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Re: Wild West Trains posted!
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Sat, 11 Dec 1999 20:54:53 GMT
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lpieniazek@NOSPAMnovera.com
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Dan wrote:
> > > These are more toylike than I care for (1) but there's artistry in them.
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> These trains are actually modelled on real 19th century American Civil War era
> locomotives.
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 under the cab.
Hence they'd be significantly longer. Almost twice as long
proportionally as yours compared to the tender length
The only locomotives using boilers as short as yours would be quite a
bit older, 1840s era locomotives near the end of their useful lives by
1860, and thus confined to switching or yard service. Not likely to be
found pulling a troop train in wild country.
Take a look at the photos of the golden spike ceremony. These are
archetypical civil war era locomotives, even though the photo was taken
in 1869.
> I'm actually hoping my dad will dig up his old HO scale locomotives so I can
> copy some of them, inlcuding a 1940's era monster with 6 sets of drive wheels!
If you want to model a monster, model a Virginian triplex (2-8-8-8-0,
three articulated sets of drivers, 4 axles each) or the Jawn Henry. Or
even a big boy. But those aren't really doable due to curve radius.
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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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| 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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