 | | BBB&C "new" 4-2-0 and Class A Shay locomotives —Kurt Baty
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| | | A two truck, two cylinder, "Class A" Shay Locomotive My BBB&C's locomotive number 7 (URL) More pics and videos (URL) here>. and The First Locomotive of the First Railroad in Texas The 4-2-0 named the "General Sherman" (for Texas General Sidney (...) (15 years ago, 17-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic, FTX) !
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| | | | | Re: BBB&C "new" 4-2-0 and Class A Shay locomotives —Kurt Baty
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| | | | | (...) ... I should say that I built this MOC in response an article called "SELECTIVE COMPRESSION APPLIED TO MECHANICAL DETAILS" by Steve Barile in (URL) RAILBRICKS issue 3> on page 34-35 where it says: "The Shay does not have traditional steam (...) (15 years ago, 18-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: BBB&C "new" 4-2-0 and Class A Shay locomotives —John Neal
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| | | | | | (...) Kurt, this is a superb MOC! Well done! I especially appreciate its 8widyness and the vids of it in action! Bravo! JOHN (15 years ago, 18-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: BBB&C "new" 4-2-0 and Class A Shay locomotives —Kurt Baty
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| | | | | | (...) Thanks John! I am very glad someone liked it!! I posted my first train MOC here (URL) and no one liked it (well, not enough to post a reply). So these are my first two locomotive MOCs. so except for you... thanks again kurt (15 years ago, 19-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: BBB&C "new" 4-2-0 and Class A Shay locomotives —John Neal
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| | | | | | (...) Whoa, Kurt! Don't suppose for 1 second that nobody likes something you've posted because they didn't respond! Things have changed since the early days of LUGNET 10 years ago, when people were very chatty and comments flourished. LUGNET has (...) (15 years ago, 19-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: BBB&C "new" 4-2-0 and Class A Shay locomotives —Timothy Gould
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| | | | (...) Hi Kurt, Great work on making a small working Shay. Very impressive engineering achievment. The models themselves pack in a lot of details too making them look as good as they work. One suggestion to invite people to look/comment on your model (...) (15 years ago, 19-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: BBB&C "new" 4-2-0 and Class A Shay locomotives —Kurt Baty
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| | | | | (...) Thanks for the feedback Tim! I am glad you liked the MOC! (3 URLs) I should have posted pics like these here? I have only linked to "thumbnails" for posts here, I got flack years ago for too large pics, maybe those days are over. Also I have (...) (15 years ago, 20-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: BBB&C "new" 4-2-0 and Class A Shay locomotives —Timothy Gould
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| | | | | | (...) << SNIP >> (...) I more mean that your 'invitation' shot (like you posted) needs to be a lot clearer. The modern internet user is a lazy beast and easily distracted so giving a nice clear picture for them to immediately grasp is one way of (...) (15 years ago, 20-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: BBB&C "new" 4-2-0 and Class A Shay locomotives —Anthony Sava
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| | | | | | (...) Just to add to the discussion, I find that if your camera supports it, long exposures can really make taking pictures of a primarily black MOC much easier. (URL) Regardless, the more light the better. Not only do white backdrops help clean up (...) (15 years ago, 20-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: BBB&C "new" 4-2-0 and Class A Shay locomotives —John Neal
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| | | | (...) Curse you, evil Timmy (and your nefarious sidekick Timmy, too!) for calling those who continue to choose to post on LUGNET dinosaurs!! I deeply resemble that remark! (URL) That is what you meant, right? JOHN (15 years ago, 20-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: BBB&C "new" 4-2-0 and Class A Shay locomotives —Timothy Gould
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| | | | (...) I've probably posted here more recently than you ;) (...) But of course. I've been almost tempted to post a few of my latest trains here (especially the CAD ones for old times sake) but I wasn't sure if there was anyone still reading .trains. (...) (15 years ago, 20-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: BBB&C "new" 4-2-0 and Class A Shay locomotives —Benn Coifman
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| | | | (...) Oh yeah, there are folks still lurking about over here. I'll occasionally glance at those fancy new "forums", but there are way too many to keep track of. I depend on the RailBricks bloggers to point me to the best that's out there that hasn't (...) (15 years ago, 22-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: BBB&C "new" 4-2-0 and Class A Shay locomotives —John Neal
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| | | | (...) LOL It takes a village, Benn! It would be great to have the Old-Timers back and chatting again! JOHN (15 years ago, 24-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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