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Re: TSRR #500 and the Texas State Railroad Project
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Fri, 5 Jan 2007 11:35:41 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Anthony Sava wrote:
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I didn’t start this looking for a cause... • snip!
So here she is, the TSRR #500:
Post-Mod Gallery
Here’s a comparison of an earlier pic of my loco and the real engine on my
flickr gallery:
Of course credit where it’s due: my #500 uses the awesome BBB wheels, as
well as a wheel configuration suggested to me by Ben Fleskes himself.
Because Pacific types, and any other 4 wheeled pony truck locos, have a hard
time negotiating their pony truck around their own pistons, I’ve split the
pony truck in half. The rear wheels of the pony truck are fixed to the
locomotive, while the front wheels move independantly. Since there is only
one pair of flanged drivers, the locomotive rotates using the fixed pony
truck wheels. It’s a great design.
As I said, she’s not finished. I want to swap out the cab roof with curved
slopes, and I want to put some train-roof slopes on the front of the boiler
to sink those jumper plates. Plus there are a lot of color issues that need
to be fixed.
Anyway, if you’ve made it this far, thanks for reading! I hope you like what
you see.
--Anthony
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Dear Anthony,
I had the chance to follow your building process via e-mail discussions in the
background since a while. And I have to say congratulations on the result as now
published as a late beta state design!
I have still a few spots found, which may be checked for possible improvements.
Other have already solved by yourself.
I wish you all the best, that your own financial bottleneck situation may end
soon and without becoming a real crisis for your whole social life.
Good luck to you and the Texas State Railroad!
See more pictures of my models at www.brickshelf.com
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| Hey Ben, (...) Thanks! You know, after I posted I realized I had forgotten to thank you for all the advice, so I apologize for that. You really helped me with building 7-wide! (...) Well, I guess the best way for me to handle this is by the (...) (18 years ago, 5-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | TSRR #500 and the Texas State Railroad Project
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| I didn't start this looking for a cause... After playing around with my two steam locomotives on the few TexLUG displays I've attended, I decided I needed a steam locomotive that was a bit more layout friendly. My American 4-4-0 (6-wide) doesn't (...) (18 years ago, 5-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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