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Subject:	6 wide Cab Forward 4-8-8-4 Steam Loco
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains
Date:	Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:16:45 GMT
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Here is my version of a Cab Forward 4-8-8-4. My goal was to make a 6 wide one with working pistons and rods. Hopefully it would go around our BayLTC Layouts and maybe through points. Our tracks run four studs from the sneeze guards and eight studs apart. After trying several pivot points I succeeded in running the engine around a Lego curve without hitting the sneeze guards or a train on the inner track. It also would go thru a point without derailing. Making the cab, boiler, and tender followed. I rebuilt the cab three times. Some of the building ideas or inspirations came from James Mathis. Not fastening the drive wheels to the body came from an early loco (2003) of Steve Barile's (before Big Ben's Bricks Wheels). Design of pistons, rods, and cylinders are from Big Ben's Bricks. Some deep links are: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2340405 http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2340416 http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2340417 Here is where I removed some of the snot to show detail http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2340456 Brickshelf folder is: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=236399 Please feel free to comment on it. Thanks, Bruce Chamberlain Member BayLTC and BayLUG

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		Re: 6 wide Cab Forward 4-8-8-4 Steam Loco
(...) This is truly a stunning achievement. I saw a preliminary version of this a couple of weeks ago and was quite amazed. I'm looking forward to seeing it run around the track at a show. Spotlighted. --Bill. (17 years ago, 25-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains)

		Re: 6 wide Cab Forward 4-8-8-4 Steam Loco
(...) (snip) (...) Nice work on the Cab Forward. My goodness it is long! The SNOT windows up front look good. I'm impressed that this baby gets on well through curves, points, and has all the working running gear. Great job putting it all (...) (17 years ago, 26-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains)

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