this locomotive.

[XFailamanjaorX]

What kind of curves are those?

[huskyjerk]

Very imposing! I like !

[SpeedbeetleV2]

Even though this engine (the real version) was pretty much a failure, it's still one of my favorites.

[brtchida]

wow looks retarded going around turn lol

[littleevan99]

Re upload this video in hi-def

[BNSFandSP]

700 was a 2-8-8-8-4 built in 1916 and rebuilt as a 2-8-8-0 and a 2-8-2 in 1920. The actual 2-8-8-8-2s were Erie's 5014, 5015, and 5016 (I know 5015, I'm not quite sure of the other two numbers).

[ThomasRivette]

Dude, you should double head this engine with a Big Boy.

[chloe7829]

wow would have loved to see those monsters in action

[thelasthallow]

@chloe7829 iv actually done some checking and it seem that only 1 of this type was ever built and couldent sustain more than like 5mph becaus it couldent make enough steam to power all the wheels at faster speeds

[guvnahead84]

i'm salavating!

[litlepig69]

Nice!

[ThomasRivette]

I don't get it. The Big Boys were the largest steam engines ever built, but the triplex has 3 sets of drive wheels.

Why aren't they the largest steam engines ever built.

[DBUP4014]

The Big Boy was the largest engine of the time it was built in the 1940's

[litlepig69]

Because the last set is on the tender! That locomotive just has an extra water tender! So it's just about the same size of the big boy (buit a but smaller......dosent make much sence dosent it?!)

[yardlet6]

I think that the triplex was built just to get over Suquahanna Hill. When the hudsons came on line they could do the job better and with less service drama.

[Southerntreatment]

its true cuz they scraped the triplexes when the hudson came along

[skybluedragonator]

because the big boys were only the biggest steam locomotives built in america, and because the big boy was 109 feet long, and the triplex was only about 90 feet long and wasnt as powerful.

[ThomasRivette]

@skybluedragonator Ithought the Big Boys were 135 feet long?

[Amtrak1194]

Big Boy was bigger at appx. 135 feet long they exceeded the Triplex by about 45 feet, they were also a much bigger success because, Big Boy could sustain a much higher speed due to the fact that it could actually create enough steam for it's drivers. Essentially Big Boys are still the biggest and are better known through out the country,

Triplexes were essentially used just to get over Susquehanna hill and Big Boys were used in long haul freight services.

[Triplex5014]

No, no and no!!! It was like this. In June 1914 the Erie and Virginian Triplex were builded. In December 1915 the Triplex 5015 was builded and in January 1916 the Triplex 5016 was builded. In 1916 the Virginian Triplex was sent back to Baldwin. It was converted to a 2-8-8-8-4, with a bigger tender, smaller drivers, bigger boiler and headlight on top of the smokebox. In 1920 it was separated into a 2-8-8-0 and a 2-8-2. The Erie Triplexes were retired in 1927.

[64miguel]

so u mean by retire is they were put out of service or they stop building them in 1927? what is the baddest strongest model for the triplex including the conversions that u said? i assume the best one is the last production model for theM?

:)

[MrTrainfanatic]

i love the whistle!!!!!

[ilikepiebearys]

dude that is awsome

[TrainTrackTrav]

What was the top speed on the triplexes?

[SouthernRR4501]

about 10-20 MPH because the boiler was too small to supply steam to all six cylinders so it ran out of steam embarrasingly fast, so I think it was mainly used for pusher service.

[emmasweeny]

Actually one source lists top speed at 5mph while still keeping boiler pressure. The experiment only lasted three years before being rebuilt.

[rushs11]

do any of these even exist?

[ASpatha]

no they all three where converted to smaller locomotives.

[brakevantoad77]

bigger than the big boy

[ThomasSukhoi]

Those things must have been behemoths in person.

[Speedbeetle07]

Man I want one of these! to bad they're so dern expensive!

[spiritomb]

There are 2 things wrong with the Virginian version. 1: of course the incorrect 2-8-8-8-2 wheel arrange. Everyone knows they were 2-8-8-8-4's. 2: Virginians triplexs also looked nothing like Erie's. The tender was bigger, and the headlight was put on the top of the boiler, not centered.

[3254man]

What are you going to do?

[PennsyPostwar671]

And people say that the Pennsy Turbine is weird looking....it's nothing compared to this!

[Detoyato]

Well It would have worked better if they put a bigger boiler on it!

[NTRAINS23]

What a wierd locomotive but its awesome *****

[hoscaletrains500]

wow!

[SouthernRR4501]

I'll bet it can pull 200 plus cars. Long live steam locomotives!!!

[BenAliGtor]

Nasher's right. The Virginian Triplex had a 2-8-8-8-4 wheel arraingement, not a 2-8-8-8-2 like the Erie's. It lasted about 4 years in the 1920's-then was rebuilt into 2 more conventional locomotives. So, unless you're hauling coal drags from the mountains down to the Tidewater circa 1924-1928, it's not the most prototypical choice for a loco. Still, it's a great looking toy.

[KeeperOfTheKitten]

2-8-8-8-2 refers to the wheel arrangement ...in this case 2 undriven wheels at the front, then a group of 8 driven wheels under the leading part of the boiler, 8 more under the footplate, 8 more under the coal tender and finally 2 undriven wheels at the rearmost part of the locomotive unit.

[mmmykha]

I like that loco where did you get the 2-8-8-8-2

[marblehamburger]

were the hell did you find that

[overtime2005]

Prefect! thanks for this clip

[nasher902k7]

this looks like erie triplex

[89Corvette6spdFX3]

Holy cow that's one giant loco!