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(...) Second that emotion. (...) (URL) the last image: (URL) Gerlach's work, also his Milwalkee Road pair) <insert pic here, I couldn't find a good one of his BN diesel> (John Neal's work) (URL) Davenport's work.. note that the studs are NOT aligned (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Truly Brilliant. A tour de force exercise in minimalist impurity. The wonder is that it works at all, not how well it works. You, Ben, are (If you'll pardon the expression) such a STUD! So when can you get these into mass production? ++Lar (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Huw, Very nice work! I love the nose extension. Very characteristic. The 1x4 light brick could be used if the 1x4 quarter round green bricks are used instead of the green 1x1x1.3 with tab. Since the 1x4's don't have the tab, maybe that 1x4 light (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes it does, but since the torque runs via the vertical shaft, the wheel sets are trying to spin and due to this fact, the engine runs on straigt track at least as bad as most engines do in curves, probably worse. But I works and runs just a (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Huw Millington <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:Ft5t6n.IKK@lugnet.com... (...) it (...) piece. (...) How about the 1x4 twin light units from 9v Town vehicles, connected via cable. The bulbs would have to show through the front, (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) KL (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I made a small update of my pages and added some of my latest buys like 116(yeah!!), 166, 4546 and new pics of 7727 and 7730. But what I would like to post here is the supplement of my april fools site: (URL) added two new pictures there with power (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) You are correct, Sir! I was wrrrrrr.....wrrrrr rrrreally in a hurry;-) -John (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Okay Mike, here are some pics of the GMLTC's own John Gerlach's (J-1) Hiawatha Hudson [1] that I took at our last train show. I will let him speak for his beauty:-) (URL) wheel config is actually a 4-4-4; John (J-1) can explain:-) (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If you cannot get any of these wheels there is another solution. I have had one of these motors since (about) 1969. The motor was overworked and abused, regularly with 12v instead of 4.5v and gave no trouble at all. I took it out of storage (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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