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Subject: 
Re: Dash-9 Diesel Engine
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Sun, 26 Jan 2003 15:53:20 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi writes:
> In article <H9Ax4A.EuK@lugnet.com>, "Robin Werner" <robstormer@cs.com>
> wrote:
> 
> Robin,
> 
> That looks great. There are a lot of things that look cool. A few of the
> things that stuck out for me were the upside down brick on the top, the
> vents on the top of the back of the engine, and the SNOT cab windows.
> Great job on the color scheme, and good try on the plow things on the
> front and rear trucks.

Thanks, the cab windows still need a little work, it would be a lot better
if it was orange, but I don't think we will see train windshields in
orange:( So I will switch to dark gray when the new sets come out and make a
twin. I'm not real happy with the plow design either, I am going to have to
work on it...

> 
> It looks like the magnets are attached to the frame and not the trucks,
> and it doesn't look like the magnet mounts move. Do you have a problem
> with the couplers trying to pull other cars off the track as the engine
> goes through curves? (Probably not or you wouldn't build them that way,
> right?)


Nothing that ground braking here, the magnets, steps and plow all move with
the trucks, it's one assembly. I just like all my other trains...

Robin


> 
> [snip]



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  Re: Dash-9 Diesel Engine
 
In article <H9Ax4A.EuK@lugnet.com>, "Robin Werner" <robstormer@cs.com> wrote: Robin, That looks great. There are a lot of things that look cool. A few of the things that stuck out for me were the upside down brick on the top, the vents on the top of (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)

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