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Re: Need references
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Wed, 12 Apr 2000 02:45:54 GMT
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James Powell wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> > Hey Will-
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> > Don't mess around-- go out and buy Model Railroader Cyclopedia Vol 1 Steam
> > Locomotives. It contains schematics of every iteration of steam engine built
> > in the US.
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> I doubt it...I really do. The Cyclopedias are great for 4 8 1/2 mainline
> stuff, but suck wind for any smaller/NG stuff.
Well, okay, I guess I assumed we were talking about standard gauge, seeing as how
LEGO gauge is even *wider* to scale than standard gauge, so how could you possibly
model NG in minifig scale using LEGO track. You can't. I guess I should have
said "every major iteration". But all of that notwithstanding, you won't find a
more comprehensive resource than this book.
> How many photo's/drawings are there even of engines like the Kirkfield Quarry
> engines?
Huh?
> (nice 0-4-0's in 3' gauge, and one in 4 8 1/2 gauge)
> How about the EBT 2-8-2's? Or K-36's? :)
Huh?
> Or 80HP Sentinels?
Huh?
> Or of engines like HOSS (Porter Air Engine 4077)
Huh?
> The cyclopedias are great as a general source of knowlage though...you won't go
> too wrong buying them but they are not essential, nor are they in any way
> inclusive of all possible designs.
Well, for that matter, what is? Nothing, so what's your point? What's unbeatable
is that it contains schematics for these engines-- side, front, back, top. If you
are looking to model an engine, it doesn't get any better than that unless you
actually buy a model from which to model. What's also nice about the drawings is
that you can blow them up on a copier to the exact size you want to model.
> There are lots of good sites on the web
> with photographs...the hard cover books are not as important of a ref. as they
> used to be.
Photos are good for inspiration (the book has several hundred); drawings are good
for navigation.....you get the idea;-) BTW, the book is a soft cover.
-John
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> James Powell
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| (...) I doubt it...I really do. The Cyclopedias are great for 4 8 1/2 mainline stuff, but suck wind for any smaller/NG stuff. How many photo's/drawings are there even of engines like the Kirkfield Quarry engines? (nice 0-4-0's in 3' gauge, and one (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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