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New Pics of my Hiawatha Locomotive
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.build
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Fri, 19 May 2000 21:44:45 GMT
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johnneal@(nospam)uswest.net
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I having been working on and off on my 8 wide Hiawatha loco since last
winter and have finally finished it:-)
It is an Atlantic 4-4-2, the original engine to have pulled Milwaukee
Road's famed Hiawatha train which ran between Minneapolis, Minnesota and
Chicago, Illinois. Only 4 were ever built, numbers 1,2,3, and 4. A pic
of number 3 is here:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=3723
I have also redesigned my 8 wide passenger cars for it, basically
eliminating the 1x4x3 train windows and replacing them with 1x2x2 thin
walls. The scale works out much better with the thin walls. In fact, I
will no longer use train windows in my trains (wides), but that is
another story. I have only finished two of the cars; the other 4 are in
various stages of completion.
Hope you enjoy them!
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=526
-John
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: New Pics of my Hiawatha Locomotive
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| (...) And what a engine it is! (...) Yep, even if it is 8 wide :) John, a really nice job of making this loco. What are you using as the driver wheels though? It looks right nice as far as a loco goes, even if it is bigger than my creations (such as (...) (25 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
| | | Re: New Pics of my Hiawatha Locomotive
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| Sweet job. I especially like the black rail that runs around the top of the engine. It adds a very nice detail. How well does that thing round corners? I have found that with the longer wheelbase you sometimes run into coupling issues. Any insight (...) (25 years ago, 20-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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