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Re: 6 wide Cab Forward 4-8-8-4 Steam Loco
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:03:47 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Bruce S. Chamberlain wrote:
> Here is my version of a Cab Forward 4-8-8-4.
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> My goal was to make a 6 wide one with working pistons and rods. Hopefully it
> would go around our BayLTC Layouts and maybe through points. Our tracks run four
> studs from the sneeze guards and eight studs apart. After trying several pivot
> points I succeeded in running the engine around a Lego curve without hitting the
> sneeze guards or a train on the inner track. It also would go thru a point
> without derailing. Making the cab, boiler, and tender followed. I rebuilt the
> cab three times.
This is truly a stunning achievement. I saw a preliminary version of this a
couple of weeks ago and was quite amazed. I'm looking forward to seeing it run
around the track at a show.
Spotlighted.
--Bill.
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| Here is my version of a Cab Forward 4-8-8-4. My goal was to make a 6 wide one with working pistons and rods. Hopefully it would go around our BayLTC Layouts and maybe through points. Our tracks run four studs from the sneeze guards and eight studs (...) (18 years ago, 24-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains) !
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