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Re: Brickish Railways newcomer
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Date: 
Fri, 2 Nov 2001 17:16:36 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton writes:
In lugnet.trains, Simon Bennett writes:
How do you do a Co-Co bogie when the wheelsets are 3-long?

It is very workable... I can't rattle off the URLs but I think several US
prototype 6 axle locos have been done that use this sliding center wheel
idea on their dummy trucks. Christopher Tracey??? Tom Cook? Not sure who.
But it's in this group somewhere if you can search for it.

For e.g. the German 8-wide HoMa has done it:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=24080

Regards,

Ben



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  Re: Brickish Railways newcomer
 
(...) But I suspect that, given the height to the studs on top of the wheelblocks, these bogeys are taller than normal. Either that, or they don't pivot anywhere over the centre wheel. Not that either of these is a major problem. Jason J Railton (23 years ago, 2-Nov-01, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: Brickish Railways newcomer
 
(...) (URL) the same DESERT EXPRESS project) STILL is something to stare at for long periods and get ideas from, even after some time has went by (was this 1999 or 2000 or earlier this year that this burst upon the scene, I forget...) If you like (...) (23 years ago, 2-Nov-01, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: Brickish Railways newcomer
 
(...) It is very workable... I can't rattle off the URLs but I think several US prototype 6 axle locos have been done that use this sliding center wheel idea on their dummy trucks. Christopher Tracey??? Tom Cook? Not sure who. But it's in this group (...) (23 years ago, 2-Nov-01, to lugnet.trains)

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