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My 12 year old son presented me with this loco for Christmas (which he secretly built)-- I was, to say the least, quite impressed with it! Here is how he describes it: It is an 8 wide engine with a 5 wide boiler, with the six drivers powered by a 9 (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes: (snip) (...) Oh yeah! Congratulations to your son, he is a very good builder. Hope to see more of his stuff in the future! Pedro (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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WOW! I love how its powered (Chain drive...)! Did you notice missing parts!? Or are they his Personal parts? I think I'll hide my 4-4-0 American longer... Gotta catch some of that detail. Just wish those 9v motors came in red. Anyways, GREAT job! (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) lol, all of the Neal family bricks are sorted together, so I didn't miss a few among 100,000s;-) Or are they his Personal parts? I think I'll hide my 4-4-0 (...) Why? Even a 6 wide engine would shroud a motor from vision-- or are you referring (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) My goodness that is an AMAZING present. I LOVE that engine. It REALLY looks good. It looks so AMERICAN. Excuse my foaming but wow. That is really GREAT. It REALLY raises the bar of small american steamers. (...) Um... I dunno, what do you (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, with my thousands, I can still tell when someone has used a brick! Sometimes... (...) Train motor... Its 8-wide too ;-) Josh (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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I'm really quite impressed with this. Now, if it were a 0-8-0, it would probably look more like a "real" loco than my Caribou that is downstairs! Please congratulate your son for the good work. (Caribou is a 0-8-0 3.5" gauge live steam engine-I joke (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Wow, what a wonderful work! You must be a proud ol'man to have a son with that much talent. That's as good if not better than many AFOL train MOCs. BTW: How come none of us ever built a chain driven train before, or used a combo driver wheels (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Could someone please unsubscribe me - I am really tired of not being able to do so from the web pages - And Dan Bodger has supposed tried twice now to remove me. PS Someone needs to look at your servers thanks Steve C. ----- Original Message ----- (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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John wrote in message ... (...) secretly (...) Wow, John! That's one excellent engine! Congrats to your son! I have a question - I used that combo of pulley wheels with a tire on the rear one on a loco I built several years ago (URL) at the time I (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Mighty impressed, congratulations are due. I think i may have to steal that idea for my future narrow gauge tank locos! (built to technic fig scale), at the moment I have been limited to locos with a four wheeled bogie (truck) at the front or back. (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) No, sleepers are European for ties. Flangless drivers are called "blind" drivers (since they can't "see" where they are going and depend on other drivers to lead them aright), at least in US practice. (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) XFUT admin.general... (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.general)
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Blind Drivers, that it. I couldn't recall the name for that. Thanks Lar! I sorta figured that something this had to be done for the longer model RR engines (O, HO, N...) but I was also surprised to find that blind drivers where used for real steam (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) One question- do those wheels manage all track configs? Or does it have problems with switches or crossings? -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Good question. He tested it out on curve-straight-curve...aight-etc, but not on points (we have no points currently on the layout, or crossings, for that matter). I will have to have him set up some test track and do some test runs. -John (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, I am (except for the ol' part;-) That's as good if not better than many AFOL train MOCs. (...) No kidding. Sometimes he blows my mind. His last project was a working Gumball machine (using LEGO soccer balls), which utilized the Mindstorms (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sounds like a good RCX project! ;-) JohnG, GMLTC (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes! That is one SWEET loco. My kids are both much younger than yours, but I can only hope they enjoy building with Lego as much as your son does. It's obvious from the effort he put into it that he loves Lego and loves you. You must be one (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) LOL That's funny-- maybe I should have bought him more? Maybe I can borrow some of yours;-) (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) They were quite common, in fact. Without extensive lateral motion devices, they allow for a longer fixed wheelbase (and more wheels, therefore more weight and tractive effort) than all flanged wheels. They were used in some unusual places, (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) John, Your son did an amazing job with this engine. I wish I could build this well. Just to clarify, when you say he tried powering the drivers from the train motor this means that he had a 9volt (technic style) motor attached to the accessory (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Not at all; that's exactly what he did. Thanks for the compliments; I think, however, that you are being a bit modest:-) -John (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) About building this well? I'm suffering through a three month case of builder's block. I have 31 projects started right now. I get started on something and then I lose all foward momentum... Creations like the 0-6-0 make me keep trying though (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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