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Re: Some new rolling stock in 7-wide.....
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Wed, 14 May 2003 21:36:42 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Andy Stringer writes:
Hi Andy,
long time ago, since we once met in Braunschweig.... Thanks for your nice words
on my "Steppenpferd".
Which by the way does not mean "tap dancing horse" (=Stepp-Pferd), but prairie
horse (prairie = Steppe). As far as I know it bears that name because it needed
not too much maintenance, water and coal. Despite of that fact the engine was
driven with a much bigger tender of the BR50 during the 50ies. That tender has
had a windshield then. It would look like this in that case:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=401380
> Does it have a more
> literal meaning in German perhaps? It's really good, whatever the meaning,
> although I'm not sure the driver's would have been happy running at 100kmh
> backwards! - not only would the driver be on the wrong side to see the
> signals, but the wheel arrangement means that any track transitions (curves
> and pointwork etc) would be straight onto the driving wheels, rather than
> onto the small pony wheel when running forwards.
I just tried to check this, but the text I was referring too, could have lead
me to a misunderstanding. I am not too sure any more, if this model actually
was driving the 100 km/h in both directions. But at least the T9 - a engine
with the same wheel arrangement did it (at 90 km/h).
> I do like the middle driving wheel mounting arrangements, its always
> frustrating that three large wheels must be articulated - yours is a neat
> solution that will probably find its way to Birmingham.
In fact that has been a idea of a fellow AFOL from the 1000steine board. I
think Michale Schian has been the one to do that first in this way (but without
fixing the axle against falling out).
Leg Godt!
Ben
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| Ben, Once again you've excelled yourself! I particularly like the hopper wagons, they really do capture the look of the German prototype - its amazing how much difference a few details can make, a real improvement on the standard blue hopper. Is the (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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