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| | | Hey all, It’s been kinda quiet on here lately so I figured I’d ask an open-ended question. What makes a good engine shed? What I mean by this is; what should it contain, what should it look like and more importantly what makes them such a popular (...) (17 years ago, 20-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: what makes a good engine shed? —Chris van Lottum
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| | | | | (...) Hi Ondrew I really like this question. I have never built an engine shed, but have made many plans of grandiose maintenance complexes for which I lack space. As for a good looking shed, I think it comes down to architecture. Modern sheds could (...) (17 years ago, 20-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: what makes a good engine shed? —Tim David
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| | | | | (...) Well for those of you building steamers, an (URL) pit> and (URL) hoods> are good details. Plenty of piles of ash are good too. For a better equipped shed how about shear legs, a hoist or a small gantry crane and a (URL) lathe>, either for (...) (17 years ago, 20-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: what makes a good engine shed? —Ondrew Hartigan
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| | | | | | (...) Wow Tim. Thank you for your reply. The photos you provided are awesome! Got any more you might like to share?? I’m always looking for cool links I can reference when I’m building something. Actually at the moment I’ve been referencing (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 21-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: what makes a good engine shed? —Tim David
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| | | | | | (...) I actually googled the images to suit the example I thought of rather than having them saved. . In the UK many larger sheds had Northlights, i.e. a ridged roof with glass in the north facing slopes to get the best light. Often the ridges were (...) (17 years ago, 21-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: what makes a good engine shed? —Tim David
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| | | | | | (...) Just looked at your link after posting my previous message, the clerestory roof is another interesting way of doing it. Tim (17 years ago, 21-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: what makes a good engine shed? —Ted Andes
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| | | | | (...) For some inspiration on a large scale, I thought I'd post some links to video clips that show some of the current GE Locomotive manufacturing 'shed' in Erie, Pennsylvania... worth watching just to see the engines moving around by gantry crane (...) (17 years ago, 21-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: what makes a good engine shed? —Dean Earley
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| | | | (...) Graffiti :) (URL) needed something on an otherwise bland building) (17 years ago, 22-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains)
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