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 Posted - March 17 2009 : 10:29:32 AM
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Here is two of my MDC shays # 10 & 11, I painted for the ROXY. It is a mining railroad of mine.
toptrain
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Posted - March 17 2009 : 12:12:58 PM
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Nice Shays Frank.
This is my latest MDC Shay rebuild.
Ray
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Posted - March 17 2009 : 12:18:35 PM
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Shays are cool but never could figure out the wheel arrangement like 4-8-8-4 for example
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Posted - March 17 2009 : 3:57:39 PM
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Found this today--I think it's the late Slovenia-made Tyco FA. Can anyone confirm? I picked up the caboose also. There were also some cars nearby, a Tyco UP hopper, BN reefer--so maybe it was all part of the same set.
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Posted - March 17 2009 : 4:30:37 PM
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| i want a shay,for my railroad,in fact for the kf&rr mining co,situated in catfordville,who mine for tin,ken
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Posted - March 17 2009 : 6:09:52 PM
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Nice work guys...my Bachmann Spectrum 80 tonner, purchased shortly after my dad passed away---the one railroad we longed to ride but just never made it....
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Posted - March 17 2009 : 9:04:08 PM
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what is the wheel arrangement on a Shay??? 
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Posted - March 17 2009 : 9:51:16 PM
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quote:what is the wheel arrangement on a Shay???
Originally posted by microbusss-March 17 2009: 9:04:08 PM
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That would be hard to say, it's closer to a diesel in how its drive train is laid out. That could make it a B+B+B---but---since the trucks are not self contained drives with motored axles and are gear driven, that could make it a 4-4-4. As far as I know, they've always been referred to as gear driven steam, that covers Climaxes and Heislers as well.
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Posted - March 17 2009 : 10:04:36 PM
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0-12-0?
Maybe not... 
Very cool Shays in any case guys. Gear driven steam locos are the coolest!
    
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Posted - March 18 2009 : 02:47:49 AM
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Got this off wikipedia, probably the closest thing they had to classing shays?
quote:2768 Shay locomotives were built by Lima in four classes, from 6 to 160 tons between 1878 and 1945.
* Class A: two cylinders, two trucks. Weights between 6 and 24 tons.
* Class B: three cylinders, two trucks. Weights between 10 and 80 tons.
* Class C: three cylinders, three trucks. Weights between 40 and 160 tons.
* Class D: three cylinders, four trucks. Weights of 100 and 150 tons.
Note: Two 15 ton Shays were built with two cylinders and three trucks.
Twenty Class D shays were built. They were no more powerful than Class C, but had greater fuel and water capacity, resulting in improved adhesion. |
Loving all the Shays in this post right now! And the Rock Island shouldn't be overlooked, kinda hard with colors that bright
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Posted - March 21 2009 : 10:52:46 AM
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Being that Spring is officially here, I thought I would add some colour...
I saw this Life-Like engine and could not resist...
Does anyone know the history behind it?
Mike
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Posted - March 21 2009 : 11:07:44 AM
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quote:Found this today--I think it's the late Slovenia-made Tyco FA. Can anyone confirm? I picked up the caboose also. There were also some cars nearby, a Tyco UP hopper, BN reefer--so maybe it was all part of the same set.
Originally posted by Adams-March 17 2009: 3:57:39 PM
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Hi there,
well, at least I can confirm that this Alco is from Mehano/Slovenia. But I don't know so much about their connections to Tyco....
Martin
http://mmiwakoh.de/Eigene%20Webs/lima-modellbahn/index.htm
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Posted - March 21 2009 : 2:50:00 PM
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quote:
OOOOOOOOooooooowwwwwww!!! My eyes are burnin'.....
That is just too cool.
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Posted - March 21 2009 : 9:49:41 PM
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I wonder if that IGA was from a promo set at the store
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Posted - April 11 2009 : 8:55:29 PM
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It had to be a promo set. IGA is a asociation of independent grocery stores. It is a way for independent stors to compete with the big stores. It has been around for along time.
toptrain
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