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(...) I had very good luck using small and large BBB wheels for my 4-4-0 American on my Christmas Train project. See what I did here: (URL) the tender I just used a 9V engine, but if you had some other power method then two bogies with a total of 8 (...) (17 years ago, 22-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RR Caboose and Hopper
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Yes, These are really awesome! The Caboose is amazing and the hoppers are fantastic as well! Very cool to see your model sitting on the real thing. (17 years ago, 21-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) snip... Wow. You have really packed in the detail here, I think the caboose is quite astonishing. Probably one of the best train models I have seen... An instatant favourite. Chris (17 years ago, 21-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Sava Railways' #982 "Lady" (with Big Ben's Medium Drivers)
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(...) Another really fine model. Your locos are a great advert for BBB, I hope you are getting a discount by now!! I can't wait to see what you come up with next ... Chris (...) (17 years ago, 21-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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I am thinking about building a 4-4-0 American in 6-wide using BBB wheels. Can anyone suggest what size wheels I should use for the various wheel sets (front truck, driving wheels, tender) to make it look true-to-prototype?. Can use any of the BBB (...) (17 years ago, 21-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Help looking for specific train pics.
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(...) Thanks John... appreciate your help. AND YES Mike, thank you so much, those are the pics I was looking for, my mistake for thinking it was Brickshelf. Awesome. P.S. Any news on SpringBrick??? I have had almost two weeks of snow, and Im ready (...) (17 years ago, 21-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RR Bay Window Caboose and 100 Ton Hoppers (URL) The (URL) Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RR> established in 1875 connected the steel centers of Connellsville PA, Pittsburgh, and Youngstown Ohio hauling coal, coke, iron ore, limestone, (...) (17 years ago, 21-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: Sava Railways' #982 "Lady" (with Big Ben's Medium Drivers)
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(...) Wow 'Lady' looks great Tony. As I work in Grapevine (right next to tracks too) I see Ol' Puffy almost daily and 'Lady' is a wonderful tribute to her. You really did her justice. Simply great!!! (17 years ago, 21-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Drive Rods was... Re: Sava Railways' #982 "Lady"
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(...) Gee John, Your not asking for much. :) More prototypical drive rods would certainly be welcome. They would need to be pretty versatile to cover a wide range of wheel arrangements. So far I've built an 0-6-0T, a 4-4-2, a 4-6-2 and a 2-10-0 as (...) (17 years ago, 20-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Sava Railways' #982 "Lady" (with Big Ben's Medium Drivers)
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(...) Great little engine. The flags are nice touch. Cale (17 years ago, 20-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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