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Re: Hiawatha steam locomotive
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:25:56 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Benn Coifman wrote:

   I’m happy to say that the patient is in good health and ran solidly for at least an hour over very wobbly track at a show yesterday.



(the blur in the foreground)

Right now the locomotive looks essentially the same from the outside, but I’ll post photos of the new hinge as soon as I take them.

Benn

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 Pennsy Decapod is a pretty solidly built engine but can be a real pain on uneven track due to it’s long wheelbase. I’m interested in seeing your pilot truck solution.

Cale



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  Re: Hiawatha steam locomotive
 
(...) 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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  Hiawatha steam locomotive
 
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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