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Re: What is the largest lego steam engine ever built?
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Fri, 17 Dec 1999 06:09:28 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jonathan Wilson writes:
What is the largest lego steam engine ever built and who built it?

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Jonathan Wilson
wilsonj@xoommail.com
http://members.xoom.com/wilsonj/

I would say my Big Boy model would be a fair contender - the locomotive is 64
bricks long and the tender is an additional 33 bricks, making a grand total of
97 bricks.  The wheel arrangement for a Big Boy is 4-8-8-4 plus another 7 axels
on the tender.  There is a picture of a very early prototype on my web site,
but I will be posting pics of the radically different final model soon.

Dan

Brick Mania!
Unofficial LEGO website and online store
http://www.visi.com/~blackened



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  Re: What is the largest lego steam engine ever built?
 
(...) axels (...) Just as a note here, I believed, but cannot confirm (Although I'm extremely talented, and handsome too, mind reading clear across the Pacific isn't one of my talents that I choose to use) that Jonathan's original question was (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: What is the largest lego steam engine ever built?
 
Dan Now that is unbelieveable! I must have missed that original posting! (URL) or anyone. What does the real Big Boy look like (from the top) when going around a tight curve? Is there a pic anywhere? Where are the pivot points? SteveB (...) axels (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: What is the largest lego steam engine ever built?
 
(...) axels (...) Hello Dan, Your not alone anymore in the Big Boy locomotive world. I enjoyed seeing pics of your big boy on your web site. Great castles by the way. Nicely done. Please visiit the NGLTC website by James Trobaugh. www.ngltc.org go (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)

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  What is the largest lego steam engine ever built?
 
What is the largest lego steam engine ever built and who built it? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)

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