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  Re: New train MOC pictures
 
Already saved in the Mark Bellis Folder! Whats with the 'kid' bit in all the image names? I can't wait to see some of these in the ABS Tim (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: New train MOC pictures
 
(...) Kid is short for Kidderminster, where we exhibited the large layout (16ft x 12ft) earlier this month. Dby is short for Derby, where we were in April 2003. I hope my cutting out of the salient bits of photos has kept the download time (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk)
 
  Re: New train MOC pictures
 
(...) Bevel gears? WAY overengineered. Someone did a tilting metroliner that uses no gears at all, just slanted truck mounts. VERY clever. This was at least 3 years ago IIRC... I am 80% sure (but not 100%) it was either E. Brok or J. Mathis. (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk)
 
  Re: New train MOC pictures
 
(...) Ah, but how did it cope with double bends? The Hornby APT, which uses either slanted mounts or a contoured track, rises up on double bends in a most unprototypical fashion. My Pendolino doesn't rise up. Also, the pantographs don't tilt on the (...) (21 years ago, 1-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk)
 
  Re: New train MOC pictures
 
(...) Larry, I built a tilting train about 4 years ago but that was based loosely on the 4559. It used the same principles (slanted truck pivots) with tune-able lean angles and could snake through S-bends at reasonable speeds. Only reason I broke it (...) (21 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk)
 
  Re: New train MOC pictures
 
(...) Larry, you wanted to see some more pictures of the Pendolino. Tony Priestman took this last year, showing the bevel gear mechanism at each end of each coach: (URL) 6-wide frame doesn't tilt, but supports the bogie below and the body either (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk)

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