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Wow, those Centipedes are HUGE

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Posted by rrinker on Friday, September 17, 2010 2:46 PM

tstage

 rrinker:
But sitting there on Cody's desk - holy cow that is a HUGE loco.

...and not all that attractive either - at least to me. Dead

Tom

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 Definitely a face only a mother could love, certainly not one that says "he man" by any stretch. Still an interesting piece, 'superpower' diesel before ther was such a thing. Dozens of wheels because without modern sophisticated wheelslip technology they needed lots of wheels and motors to get the power down.

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Posted by jwhitten on Friday, September 17, 2010 11:39 AM

Javelina

Yeah, and they take forever to put on their shoes! (Sorry, couldn't resist)

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Posted by Javelina on Friday, September 17, 2010 11:30 AM

Yeah, and they take forever to put on their shoes! (Sorry, couldn't resist)

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Posted by tstage on Friday, September 17, 2010 9:50 AM

rrinker
But sitting there on Cody's desk - holy cow that is a HUGE loco.

...and not all that attractive either - at least to me. Dead

Tom

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Posted by galaxy on Friday, September 17, 2010 9:27 AM

Some real locos were, indeed, huge, and they didn't have to be a "Big Boy" to be large!

In fact the Big Boy at Steamtown is really  less impressive in size in real life than some Mountain type locos up close!

-G .

Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.

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Posted by Medina1128 on Friday, September 17, 2010 9:02 AM

Huge?? You should have seen the centipedes in the caves we explored when we were kids on Okinawa!! Smile, Wink & Grin

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Posted by Allegheny2-6-6-6 on Thursday, September 16, 2010 10:41 PM

When i watched the video the first thing that popped into my mind was whats the minimum radius. I I like how BLI says "Minimum Radius: 22" or greater recommended" Yeah so they really mean 30"

Just my 2 cents worth, I spent the rest on trains. If you choked a Smurf what color would he turn?
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Posted by AntonioFP45 on Thursday, September 16, 2010 8:46 PM

Guys, any photos?

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Posted by Hamltnblue on Thursday, September 16, 2010 7:59 PM

I saw one running at the club the other week. It's a good bit longer than my AC6000's.  I could only imagine 2 consisted.  Definitely not meant for a 4x8 layout for sure.

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Wow, those Centipedes are HUGE
Posted by rrinker on Thursday, September 16, 2010 7:13 PM

just watched the new Cody's Office. Seeing a number, or a picture of them just sitting there with nothing around, you have no idea how big they really are. But sitting there on Cody's desk - holy cow that is a HUGE loco.

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