 | | Re: Pics: JAC Bethgon Coalporter —John Neal
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| | | (...) Thanks, Lar. (Actually, to answer JP, this model would be impossible 6 wide because of the width of the half cylinders). (...) Amen to that-- except that my Coalporter is......9 WIDE! {:^D (count'em;-) -John (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Pics: JAC Bethgon Coalporter —Josh Baakko
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| | | | (...) Actully you probly could eliminate the ribs, make it 6 wide, and use the 2x4 curved brick thingys with the 1x4 plate... then you'd have a simple to make coal car (add the ribs for some detail). (...) Personaly i don't really care, as long as (...) (24 years ago, 15-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Pics: JAC Bethgon Coalporter —John Neal
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| | | | (...) Why? (...) But then you miss the beauty of the model! The proto actually employs a double tub floor design, which "increases coal hauling capacity by up to 21 tons per car over traditional flat bottomed gondolas" (from their web site). That (...) (24 years ago, 15-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Pics: JAC Bethgon Coalporter —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) Just gotta love that name, it's such a great pun. Although the car, by rights, ought to be all black. ++Lar (24 years ago, 15-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Pics: JAC Bethgon Coalporter —Josh Baakko
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| | | | (...) Now i never knew that! (...) I guess 8 wide (9 for that matter) helps, and i may build one! Josh (24 years ago, 15-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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