I have often wondered about the same thing. They must be spoked to reduce
weight, and they must have some counterweight because the cranks don't look
like they have enough balancing weight.
Harley
What kind of drivers do these locos use? I'm strongly looking at building
my first kitbashed live-steam Americanized Garratt on outside frame
Roundhouse chassis'. Does anyone know what the drivers on the K-36 and
other NG Mikados are like? Is it going to look horrible using the disk
wheels that
On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, David M. Cole wrote:
> Sounds to me like you meet the charter's requirements ... :-) ...
Thanks! :)
Here goes. My friend has two live diesels for sale as well as what I
believe to be an electric. He's trying to liquidate all of his White Pass
items. I have included belo
At 5:50 PM -0700 4/28/00, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Before I get myself booted, would this be acceptable? There is a German
>gentleman who has been helping me with the design of my nitro-electric
>loco who needs to get rid of his.
>From the list charter:
>Individuals seeking or selling small-
At 12:11 PM -0700 4/27/00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Does the GT&E wish to acquire trackage right in the Everglades from The South
>West and Mid Peninsula (SWAMP) RR that has "tied-up" the Everglades area?
Fortunately, my "Everglades" is a street in Pacifica, Calif. ;-) ...
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Dave Cole, Gener
Before I get myself booted, would this be acceptable? There is a German
gentleman who has been helping me with the design of my nitro-electric
loco who needs to get rid of his.
TIA,
Trot, the curious, fox...
TrotFox \ Always remember, /\-/\
AKA Landon Solomon \ "There i
Friends,
I just got a copy of the Jan/Feb 1986 Narrow Gauge and Short Line
Gazette, which contains plans by Ed Gebhardt for a Baldwin 0-4-2
Forney type that matches Ruby's dimensions almost perfectly. It's
on pp. 50-1.
If you're interested in building a Forney and don't have good plans
yet,
In a message dated 4/28/2000 8:07:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I've seen
> them on 2.5" gauge engines and they're not very attractive. On the bigger
> engines they can by hidden/disguised.
Jim and List;
Not only are the commercial lubricators large and ungainly in
Cole's Power Model catalogue has a mechanical lubricator such as Keith talks
about. It's driven off the crosshead by a short connecting rod. I've seen
them on 2.5" gauge engines and they're not very attractive. On the bigger
engines they can by hidden/disguised.
Jim
