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Re: Nominations for a trainset poll
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 6 May 2005 05:50:37 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mark Bellis wrote:
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I think a 3-truck Shay would also make a lovely set:
http://www.cassrailroad.com/images/num_2i.jpg
A log wagon could go with it. I have a prototype chassis with BBB wheels and
working transmission shafts, though the engine space is a bit of a squash!
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I doubt a Shay would be possible in 6 wide - even with non working shafts, they
have to be beside the wheels, requiring at least 8 wide.
I found the minimum practical
scale was 10 wide.
ROSCO
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| (...) Hmm... how wide is a motor, with the truck sideframes? THere is stuff outside the wheels and they are not much wider (if at all) than 6. I'm thinking that if cost was no object, and you weren't trying to get something that actually worked, you (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Since the designers at TLC have so much more time than we do, and since I managed to build an LMS Garratt (2-6-0+0-6-2), I'm sure they can do a Big-Boy, assuming the current trend of North America being the biggest trains market. And yes, it (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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