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(...) They're cute. I'm assuming that since the locomotives don't have flanges, you have to keep a car coupled in front of them to keep them tracking (the car in front and the tender behind provide guidance, the tender behind provides driving (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <38525C1B.30A76C15@v...er.net>... (...) West theme (...) real (...) Brickmani (...) Nice. That stock car actually looks pretty good. I could make a pink one... I like the water tower also. The flatcar with stakes (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Sorry about the last "blank" post... had too much coffee this afternoon... (...) Yes the drive wheels on the locomotives are made with stacked pulleys, with rubber "tires" from the Twisted Time Train keeping it on the rails. One side has 3 pulleys (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, actually, I'd tend to disagree. By the onset of the civil war, many locomotives had switched to the 4-4-0 wheel arrangement and had much longer boilers. Since the leading truck supported the smokebox, most of the boiler would be out from (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Actually all of the above are completely doable. When I built my locomotives I actually built a prototype with three articulated sets of drive wheels (in pairs, but bigger combinations are possible). I plan on building larger, "over the road" (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <3852BA1D.EEECFB3C@v...er.net>... (...) I remember always drooling over the big boy every time I picked up an AHM catalog. I've never broke down and bought one though, primarily because I've never been into big iron (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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