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Old 12-20-2007, 08:40 PM   #31 (permalink)
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Hmmm... Guess I'll have to make do with what I can get my hands on. Well, this wouldn't be the first time...Oh! and I'd better get that Shay, too! Geared locos are AWESOME, and I am working on a logging railroad....
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Old 12-21-2007, 06:35 AM   #32 (permalink)
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Hmmm... Guess I'll have to make do with what I can get my hands on. Well, this wouldn't be the first time...Oh! and I'd better get that Shay, too! Geared locos are AWESOME, and I am working on a logging railroad....
I DID tell you there was a logging forum, right? Or mabye I frogot to...
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Old 12-21-2007, 05:53 PM   #33 (permalink)
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The Uintah had the two mallets built to operate over Baxter Pass. the grade was around 6%, and the curve was 66 degrees! In HO, an 18' radius is only 45 degrees, 66 degrees is closer to 15" radius!
Quite an understatement, actually. The ruling grade was about 7.5%, and a 66 degree curve scales to just over 12" in HO.
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Old 12-21-2007, 06:38 PM   #34 (permalink)
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Aah...lovely! I don't care if it's not available for any Eastern/Midwestern railroads, I'm getting it anyway! WOOT!
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Old 12-21-2007, 07:01 PM   #35 (permalink)
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Quite an understatement, actually. The ruling grade was about 7.5%, and a 66 degree curve scales to just over 12" in HO.
And I thought it was just the camera lens that made it look like the engineer, in the cab, could reach out and shake the hand of the conductor, in the caboose, as they passed each other on the curve!
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