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(...) book chocked full of Garratt information? The title is 'The Garratt Locomotive'(1969), and it's written by A.E. Durrant. I purchased the book through Ron's Books (email is ronsbooks@aol.com). Good luck Garratt fans on finding this rare bird. (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Looks like you beat me to it. But its great to finally see one. Great work! We have been talking about these for a couple years in PNLTC but no one has tried it to date. I just started working on one since G2K but haven't posted yet. My biggest (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) things (...) comments (...) squatted (...) typically (...) The white wheels will go away. They are just temps. I have some small gray spoked wheels from the new dino-adventurers sets. I just have a little suspension issue to take care of (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Another thing to do is if a kid gets abandoned for very long is to get the show staff (if you are displaying at a regular show) involved. It should not be the responsibility of vendors and demonstrators to police this. (...) That of course is (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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(...) A loan of a K-8 would be a great way to stock a KRR. All you'd have to add then would be track, a few train motors, some train wheels and some couplers, and possibly some large plates. I would assume one would pre-stock the KRR with some (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Impressive, Stacy. I am not that familiar with this type; do you have any proto-photos from which you are working? (...) Brace yourself if Dan Siskind ever gets around to converting his Big Boy to 8 wide:-) (although his 8 wide Dash 9 is (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Boy Frank you sure did "open up a can of worms"....... I checked last night. I have about 130 of the red 1x6x2 shuttered windows. And I checked each and every one. And guess what. There are 6 (!!!!) varieties to this window. All of them can (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) so cool. Nice work so far, but I think that the white wheels are out of place. Maybe black tiny train wheels, or if those are too small, maybe some black 12/4.5v wheels would look better. Anyway, I cannot wait to see the finished product. Boy (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I know this is an old thread... I saw this on the Thomas web site: "Historical Note Thomas is based on the London Brighton and South Coast Railway 0-6-0 E2 with extended side tanks." -- -Rob. ===...=== New sets and parts for sale or trade: (URL) A" (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) comments: The firebox looks too small, and the boiler should be more squatted down. They go out to the loading gauge, and are as short as possible typically on a garrett. I'm not sure, but this one is modeled on a EAR one? James (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) c/they sit on/sitting on them/ ++Lar (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) your post... (...) The trucks need to be massive. So does the frame they sit on. Think 6 wheel and a fishbelly frame. The frame can be longer than your current version, I think. The trucks can be long enough to allow for some center (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Stacy: What a nice steamer it is!! Great job !! I really like this green & black monster. (...) Yes she needs some detailing, especially on her boiler. What kind of detailing are you gonna work on ? (...) Yes !! Thank you Stacy for your great (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I have posted a few pictures on Brickshelf.com of the Beyer-Garrett that I have been building. It is still in Design Development, there are a few things I still need to work on, mostly detailing. But, I thought I would give you all a look-see since (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Harvey, Nice one... I like the 2 extra axles. I did same kind of thing with my crane, but I got all the red out and added more yellow:) See Ya... Robin (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Great work! Love the car show room and the Yellow/Gray Gas station. Cool layout! Build on... Robin W GFLTC (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.general, Dan Boger writes: <snip> (...) I wouldn't mind bigger pictures..of course bandwidth gets to be a problem for some (I currently have DSL and am getting over 100k/sec from your site..that's awesome). I would love to see more (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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Harvey- nice crane! I missed the 4552 by about 20 minutes when the last was sold out from s@h :( I've been working on my own crane as of late: (URL) modeled after an Erie-Lackawanna Industrial Brownhoist(one rebuilt as a diesel(1) for that matter). (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Frank, You shouldn't have too much trouble telling ASB from CA as far as the red windows go. The white ones are a little harder to tell, but just look for a little warpage. When I get home tonight, I will be checking all my 1x6x3 classic (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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I have a 4.5 v train motor which has developped a loud screaming noise when in use. No minifigs trapped inside, but joking apart I can't see anything obvious. Has anyone ever experienced anything similar ???? Michael Pratt (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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