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Re: Ross Neal's ISCC Contest entry: BN EMD GP-50
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 21 Nov 2002 19:04:01 GMT
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John wrote:
> It must be hard to have the collection packed away-- how do you ignore their
> voices calling out to you at night? ;-)
Just over three weeks to the thesis defense does wonders. :) As well as
having to clean half of my collection from the basement flood back in
August as well. Anyone who would like to sort about a 144 gallons of
brick for me is welcome to it. We can negiotate terms. ;)
> To answer your question, yes, there is wire in the tubing.
Cool, I thought you were one of progenitors of wire solution. What
gauge (20 or 22 perhaps)?
> I'll pass along the compliment to Ross, and work on getting his truck
> photographed for you. I can say that he decided to use the 2x2 black plate
> with little wheels (old-style, with the metal axle). I had utilized the 1x2
> rail piece as I had seen done (by you, perhaps?). Although his method requires
> completely destroying the element by remove the wheels, the remaining 2x2
> plate's holes are the perfect gauge for the axle.
I'd wanted to use the old axle plate method, but I did not want to
destroy any of my old pieces. The 1x2 rail piece is indeed, my idea and
does work well enough for me. I do look foward to seeing and hearing
the success of Ross's solution. Has anyone ever looked at the 1x2 brick
with wire grove to hold the bare axle?
-chris
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| (...) Hey Chris- It must be hard to have the collection packed away-- how do you ignore their voices calling out to you at night? ;-) To answer your question, yes, there is wire in the tubing. I discovered a few years back when building a 14 wide (...) (24 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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