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Re: My Big Hook is back
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 14 Oct 2000 04:10:46 GMT
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"James J. Trobaugh" wrote:
> John Neal <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message
> news:39E77D30.91241DDA@uswest.net...
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> > Dean Husby wrote:
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> > > "James J. Trobaugh" wrote:
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> > > > I've used three trucks together and they work find as long as you • don't put
> > > > any space between them, just put them all together.
> > >
> > > Oh yes, of course... Silly me.
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> > *Actually*, I have successfully used 3 trucks separated by a half stud in • my
> > Hiawatha tender with no trouble in the corners. The 3 wheels right • together
> > looks too toyish....
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> > -John
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> I agree but since the whole six wide thing looks "toyish" I figure I might
> as well be consistent with my models :)
Fair enough. Of course, my Hiawatha is 8 wide:-) I just wanted to chime in
the fact that one could move them apart and still have them work in turns.
One full stud apart doesn't work, however, unless the flange on the middle
wheel was trimmed off (which I've never tried, BTW). Anyone else try *that*
old model railroading trick?
-John
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> jt
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| unless the flange on the middle (...) My dad did, with my new loco...oh, wait, that's not lego :) (The engine at (URL) the first 3 photos. He kind of had a accident with it, and it went down to the ground...broke the flange off one wheel, so he (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| John Neal <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:39E77D30.91241D...est.net... (...) don't put (...) my (...) together (...) I agree but since the whole six wide thing looks "toyish" I figure I might as well be consistent with my models :) jt (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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