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Re: Preview ALCO RS-1 A. T. & S. F.
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 12 Feb 2005 03:31:24 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote:
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(1) Well not bufferbeam as there are no buffers but I don’t know what the
word is.
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“Pilot”, if I am not mistaken about what part of the loco you are talking about.
In particular, this is a switcher pilot since it has steps or footboards (1),
not a snowplow.
1 - terrifically dangerous to actually ride on, and now banned to ride on, but
not when these things were first designed in the 1930s, or their predecessor
steam switch engines in the 1880s-90s
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 | | Re: Preview ALCO RS-1 A. T. & S. F.
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| (...) Looks like there are some more Mathis innovations here. The loco has real character and the livery choice works well. I like the front bufferbeam(1) I was interested to see the (URL) build>, did you paint the roof bricks or mock them up with (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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