 | | Re: Toy Story Train comments? —Peter Naulls
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| | | (...) All getting a bit worked up over something which is, after all, a children's targeted set ;-) On more practical matters, how about the motorization, and I presume the unusual articulation (mentioned earlier) works fine on actual track. (15 years ago, 18-May-10, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Toy Story Train comments? —David Laswell
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| | | | (...) Technically this engine has very ordinary articulation. The "driver" bogey uses a standard 4x6 bogey plate, and the front bogey is still attached with a centered pin even if it's a bit higher than normal. As for how it runs, another member of (...) (15 years ago, 19-May-10, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Toy Story Train comments? —John Neal
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| | | | (...) That's good to know. I haven't gotten one yet, and would like to run it as unaltered as possible. (...) It's called a "tender." (URL) I believe that this is what I will end up doing when I get mine. (...) Given the news of a new PF train motor (...) (15 years ago, 19-May-10, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Toy Story Train comments? —Peter Naulls
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| | | | | (...) This seems like the best bet. It looks like it's based upon the the 4-4-0 "American" or similar designs (I'm not a train historian): (URL) that the tender is 8-wheeled, like the Emerald Knight, but having just 4 wheels (e.g a 9V motor) is a (...) (15 years ago, 20-May-10, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Toy Story Train comments? —David Laswell
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| | | | | (...) I can think of one alteration you'd want to make. They retooled the control stick base sometime in the last couple years, and the new bases are really loose, which causes them to push free over time, even if you're not fiddling with them. (...) (15 years ago, 22-May-10, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Toy Story Train comments? —David Laswell
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| | | | (...) I built a coal car over a 9v motor, and tried it out on a circle of track. It had serious problems running while pushing the engine in front of the motor. I tried adding some straights in to make an oval so it'd have a couple stretches without (...) (14 years ago, 3-Jun-10, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Toy Story Train comments? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) Most folk call this a "tender", since it carries water as well (and often, fuel oil rather than coal if the engine is an oil burner) (...) If weight helps you may have some binding in the driver mechanism somewhere. (...) Steam engines are (...) (14 years ago, 3-Jun-10, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | | | | | Re: Toy Story Train comments? —Ross Crawford
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| | | | (...) No, 90 degrees is the norm for 2 cylinder locos, as Larry says it's called "quartering" (because they are a quarter of a circle apart). It ensures that there is always at least one piston not at the end of it's stroke. ROSCO (14 years ago, 4-Jun-10, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Toy Story Train comments? —Timothy Gould
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| | | | (...) I prefer to space mine at 270 degrees. Tim (14 years ago, 4-Jun-10, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Toy Story Train comments? —Benn Coifman
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| | | | | (...) And you probably drive on the wrong side of the road too (grin) Benn (14 years ago, 4-Jun-10, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Toy Story Train comments? —David Laswell
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| | | | (...) Do your trains drive backwards? (14 years ago, 4-Jun-10, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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