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Re: Canadian National SD40-2 Diesel Engine V2
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Thu, 10 Oct 2002 17:55:38 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, David Koudys writes:
> In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> > truck is pretty fundamental. Dean can call his MOC a *steam* engine if he
> > wants to, but at some point it would be a misnomer, as would calling it an
> > "SD".
> The *only* problem with that is TLC made their 9V electric train motor with
> 2 axles and not 3. I have seen some pretty good MOCs that get around this
> issue, but none of them seem to sit right on a 6 wide--what I noticed anyway.
> So until we get a nicely designed truck with 3 axles that looks good for a 6
> wide, it's nitpicky to say an engine "can't be whatever because it only has
> 2 axle trucks instead of 3."
I don't think it will ever come, and I hope it never comes, and here's why: To
design a 6 wheeled truck, you need to make the spacing between the wheels
pretty short in order for the truck to negotiate the tight LEGO track curves, a
la the 12 volt motor that had the insertable middle wheel. The problem is that
that short of spacing, while looking good for a "toy" train looks terrible if
one is trying to model, albeit even remotely, a prototype. Even prototypical
diesel 3 axle trucks articulate, and so a newly designed motor isn't necessary,
or even desired, IMO.
As far as nitpicks go, would you call it nickpicky to question someone who
called a diesel a "steam engine"? My point is that there are degrees of nits--
numbers of fans is relatively minor, and number of wheels is relatively major.
For example, a steam loco is *named* by its wheel configuration, so you just
can't call a "4-8-4" a "4-6-2"-- it's just fundamentally wrong. Likewise, you
can't call a MOC a "Pacific" (which had a wheel config of 4-6-2) and have built
it with a 4-4-2 (Atlantic) wheel configuration.
Anyone can build a choo-choo, and make it anything they want, and call it
anything they want. But if they decide to make a *certain* choo-choo, then
they must build in certain elements that are elemental to that certain
choo-choo. Wheel configuration is about as elemental a discriptor for a
locomotive as you can get.
-John
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| (...) If it was anyone else posting the above I'd let it go.. or just post a "yep, well said" because most of the points are valid. BUT, since apparently J2 is identifying himself as a nitpicker, I have to point out that there is almost certainly a (...) (22 years ago, 10-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Canadian National SD40-2 Diesel Engine V2
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| In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes: <snip> (...) The *only* problem with that is TLC made their 9V electric train motor with 2 axles and not 3. I have seen some pretty good MOCs that get around this issue, but none of them seem to sit right on a 6 (...) (22 years ago, 10-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains)
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