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AVRR-PA
Fireman
USA
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 Posted - 08/07/2010 : 6:05:54 PM
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Vagel Keller
Crew Chief
USA
727 Posts |
Posted - 08/10/2010 : 12:38:12 AM
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Originally posted by AVRR-PA
Go, Vagel!
"Oh, Don!" (channeling Jack Benny) Here's where the next n.g. trestle goes:
Don't get too excited, Don. It'll be a while, yet, 'til we're ready for this one. |
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AVRR-PA
Fireman
USA
4657 Posts |
Posted - 08/10/2010 : 06:19:21 AM
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A trestle! Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh boy! (My impression of the dog in "Up.") 
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MarkF
Engineer
USA
9329 Posts |
Posted - 08/10/2010 : 10:21:36 AM
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Originally posted by AVRR-PA
A trestle! Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh boy! (My impression of the dog in "Up.")
Don
Now that's what I call enthusiasm! Let him run with it Vagel! |
Mark
See my homepage at http://home.comcast.net/~prrndiv/
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AVRR-PA
Fireman
USA
4657 Posts |
Posted - 08/10/2010 : 4:09:28 PM
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This is me, waiting for Vagel to spec out the trestle so I can start building:
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Vagel Keller
Crew Chief
USA
727 Posts |
Posted - 08/10/2010 : 9:27:02 PM
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Originally posted by AVRR-PA
This is me, waiting for Vagel to spec out the trestle so I can start building:
OK, for those who haven't seen the animated feature, "Up," I'm really, really sorry for the following PhotoShopped retaliatory strike ...
... but Don has thrown down the obscure movie metaphor gauntlet! I'll be happy to explain off-topic. |
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Vagel Keller
Crew Chief
USA
727 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2010 : 9:33:50 PM
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Don dropped off a mock-up model for the drawers that will go in the under-layout rolling stock cabinet. I hot-glued in some foam padding and test fit some rolling stock, and we're good to go for width. Looks like we'll be able to make the drawers lower in height, though, which will increase the storage capacity significantly.
Instead of nominal 1x4's we might be able to go with 1x3's for the drawer frames. In the final design, each compartment will hold 4 x 40' equivalent cars or two 85' passenger cars running perpendicular to the drawer slide. I forget how deep they'll be, but much more than the mock-up, for sure. |
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cprfan
Engine Wiper
Canada
141 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2010 : 10:21:23 PM
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Haha !, I'd been thinking of some really off-handed quotes from the video game "Worms Armageddon" to start off an upcoming topic that I'm planning.
I never had the game, but I do have the music from it.
Alan
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Vagel Keller
Crew Chief
USA
727 Posts |
Posted - 08/23/2010 : 11:17:50 PM
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And the Broadway Limited Imports website spake, saying, "Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, for this day a container ship at Jacksonville has delivered of itself a shipment of Baldwin Centipedes." And his LHS owner, like a serpent, didst whisper in his ear, "G'ahn. You NEED this." And, though he knew that it was wrong and didst exceed his design parameters most grievously, as set forth in the Gospel according to St. John, the Strong of Arm, he didst succumb, yea, he partook most ardently, even unto gluttony. And even his wife and helpmate, the erstwhile keeper of the purse, didst conspire to enable his whim, foolishly believing the LHS serpent when he said, "This will be the last ..."
They look, sound, and run GREAT! But what did I mean by exceeding design parameters?
Folks, this is a 42" radius curve!
But, hey, what HO-Scale PRR museum would be complete without a set?! |
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Neil M
Fireman
Australia
2173 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2010 : 05:41:05 AM
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| That's an awfully long wheelbase! Very impressive locomotives Each one looks nearly twice the size of the F unit in the second photo |
Built a waterfront HO layout in Ireland http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=22161 but now making a start in On30 in Australia |
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AVRR-PA
Fireman
USA
4657 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2010 : 06:09:01 AM
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Vagel brought them over to the Quilting Bee on Sunday afternoon. They are truly grand! The sound is way cool, too! OK, so they're a little large - but I totally understand Vagel succumbing to temptation. What I don't understand is how he got Debbie, the CFO, to fall for his spiel.
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jbvb
Fireman
USA
1916 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2010 : 07:59:35 AM
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| Anything that the prototype had to put that kind of a taper on is going to be tough to operate on a model. Reminds me of the story from the MIT club of how two proud alums brought their brass articulateds in on the same day; they met boiler front to boiler front on a double track curve... |
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George D
Moderator
USA
10027 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2010 : 08:03:55 AM
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Wow! That’s a long locomotive - but beautiful.
George
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MarkF
Engineer
USA
9329 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2010 : 09:26:05 AM
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| They are gorgeous. I saw them at the local hobby shop and SteamNut got one. All I can say is WOW! |
Mark
See my homepage at http://home.comcast.net/~prrndiv/
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Frederic Testard
Engineer
France
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Posted - 08/24/2010 : 12:45:26 PM
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This is indeed an engine coming from the hell, Vagel. Be extra careful!
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New Home for the Blacklog & Shade Gap Eastern
