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Subject: 
Horseshoe Bend Rail Road - Rail Truck
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lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town
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Date: 
Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:36:45 GMT
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I just finished a new rail truck that I am rather proud of:


It is a color modified version of the Rio Grande Southern Motor #1 which currently resides in Colorado’s Ridgeway Railroad Museum. My model is based on the model of this by Bachmann, and is customized to my own Horseshoe Bend Rail Road.

It is motorized with a regular geared 9V motor, powered by a 9V battery box in the back of the truck. The drive wheels are Big Ben Brick small wheels.

-Matt :)



Message has 5 Replies:
  Re: Horseshoe Bend Rail Road - Rail Truck
 
(...) Hi Matt, This is absolutely brilliant. It is an excellent design and it works. Beautiful work. Tim (19 years ago, 27-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
  Re: Horseshoe Bend Rail Road - Rail Truck
 
(...) Killer MOC, Matt! It is very faithful to the original, and very creative in execution. It reminds me of the over-my-head mechanical stuff that my son Ross builds:-) Well done, and thanks for sharing! JOHN (19 years ago, 27-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
  Re: Horseshoe Bend Rail Road - Rail Truck
 
(...) Wow. That is really nice! I love the angled doors/cab effect. Plus the fact that it functions. Stunning. I wonder how the back of the truck would look with tan 1x6 tiles with the wood grain pattern printed on them as opposed to the 1x6 plates? (...) (19 years ago, 27-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
  Re: Horseshoe Bend Rail Road - Rail Truck
 
(...) Thats is really nice, curiously I was reading a magazine review of the Bachmann model a couple of days ago. I love the way you have managed to fit the 'workings' into the load space and keep the diminutive look of the cab and hood. Its one of (...) (19 years ago, 29-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
  Re: Horseshoe Bend Rail Road - Rail Truck
 
(...) Very cool Matt. I was hoping people would create things like this when I designed the BBB wheels with the cross axle at the center. Now if somebody could just figure out how to make it remote control... Ben Fleskes Big Ben Bricks LLC (19 years ago, 1-May-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)

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