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 Posted - February 26 2009 : 11:28:58 AM
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on most locos in states the have these or similar,what are they,the 2 brass bits in photo ken
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Posted - February 26 2009 : 11:57:32 AM
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| The only thing I'm aware of is signal flags. My Braodway/PCM Chessie Steam Special hast those, and even included little flags to put into them!
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Posted - February 26 2009 : 12:03:06 PM
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| ok,i thought that but thought best to get it right in case it was for lights or something,most flags i have seen are up on the top of boiler at angles to body ken
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Posted - February 26 2009 : 12:13:27 PM
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I think the placement varied from railroad to railroad, or even loco to loco class. But maybe there were other uses too... I'm not a steam expert.
BTW what exactly is that loco? It looks deliciously evil, and not even steam 
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Posted - February 26 2009 : 12:20:03 PM
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hi tony its a delton doozie body in g scale ken
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Posted - February 26 2009 : 12:29:18 PM
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Hah! Wow.  Ok, maybe not evil then, just pleasantly twisted. Still, the close-up of that front end looked like something seriously sinister. Like the locomotive the crazy bad guy would use to run over the damsel tied to the tracks...
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Posted - February 26 2009 : 12:45:10 PM
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bought as scrap,for pennies,got windows to go in driver and seat,all interior just waiting for power drive to arrive then it will look like one in photo ken
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Posted - February 26 2009 : 1:33:13 PM
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That thing is a hoot! It's what makes ya keep coming back to trains....
-Gareth
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Posted - February 26 2009 : 2:02:45 PM
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got this coming as well ken
Edited by - catfordken on February 26 2009 2:05:48 PM
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Posted - February 26 2009 : 3:20:49 PM
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quote:on most locos in states the have these or similar,what are they,the 2 brass bits in photo ken
Originally posted by catfordken-February 26 2009: 11:28:58 AM
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The front of an early Mack Bulldog...I always liked the small circular radiator grille.
    
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Posted - February 26 2009 : 3:27:41 PM
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Hey Ken:
Are you running any of this stuff, or just in one long uncontrolled attempt to stimulate the western economy!? 
I finally came to the conclusion that continuing to collect and add to my locomotive collection was not going to be ultimately gratifying so I froze it where it is with an understanding that I have to build or modify some stuff. That is creating or crafting. Collecting it seems to me is veiled consuming, and more and more I find myself turning away from that.
Course it may be an adaptive response to my very modest financial status. I may finally have learned to live within my means and if that is true the future for me is pretty bright!
What about you? Is there a master list and you'll eventually have everything within a given theme or what?
-Gareth
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Posted - February 26 2009 : 3:32:34 PM
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| hi gareth these are all g gauge which the kids want for the garden i only collect ho gauge railroads as said many a time,selling of lots of items i bought cheap with big profits to pay for it,ken
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Posted - February 26 2009 : 3:51:08 PM
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Hi Ken:
Hope to have a place with a garden in a few years. What they call here a "Market" garden meaning I hope to grow enough organic produce to provide an income from selling at Market. Alternatively haveing people come and pick up their produce and using a garden RR to add to it's appeal may be a god idea... have to see. hey the world could be gone tomorrow or next week who knows right!?
-G
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Posted - February 27 2009 : 09:41:56 AM
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gareth,starting to build garden layout this spring,forgot to add this other one i got as a non runner dirt cheap ken
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