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Re: Norfolk & Western Y6b 2-8-8-2 Steam Locomotive
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:52:38 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Benn Coifman wrote:
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I kept looking at the pictures wondering why you had the chain hidden in the
running gear, then I finally noticed that your side rods are actually split in
two, clever.
If my mind is firing on all cylinders, you might be able to get the same
effect with a hidden middle axle with another gear between the #2 and #3
axles.
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I tried the gears when I built my
Decapod. I think I went
with the chains because of too much slop in the gears but I may have to go back
and experiment some more.
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It runs well at home. It will even take switches at slow speeds. Hopefully
I’ll have a chance to run it on WamaLTC’s layout at the
Great Scale Model Train Show in Timonium Md. this weekend. We’ll see how it
performs under show conditions then.
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Very nice! Please do post an update
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Almost forgot. Here are some movie of the engine traversing some less than ideal
track from the show.
Movie 1
(16mb)
Movie 2
(7mb)
Movie 3
(3mb)
Movie 4
(31mb)
Th sharp curves slowed it down a bit but overall it did fairly well.
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I love your Hiawatha and Northern Pacific 10 wheeler. I love to see you do
another steam engine.
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Thank you, mostly good ideas borrowed from those who came before me. I still
need to get photos of the Hiawatha fix up on line (I’ve barely had time to
build, much less photograph, but we have a show next weekend so I should at
least get a few there). I’ve also done a repaint so the redish brown is now
dark red (I’m surprised how much better it looks).
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Sweet And I borrow a lot myself.
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As for another steam engine, well, you’d be doubly tickled to know that one
I’m thinking of starts with a “J”... but probably not for another few months.
Benn
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A Pennsy J class 2-10-4? Or maybe Norfolk & Western’s
Jawn Hennry? Or
how about a New York Central J class Hudson or N&W’s own streamlined
Jays?
Any of these would be awesome.
Cale
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| (...) ... (...) Wow! Now all you need is 150 coal cars (grin). Seriously though, that is fantastic to see it run so well. It is an inspiration to see it moving like that (and over the bumps between the tables... eek). Don't show these movies to (...) (17 years ago, 18-Feb-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) I kept looking at the pictures wondering why you had the chain hidden in the running gear, then I finally noticed that your side rods are actually split in two, clever. If my mind is firing on all cylinders, you might be able to get the same (...) (17 years ago, 2-Feb-08, to lugnet.trains)
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