 | | 8 wide GE C40-8W —Mike Kollross
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| | | My latest project. A GE C40-8W. While I was researching the loco I came across this pic on railpictures.net (URL) color scheme intrigued me so I did some digging. The locomotive shown started its life as a Conrail locomotive as part of a LMSX (Lease (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains) !!
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| | | | | Re: 8 wide GE C40-8W —John Gerlach
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| | | | | (...) <snipped all the deep links> (...) Wow, that is just lovely. So many nice details, good shape, *love* the door in the nose... The use of the 1x4 wedge pieces for the (radiator?)(dynamic brake?) in the back is great, it matches the angle on the (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: 8 wide GE C40-8W —Teunis Davey
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| | | | | (...) To Mike , Your train looks Great !! So many great details and building ideas. Are you going to Brickfest PDX ? I would love to see your train there. I have almost finished my new steam train .It's a 10 wide and 86 long,this includes the tender (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: 8 wide GE C40-8W —Christopher Masi
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| | | | | Mike Kollross wrote: Wow... um... wow. That looks super. Did you really have problems with excessive roll? I know, silly question. If you didn't have problems with the center of gravity, then you wouldn't have added the weights. "I think it turned (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: 8 wide GE C40-8W —Mike Kollross
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| | | | | | (...) Actually the weighths were a pre-emptive strike. I figured with the length and height and the tight LEGO curves it would be best. Thanks for the feedback. Mike (20 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: 8 wide GE C40-8W —Jeff Christner
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| | | | (...) anything more positive then the others have already said, however, as a former railroader I did notice something about the model that jumped right out at me. It might not be noticed by casual observers, but the area behind the cab is not the (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: 8 wide GE C40-8W —Mike Kollross
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| | | | Snippage (...) You are absolutely right. I had a hard time finding images for the right side of the loco. For some reason all of the pics I found were of the left side and I simply built the engine symetrical. I'll have to to a rebuild in the future (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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