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Sugar beet gons http://www.pwrr.org/prototype/sugarbeet/index.html
While aimed at the Militarymodeling community, this may e of interest to O scalers http://www.network54.com/Forum/527528/message/1257507122/Sneak+Preview+--%26gt%3B+New+range+of+Buildings+and+Constructions+in+1-48th+scale
From The Railroad- What It Is And What It Does by John H Armstrong "Over most of the speed range, tractive force is limited by engine horsepower, and the curve is the same for both types of units. The four-axel unit will actually haul a little more tonage because it has some 55 tons less of its own weight to pull along. The difference shows up below about 23 mph, where adhesion required by the lighter unit to develop tractive force corresponding to its horsepower begins to reach the limit or
British N scale is 1:148 Japanese N scale 1:150 US and European N Scale is 1:160 but they all use the same track gauge (9-milimeters) 9-mm is very close to to correct for "standard gauge" (4ft 8-1/2in) at 1:160 A lot of (but not all) Japanese prototypes are narrow gauge so the Japanese use 1:150 sale so that the 9-mm gauge represents narrow gauge track. However they use the same scale for models of Japanese standard gauge prototypes even though the track gauge is incorrect for them. British
Switchers can last a long time. Here is a link to a photo on Trainweb of Holly Suger #1 working at Tracy CA , July 28 2002. It was built by EMC in February 1939 and sent to the SP for evaluation. In April '39 it it was purchesed by the SP and became SP #1000. It and ran on the SP and subsidiaries until December 1967. I read somewhere that it was the oldest diesel loco on the SP at that time and hand not not needed more than routine maintenance. http://www.trainweb.org/westernrails/ca/holly-1
Check out the Victoria Transportation Institute for info on doing Transportation studies and useful Transportation statistics http://www.vtpi.org/
Garratts were used in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, and South America. One Garrett (a 2-ft gauge 2-6-2+2-6-2) was purchesed by a wealthyTexan in 1985 and operated, with authenic South African rolling stock,on his Hempstead and Northern Railroad located on his property near Houston. Cast steel beds for some Garretts were manufactured in the USA and shipped to Britian and Europe where the Garretts were assembled.. At one time ALCO considered building Garretts for the US market. .
[quote user="WN5L"] Take a look at this article. I really believe it’s the future of model railroading! http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/21152/?nlid=1244&a=f No more tedious scratch-building. Just design the model in 3D space, hit the print button and you’re done. Model railroaders can share their files for existing designs. No more limited editions! There is now a quality machine for about $5000 with the price expected to decrease substantially. I can’t wait to get my hands
[quote user="Great Western"]I know that Keystone refers frequently to The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Railroad but had wondered about the name. [/quote] The Ketstone cop movies were made by te Keystone Film Company. I don't know where it was located. Edit Keystone was located in Edendale, California., a district of Los Angeles now lnown as Echo Park.