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Roundhouse Critter prototype

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Roundhouse Critter prototype
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 11:51 AM
For those of you interested in the upcoming release of the Roundhouse "critter"
industrial switcher, there is a picture of one at http://vigenconstruction.com/elevatrp.htm

It's a distant arial photo, but it gives you an idea of the size of the unit compared to a standard covered grain hopper.

I hope it's heavy enough that it has decent electrical pickup and speed control.

John
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Posted by ndbprr on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 2:23 PM
If it is the yellow engine in one of the pictures I believe that is one of the ex navy switchers built by EMD using a standard cab and two short hoods for small diesel engines. It appears in the Kalmback book Our GM scrapbook as I recall. I doubt it will have any weight at all as there will be no place to put it. It would almost have to have the motor in the cab. 2-3 cars on level track would be an educated guess.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 2:27 PM
I've seen similar-sized locos in British OO scale, they can usually handle around 2/3 passenger cars or a short string of 4-wheel freight cars. The motor usually has to protrude into the cab to allow a decent amount of weight to be fitted.

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