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Re: Just how big are steam drivers?
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 1 Mar 2003 13:50:05 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Steve Barile writes:
> Just poking around and found this great page of the Spokane, Portland and
> Seattle 700 that in Portland (http://www.sps700.org/index.shtml)
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> http://www.sps700.org/021013miss_boz08x550.jpg
> ...shows just how big the drivers are! I recall the night Ben Fleskes,
> ScotttM and I visited this round house. I couldn't believe how big these
> monsters are. It was full 1-1/2 times what I expected!
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> BTW Ben modeled this one and set the standard by which PNLTC builds running
> steamers!
> SP&S 700...
> http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/1857/700.htm
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> SteveB
Those drivers certainly are big by US standards, especially considering how
many wheels there are. But it must be said that 19th century european locos,
in some cases, had FAR bigger drivers. IIRC some on the broad gauge (7 foot
gauge) UK Brunel line locomotives had drivers that were 10 or 12 feet high!
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| Just poking around and found this great page of the Spokane, Portland and Seattle 700 that in Portland ((URL) just how big the drivers are! I recall the night Ben Fleskes, ScotttM and I visited this round house. I couldn't believe how big these (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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