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Re: MOC: BR52 Steam Locomotive
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 26 Mar 2001 03:48:41 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Shaun Sullivan writes:
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> I just posted pictures of my German 1930s/40s BR52 Steam Locomotive on
> Brickshelf. It was my first serious train undertaking:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=3880
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> Some interesting points:
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> - it's minifig scale[1], which makes the engine 41 studs long - I
> arrived at this length by scaling some pictures of the engine and
> tender, having found out that the two together are just under 23 meters
> in length.
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> - the six drive wheels (3 per side) are each connected to a linkage
> system that throws the piston in and out of the main cylinders.
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> - the engine can actually negotiate the curves of the LEGO track - the
> 10 large wheels are broken into two turning components - the 6 drive
> wheels move separately from the other 4. The small front two wheels are
> actually situated so that they don't quite touch the track and slide
> over the rails during turning.
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> - the pistons continue to function as the train goes through the curves
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> - the large wheels are currently in haphazard colors - grey, white, and
> black. They will hopefully all be black in the very near future.
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> - the main points of the tender design were borrowed from Stefan Vorst's
> train, which can be seen at
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=1964
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> - the engine is currently undriven, mainly because I don't have any
> train motors yet. I'm anticipating putting two on the tender. For now,
> though, it's a static model that can be manually driven :)
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> - the tender is almost out of coal *gasp*
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> Comments, feedback, and suggestions are welcome,
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> Shaun
This engine is a super job well done. I have a couple spare 9V train motors
on sale if you need them (email me for details). As for the prototype BR52?
This was known as the 'Kriegslok', or 'War Emergency Engine'. Built on the
direct orders of Adolf Hitler, these engines were greatly simplified to
produce compared to the prewar BR50.(over 6,000 were built) Both the BR50
and BR52 were of the 2-10-0 wheel arrangement (also known as Decapods).
These engines hauled heavy railway artillery as well as general freight. -Harvey
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