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| (...) I think it's brilliant. The locomotive is one of the "busiest" I've seen and really looks like an alligatornose Alco C420 after it got hacked on to add heavy duty blowers and airfilters. Love that detail. ++Lar (24 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.build)
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| Hi Larry, just one question: What do you mean with "Alco C420"??? Is that the name of the engine?? Sorry I have no idea about the manufacturer of the real one. I really love "alligatornose"!! The first version had a 6-wide nose and a 5-wide part (...) (24 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) Alco, or American Locomotive Works, was a US major steam engine builder who entered the Diesel marketplace, first in partnership with GE for electricals and then alone after GE decided to do it all. At one point Alco was #2 behind EMD. The (...) (24 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) the (...) Misteak- American Loco Company, Schenctady, NY (...) no, seperate company, not subsidiary. MLW was bought out by Bombardier, who made the last ALCO engined (251 type) engines. I believe the rights to 251's are now held by (...) (24 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) James, if you're going to go into "rivet counting mode" (1), make sure you spell everything right in your nitpicks! :-) Schenectady is closer to correct but may or may not be 100% there either. (...) I believe MLW was a subsidiary at some (...) (24 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Hey, I am just quoting one of my books...not _my_ fault if the book cannot spell eh? Esp. considering that I couldn't spell to save my life. Befor I went to skule, I coldn't spel enganeer, now i ar one :) (...) I know that like GMDD, they were (...) (24 years ago, 22-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Note that rivet counting mode is a useful function... (...) Who said that they can't spell 'eh'?? I am claiming that they can't spell the names of towns in upstate NY. Consider getting better books. LOL. (...) While we're picking... sepArate (...) (24 years ago, 22-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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