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Re: What is the largest lego steam engine ever built?
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 17 Dec 1999 21:28:44 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> Define largest.
>
> Total weight?
> Weight on drivers?
> Length? (with or without the tender?)
> Number of wheels?
> Number of driven wheels?
> Tractive force produced?
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> Depending on your metric you get different answers. I know that to be
> true, but I don't know which loco tops the list for the various
> categories I enumerated.
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> However, I will say that if we're going length, there's a fair chance
> that a Beyer Garrat may win, since those were often quite long, and you
> have to count the fuel bunkers and water condensers as part of the
> engine since they are mounted on the frames.
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> Jonathan Wilson wrote:
> >
> > What is the largest lego steam engine ever built and who built it?
> >
> > --
> > Jonathan Wilson
> > wilsonj@xoommail.com
> > http://members.xoom.com/wilsonj/
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> --
> Larry Pieniazek larryp@novera.com http://my.voyager.net/lar
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total number of wheels, then.
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Jonathan Wilson
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| Define largest. Total weight? Weight on drivers? Length? (with or without the tender?) Number of wheels? Number of driven wheels? Tractive force produced? Depending on your metric you get different answers. I know that to be true, but I don't know (...) (27 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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