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For those of you who have been to either of the last two NMRA National Train Shows, you might have seen my (URL) Hiawatha train set>, (URL) You may have also noticed that the steam locomotive was more often a static display, giving way to diseasels. (...) (17 years ago, 16-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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(...) Huzzah! I was happy to see pictures of it running on Brickshelf yesterday, wish I could have seen it in person. I eagerly await photos of your fix, I may have to adopt it if my designs will allow. --Tony (17 years ago, 16-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hey Benn- Congrats on coming up with a functioning design solution-- I know too well the problems of creating detailed MOCs that look great but run poorly:-/ And I don't even deal in steam! Ross has had EXTENSIVE experience in that area. I (...) (17 years ago, 16-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Thats great to hear. Your Hiawatha passenger train is quite nice and steam engines look much better when running than wasting away in a train yard. I know all to well how finicky LEGO steam can be. My (URL) Pennsy Decapod> is a pretty solidly (...) (17 years ago, 18-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hey John, thanks for the kind words. Indeed, Ross might be one of the best steam builders out there. I don't know how you manage to get those huge trains moving with the little 9v motors, but they are slick. I'm happy with my quiet little (...) (17 years ago, 24-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hi Cale (and Tony), thanks as well for the kind words. As background, the Hi has three sets of wheels, I chose to fix the pilot truck and the drivers to the boiler, using only one set of flanged drivers. Without reworking the whole mechanics, (...) (17 years ago, 24-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Oh, that's fantastic news, Benn! Although the brown is perhaps closer in tonal value to the Hi's dark red, it seemed a bit odd to me to go with that color instead of TLG's dark red. I'm very excited to see your "repaint"! :-) I will be (...) (17 years ago, 24-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) We'll I finally was able to snap a few photos of the front truck fix for my Hiawatha at (URL) last week's show>. Before the fix the engine ran fine at home but would always derail at shows. After some diagnostics, it became clear that with the (...) (17 years ago, 16-Feb-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Very clever and simple design. The Train does look better with the dark red. And the GPs are nice too. It's sweet that you were able to work in a headlight. Didn't notice that before. I haven't messed with lighting too much. The 1x2 9v light (...) (17 years ago, 17-Feb-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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