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Hello neilmunck,[quote]QUOTE: By the way - one of those Garratts from DJH could take a model big boy any day! They are kits so they are made of white metal and brass and they are powered by a Portescap RG7- a motor designed for 7mm or O scale locomotives.[/quote]Excuse my drooling all over this post but the idea of a real artic has me salivating. I have always wanted a BG, I think I saw a part of one once from a distance, LMS shed so it might have been. Is there such a thing as an H0 or 00 BG that you know of? <br /> <br />I remember reading about Beyer Garratt and some US mallet maker competing for a South African contract. The big US mallet failed dismally in both real traction and economy and required a massive upgrade in rail to pull the equivalent of the BG. The BG does hold the title to the heaviest and most powerful locomotive to ever haul on 50 pound rail. <br /> <br />Just as an aside I only recently found out that I had been pronouncing 'mallet' completely wrong and feel such an idiot. Didn't even know that the Swiss dude Jules Anatole Mallet made them in 1877. I wasn't paying attention back then I guess.
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