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 Posted - November 08 2020 : 09:56:08 AM
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My LOTW will be my Butlington Northern GP20, as it thunders around a mountain curve at the lead of a cascade green freight. This lovely unit came from Ephrata Valley Railroad, and will serve the ASL quite well.
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 Posted - November 08 2020 : 12:45:14 PM
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Wicked cool mean, green machine, A-A-Ron. Keeping it clean, even though I'd like to vent
my spleen, is another lean, green machine, The John Bull (cough) of 1831. Built in England
it was shipped in pieces to the USA and reassembled without a plan.
"Stephenson built the locomotive originally as an 0-4-0. The locomotive's power was transmitted to the driving axles through pistons that were mounted under the boiler between the two front wheels and in front of the front axle. These inside cylinders' main rods were connected to a rear crank axle with a connecting rod between the two axles to power the front axle.
Due to poorer quality track than was the norm in its native England, the locomotive had much trouble with derailment; the C&A's engineers added a leading truck to help guide the engine into curves.[3] The leading truck's mechanism necessitated the removal of the coupling rod between the two main axles, leaving only the rear axle powered. Effectively, the John Bull became a 4-2-0. Later, the C&A also added a pilot ("cowcatcher") to the lead truck.[12] The cowcatcher is an angled assembly designed to deflect animals and debris off of the railroad track in front of the locomotive. To protect the locomotive's crew from the weather, the C&A also added a cab to the locomotive. C&A workshop crews also added safety features such as a bell and headlight.
After several years serving as a switching engine and stationary boiler,[13] the John Bull was retired in 1866 and stored in Bordentown, New Jersey. Toward the end of its life in revenue service, the locomotive worked as a pump engine and as the power for a sawmill.[14]" (Excerpted from Wikipedia article).
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Posted - November 08 2020 : 4:37:47 PM
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Nice green locos, guys. But, I'm gonna break the green scheme with....
an HO-Scale Lima DB V160 diesel locomotive! This thing is light as a feather, but runs and hauls incredible. Here it is on the Ephrata Valley Railroad.
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Posted - November 08 2020 : 7:13:32 PM
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| I have the Lima BR80 which will soon become Puffa, from TUGS
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Posted - November 08 2020 : 8:07:12 PM
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I'll hafta check my couplers to see what they are
because I needs a EU loco to pull my cars hehe
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Posted - November 08 2020 : 10:18:28 PM
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quote:I have the Lima BR80 which will soon become Puffa, from TUGS
Originally posted by BlaxlandAlex3-November 08 2020: 7:13:32 PM
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Cool.
Buss, it seems that most Euro locos use a version of the loop n' hook coupler design, while Fleischmann's have a distinctive "hook" to their couplers that differs from others. I don't know much about this, though. 
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