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Anyone have anything to hold my jaw up!? That is AMAZING! Any plans for log cars? Josh (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks for the kind words! (...) Only in the sense of "I fancy making some log cars", no designs or anything. I can see at least two issues with this: * I don't have anything like enough brown to make logs, so the load'll probably be real wood. * (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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First of all i would like to say nice work. As a shay builder also i have a keen interest in what you have done. I know a little about shays, I researched them before I built my engine, and log cars/ log loader. (unfortunatly I don't have pictures (...) (22 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks! (...) Cool. I looked at your Shay (Cass #5?) while I was hunting around for both prototype info and prior art. (...) Are there any good WWW resources with more than just a few grainy "piston side" photos of real Shays? I found some (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It is very hard to get images of shays. Especially on the wrong-side. You can try the cass scenic railroad, but most don't offer much detail. I found a lot of images at (URL) build my shay, i was looking at several pictures in a history of (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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In article <H01579.1Bv@lugnet.com>, "Will Vale" <mwvale@gemsoft.co.uk> wrote: snip (...) First, WOW! Second.... um.... don't put the power clips on a curve. That isn't cheating. You know, sometimes I think it is funny; when people see the awesome (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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