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(...) What about a set of Peabody coal cars. Yel body, green end. (...) A Southern engine would be nice and brings back memories. I remember those clawing their way up from the Ohio river valley after they crossed at Cincinnati. The house would (...) (19 years ago, 6-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hmm... how wide is a motor, with the truck sideframes? THere is stuff outside the wheels and they are not much wider (if at all) than 6. I'm thinking that if cost was no object, and you weren't trying to get something that actually worked, you (...) (19 years ago, 6-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Can you be more specific? Loewy was responsible for a LOT of great stuff... the E unit, the PA, the GG1, and many other things were either designed by him or strongly influenced... (19 years ago, 6-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I doubt a Shay would be possible in 6 wide - even with non working shafts, they have to be beside the wheels, requiring at least 8 wide. (URL) I found> the minimum practical scale was 10 wide. ROSCO (19 years ago, 6-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) An aside... is this actually true? Sure, it's their full time job but they have a limited amount of time for any given set to be in product development. We can take as much time as we like. Just sayin... (19 years ago, 6-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I rode it when I (URL) happened across it in 2001> - they have some neat full-size stuff (URL) there> too. ROSCO (19 years ago, 6-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I don't recognize the location- I don't have any 7.5" stuff though... (URL) are more baby sized...both are under 200 lb all up, and will pull in excess of 1000 lb... I don't have any photos of my new toy on the web yet...when it gets here, (...) (19 years ago, 6-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) How about the Raymond Loewy Streamliner? (Sorry, not up to a lot of detail with my trains--I'd like to see more train structures (i.e. bridges, stations, water tower, etc....) Scott Lyttle (19 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) "Our base of operations is in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada" Mmmm, home town boy makes good! I thought it must be local when the first pic was of a West Coast Express loco. Kevin ---...--- Classic Red Barn kit: (URL) FREE Hospital (...) (19 years ago, 6-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.van)
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(...) Speaking from personal experience - (URL) my 8-wide "Challenger"> a Big Boy would be extremely difficult to do without some major simplifications. My Challenger can handle 4 curved tracks in a row, (but still has problems with switch track...) (...) (19 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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