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Re: New pictures of 700, Potential challenge to big red
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 6 Jan 1999 08:33:08 GMT
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johnneal@uswest%Spamcake%.net
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Not to start a "mine's bigger than yours" war or anything but...
I built a UP EMD DDA40X a while back (which was, I believe, the longest loco ever
built at 98'5") which was 70 studs long and could take turns (but with no
articulation). Sadly, it has been cannibalized and I'm sure Ben and Larry will
want me to put my photos where my mouth is, so I won't make any claims to fame
until I reconstruct and post . So until then I'll just have to be a legend in my
own mind : )
-John
Ben Fleskes wrote:
> Finally, (Thanks to Steve) some new, cleaner pictures are up on the PNLTC
> webpage of my SPS 700 4-8-4 Steam Engine.
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> http://www.pnltc.org/Articles/Article_700.html
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> I was browsing Larry's designs and he seemed to note that Big Red was the
> longest non-articulated engine around. Hmmm, perhaps my 700 is a little
> longer.... Of course, my design isn't a purists' since I did machine the outer
> flanges of my lead truck wheels. So perhaps it doesn't count.
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> Regardless, the pictures are pretty clean. Please let me know your thoughts
> on the design. I'd like to do one more iteration on it and welcome any
> suggestions.
>
> Ben
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| Finally, (Thanks to Steve) some new, cleaner pictures are up on the PNLTC webpage of my SPS 700 4-8-4 Steam Engine. (URL) was browsing Larry's designs and he seemed to note that Big Red was the longest non-articulated engine around. Hmmm, perhaps (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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