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Re: Pics: 0-6-0 Steam Engine
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 8 Jan 2002 05:14:35 GMT
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John wrote:
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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:
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> It is an 8 wide engine with a 5 wide boiler, with the six drivers powered by a 9
> volt motor. He began with unpowered drivers, but found that the engine derailed
> from the 9 volt train motor in the tender pushing too much. Then he tried
> powering the drivers from a train motor, but found that the train motor once
> again pushed too hard, so he finally ended up powering the motor with a battery
> pack. The battery-powered motor running the drivers provides just enough forward
> momentum to keep the train from derailing. He added another 9 volt train motor
> to the tender for added traction.
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 pickup on the train motor right? Apologies if
I am being obtuse.
Anyway, excellent model. Thanks for sharing!
-chris
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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 (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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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 (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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