Angermanland
25-06-2007, 04:29
ooc: from the RP with it's hub here: threads and stuff (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=530895)
IC: the big 4-6-0, one of four and locomotive number 345 of the Angermanlandz Railwayix Kompany (the government was the majority shareholder, and there was a clause in it's corporate mandate stating that this fact could not legally change no matter how many shares were issued), constructed for use on the recently upgraded Main Kolorado line, puffed slowly backwards onto the waiting train at platform seven of the Estwraith station, central hub of the A.R.K.
from here, main lines ran north, south, and east, while an large number of branch lines ran west, north east, south east, and any other direction required. the cities light rail network also joined the line here.
most of the rail traffic coming and going was pulled by the workhorse of the A.R.K., the 4-4-0 'ouhkire' [literally 'one who is compared to', more accurately 'standard'] , and a fair amount of coming and going was done by the 0-4-0 'shortij' [literally 'short'] tram engines, while shunting was handled primarily by 2-4-0 'ouhshuntade' [literally "one who shunts"] tank engines, built for power but not for speed or distance.
end of the day, the first run by a 4-6-0, already dubbed 'yekiretso' [literally 'most compared!" but more accurately "the big one"] for it's impressive size compared to the A.R.K's other locomotives, was something of an event.
on this run, it would be pulling six ARK-Royalij luxury passenger carriages (well, luxury compared to anything else on the railway so far, anyway) these particular carrages were very cairfully marked "Branchvel Tsu" and "Tramvel Tsu". 'No branch lines!' and "No Tram lines!" respectively. their long wheel base would prevent them making it around many of the corners on the former, and All the corners on the latter. the yekiretso engines had the same labels for the same reasons, with the addition of "R4-rolljinstokvel tsu" "no four wheeled rolling stock!" in order to justify using such a powerful engine to pull the lighter rolling stock, so many wagons and carriages would have to be linked in the train, that the engine would have no hope of stopping without them all piling into each other and derailing. it also didn't help that these smaller cars tended not to have their own breaks, relying instead on those of the engine and break van, exaserbrating the problem.
it's rout on this run would take it to the northern most stop on it's line, in the hub city of Normente [literally 'northern spirit'] and then back, bypassing the Estwraith terminal entirely, to continue until it reached Sutflow ['southern flow'], the city furthest south along the Colorado river and main line. it would then return to the capital where it had started.
the engine was painted in red with the golden colours of it's brass fittings shining brightly. large lamps hung to either side of it's smoke box, and it had two bells, which tolled different notes, mounted on top of the boiler. like the trams in the street, it mounted a cowcatcher and side plates, but for entirely different reasons. the trams were decked out in such to prevent, or reduce, injury to pedestrians and the like in the event of an accident. on something the size of a yekiretso, they served a rather different purpose. most of the line was unfenced, and sometimes large animals wandered onto it. the cowcatcher and side plates were therefore necessary to ensure that, in the event of an impact, the animal came off worst. without them, such creatures could go under the wheels, and derail the entire train. the last thing anyone wanted was ten-plus tons of steel, brass, and wood, with the addition of whatever cargo it was carrying, traveling at speeds in the general vicinity of 100 kph on straight tracks, coming off the rails.
the engine coupled with it's train, and those who would take this historic ride boarded. ten minutes later, the platform-master's whistle blew, (in such a large facility, the stationmaster himself could not see off every train, so clearing platforms was the duty of underlings), the guard's responded, the single in front of the train dropped to the "clear, proceeded when ready" position, the driver and guard disengaged the train's breaks, the guard's flag waved, the engine's whistle sounded and, with a great whoosh of steam, the large train set off.
it was to be the A.R.Ks first long distance express.
IC: the big 4-6-0, one of four and locomotive number 345 of the Angermanlandz Railwayix Kompany (the government was the majority shareholder, and there was a clause in it's corporate mandate stating that this fact could not legally change no matter how many shares were issued), constructed for use on the recently upgraded Main Kolorado line, puffed slowly backwards onto the waiting train at platform seven of the Estwraith station, central hub of the A.R.K.
from here, main lines ran north, south, and east, while an large number of branch lines ran west, north east, south east, and any other direction required. the cities light rail network also joined the line here.
most of the rail traffic coming and going was pulled by the workhorse of the A.R.K., the 4-4-0 'ouhkire' [literally 'one who is compared to', more accurately 'standard'] , and a fair amount of coming and going was done by the 0-4-0 'shortij' [literally 'short'] tram engines, while shunting was handled primarily by 2-4-0 'ouhshuntade' [literally "one who shunts"] tank engines, built for power but not for speed or distance.
end of the day, the first run by a 4-6-0, already dubbed 'yekiretso' [literally 'most compared!" but more accurately "the big one"] for it's impressive size compared to the A.R.K's other locomotives, was something of an event.
on this run, it would be pulling six ARK-Royalij luxury passenger carriages (well, luxury compared to anything else on the railway so far, anyway) these particular carrages were very cairfully marked "Branchvel Tsu" and "Tramvel Tsu". 'No branch lines!' and "No Tram lines!" respectively. their long wheel base would prevent them making it around many of the corners on the former, and All the corners on the latter. the yekiretso engines had the same labels for the same reasons, with the addition of "R4-rolljinstokvel tsu" "no four wheeled rolling stock!" in order to justify using such a powerful engine to pull the lighter rolling stock, so many wagons and carriages would have to be linked in the train, that the engine would have no hope of stopping without them all piling into each other and derailing. it also didn't help that these smaller cars tended not to have their own breaks, relying instead on those of the engine and break van, exaserbrating the problem.
it's rout on this run would take it to the northern most stop on it's line, in the hub city of Normente [literally 'northern spirit'] and then back, bypassing the Estwraith terminal entirely, to continue until it reached Sutflow ['southern flow'], the city furthest south along the Colorado river and main line. it would then return to the capital where it had started.
the engine was painted in red with the golden colours of it's brass fittings shining brightly. large lamps hung to either side of it's smoke box, and it had two bells, which tolled different notes, mounted on top of the boiler. like the trams in the street, it mounted a cowcatcher and side plates, but for entirely different reasons. the trams were decked out in such to prevent, or reduce, injury to pedestrians and the like in the event of an accident. on something the size of a yekiretso, they served a rather different purpose. most of the line was unfenced, and sometimes large animals wandered onto it. the cowcatcher and side plates were therefore necessary to ensure that, in the event of an impact, the animal came off worst. without them, such creatures could go under the wheels, and derail the entire train. the last thing anyone wanted was ten-plus tons of steel, brass, and wood, with the addition of whatever cargo it was carrying, traveling at speeds in the general vicinity of 100 kph on straight tracks, coming off the rails.
the engine coupled with it's train, and those who would take this historic ride boarded. ten minutes later, the platform-master's whistle blew, (in such a large facility, the stationmaster himself could not see off every train, so clearing platforms was the duty of underlings), the guard's responded, the single in front of the train dropped to the "clear, proceeded when ready" position, the driver and guard disengaged the train's breaks, the guard's flag waved, the engine's whistle sounded and, with a great whoosh of steam, the large train set off.
it was to be the A.R.Ks first long distance express.