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Subject:	Re: Sawnee Mnt. Coal Tipple
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains
Date:	Fri, 6 Jul 2001 18:06:56 GMT
Reply-To:	cmasi@=nospam=cmasi.chem.tulane.edu
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"James J. Trobaugh" wrote: > > Introducing the Sawnee Mountain Coal Company coal tripple. > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=52488 > > The name 'tipple' is derived from the time when men would push carts full of > coal to the bunker and tip them over for dumping. > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=52492 > > Three tracks are serviced here. > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=52491 > > A power house, the place where a small steam engine generates electricity to > run the machinery of the tipple, is provided as is a small storage shed. > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=52490 > > The coal is sent down a main shoot and then via a set of levers is directed > to the appropriate track were the hoppers cars wait to be loaded. > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=52493 > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=52494 > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=52491 > > For all the pictures > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=5321 > > Now I just need to build a coal mine to go with it :) > > -- > James J. Trobaugh > North Georgia LEGO Train Club > http://www.ngltc.org Wow, that just looks awesome. That is a great model. One of the little things that I noticed, and liked, was the ladder (the gray ladder between the trains) that is tilted. I don't know why that struck me as a cool detail, but it did. I reminds me of the extra steep stairs that can be seen on ships, or factories, etc... Chris -- See some of my LEGO creations at http://cmasi.chem.tulane.edu/~lego/

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Introducing the Sawnee Mountain Coal Company coal tripple. (URL) name 'tipple' is derived from the time when men would push carts full of coal to the bunker and tip them over for dumping. (URL) tracks are serviced here. (URL) power house, the place (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains) !!

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