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Re: Would you mind awfully if I threw it down old-school?
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Tue, 23 Dec 2003 09:47:25 GMT
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THE ROCKET !!
Great train model ! It’s the First steam train ?
If only we could get yellow 9 & 12V train wheels !
How did you get the 2*2 dome brick built onto the boiler ?
Thanks, Teunis.
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The Rocket wasn’t the first steam locomotive, but its famous for winning the
Railhill trials and being selected as the production loco for the Liverpool and
Manchester Railway (rumour has it that George Stephenson, the Rocket’s designer
sabotaged a better engine to make sure he won - the scoundrel!).
I think it was only the first locomotive that was painted all yellow, paint
being something of an expensive commodity at the time. Jason’s colours are
almost certainly correct for one of the variants.
Looking forward to getting my hands on some of these BBB wheels myself.
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| (...) Not entirely accurate - it was the 'Rainhill' trials, and the prize was the contract to build and run that first commercial railway. There was a documentary on British TV recently where they re-ran the trials using working replicas of the (...) (21 years ago, 23-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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