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Re: Pics: JAC Bethgon Coalporter
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Date: 
Sat, 14 Apr 2001 23:15:58 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
Although I built this MOC last year, I never got around to posting pics
of it.  It is a model of a Johnstown America Corporation's Bethgon
Coalporter, a rotary dump hopper.

If it was in 6 wide, it'd be a great model :)

Nice.  Except about 4x too big for my rotary unloader.  It does look quite good
though, and I would like to congradulate you for making good models, even if
they are to the wrong size.  (NA stuff seems so big to me anyway...and then to
make it 8 wide!)

James



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  Re: Pics: JAC Bethgon Coalporter
 
(...) 6 wide, 8 wide, who cares. It's a great model, period (I've seen it in the flesh, John brought it to the train summit). I think we should let the whole 6-8 thing drop. It's just as bad to rag on someone for making 8 as it is to rag on someone (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)

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  Pics: JAC Bethgon Coalporter
 
Although I built this MOC last year, I never got around to posting pics of it. It is a model of a Johnstown America Corporation's Bethgon Coalporter, a rotary dump hopper. I have posted the MOC and a pic of the proto here: (URL) can read more about (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)

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