Norfolk & Western Mallet lovers, eat your hearts out.

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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I know I’m in deep envy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDrDU6P9DG4

Crandell

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Don’t worry, it’s only a couple years’ salaries worth.

I want.

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Thats some incredible worksmanship and engineering.

If they can build that, why don’t they just build a full sized 1:1 of it?

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That is quite something. I wish I was talented enough to build something like that. Even if I was, the tools required for such a project would cost a fortune.

Thanks Crandell.

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It’s all very nice and well Crandell, but just try to imagine how much of your ground goop you’d have to make to scenic around the “Beast”.[;)]

Seriously there are some talented people out there.

Cheers, the Bear.

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I have a model just like that except it’s in the Pennsylvania scheme, and is in HO scale.

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Very impressive [tup]

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Beautiful!!! Gotta wonder how much that puppy weighs???

Tom

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I was thinking the same thing, Tom. My guess…with just the obvious metal and an unfilled/tubed (?) boiler, the locomotve would run about 300-360 lbs, and the tender about 150 pounds. I don’t know what scale it is, but it appears that two men would struggle mightily to hoist the locomotive…safely.

I almost don’t want to think about the hours into that thing, or the machining costs and materials. If he were to sell it, I’d bet someone would pay $25K. An old friend cautioned me, a notoriously poor estimator, that I should force myself to double all estimates that I make…so we can go with about $50K.

Crandell

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Gidday Crandell, Don’t worry I tend to fall into the same category, may not be comparing apples with apples but…

http://www.discoverlivesteam.com/discoverforsale/forsale/1_groth/index.htm

Cheers, the Bear

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I took the kids to the local park to ride some trains. Well the engine derailed when a switch wasn’t in the correct position. I suggested we lift it back on the track and promptly got a funny look. The engineer said it weighed 600 pounds and we’d have to get the crane.

Knowing the engine that derailed was 600LBS, I would have to guess that the loco in the video is at least 800LBS or more, as it is definitely larger than the one we were riding behind.

I now know why all these guy’s own F-350s. They need that much truck to take their trains and all the gear out to play.

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yeh’ youse wouldn’t want it running over your fingers that’s for sure n certain…

And seeing that it was totally silent am assumimg its electric powered,wonder what size motor that brute has in it…

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Unless there are two of them, its a “live steamer”, in Crandells link I would suggest that it is being run on compressed air.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFYHOFGnfiU

Cheers, the Bear.

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Crandell,
The detail on that unit is spectacular, thank you for sharing!!!

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Gee, I might could use it in my garden RR!

That scale is definitely for those with failing eyesight and dexterity…

Cost is no object when you love your hobby {yeah right}

Wonderful {posting} job Crandell!

[8-|]

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The man walking beside the loco looks to be holding an air hose so my bet is compressed air…

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Shoot, Waldoboro’s only about 35 miles away. Don’t think it would fit in the back of a Ford Ranger, though. At 1/8 full size, it’s got to be about 12 feet long. Besides, I don’t have convenient access to $50K,

Andre