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(...) Hey, i was thinking or making a F45 too, but i decided apon a simalar locomotive, the SD40-2F, built for the Canadian Pacific Railway. Here are some pictures, i liked the distinctive wedge (has a special name, can't think of it now): (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thank you very much! After doing a few shows with PNLTC, I've seen a lot of really nice MOC trains in the last 6 months. Being around these guys has to rub off at least a little. (...) When I was building this, I only had 2 pictures to go on (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) A *very nice* first MOC! (much better than my first attempts!) I like the use of the fence pieces on the sides to represent venting. One question on the 'tail end', since I'm not familiar with this locomotive. Should there be a door of some (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello, all- This is my first true MOC locomotive- in the past, I've only worked with 4.5 volt trains. And the 4.5 volt locomotives I made were just slightly modified official sets. I did this up in my LTC's colors, and added a few stickers to pretty (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains) !
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| | Re: Pics of my "Auto Hopper" unloading hopper car
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(...) Yes, the unloading is happening over 4.5 volt track so that I can discharge into a bin below. Also I'm working on making the same section of track act as a scale by using some springs and a rotation sensor. As for the how the RCX will interact (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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"James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message news:GA3Bs5.3xx@lugnet.com... (...) project (...) It looks very good! The overall design of the hopper looks very nice and I really like the working unloading doors. Are you running the hoppers (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Yeah, even though it's technically "seven wide" it's still a good ol' "six wider" at heart. (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) 1st tip: Find someone around to share that amount with you: Reimann is the cheapest place (for Lego sets) in the www that I know. (...) 2nd tip: Usually the webmaster of www.1000steine.de does not support international shipping, but if you (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Very nice! And clever too! You do consider it a "six wide" MOC, right? "James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message news:GA3Bs5.3xx@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I have uploaded some pictures of my recent hopper car design that has self-closing unloading doors. The "Auto Hopper" is part of a larger project that will include a loading and unloading station via an RCX. This hopper was designed so that it can (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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