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Posted: Fri Jun 21st, 2013 03:08 pm |
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Posted: Fri Jun 21st, 2013 03:13 pm |
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Dave D
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Oh oh Herbie,
The Black Diamond.... are you kiddin me?!
This could be trouble...
I like that a lot!
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Posted: Fri Jun 21st, 2013 03:24 pm |
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Herb Kephart
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I've seen pictures of this (car, loco, speeder, critter, thing [pick one please]) before, but never realized the goofy wheel arrangement.
Herbie
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Posted: Fri Jun 21st, 2013 03:29 pm |
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Dave D
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They restored it, finished just last year...2012
Pretty cool!

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Posted: Fri Jun 21st, 2013 03:33 pm |
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Posted: Tue Jun 25th, 2013 04:55 am |
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Ray Dunakin
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Wow, that is too cool! Cute, too. I'm glad it still exists and has been restored. Not too many steam powered inspection cars survived to modern times.
Hmm, actually NONE exist, except this one!
Last edited on Tue Jun 25th, 2013 05:06 am by Ray Dunakin
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Posted: Wed Jun 26th, 2013 12:32 am |
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... powered by a medium-size teakettle.... Jose.
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Posted: Wed Jun 26th, 2013 02:42 am |
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Posted: Wed Jun 26th, 2013 02:04 pm |
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Herb Kephart
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OK, poor choice of words.
I'm familiar with the facts that the Brits loved single driver locos. I guess that it was only the fact that grades were easy and trains were light let them get away with the arrangement.
I should have wrote "very rare in this country"--especially by the time that the "Black Diamond" was built.
Be great if someone pulled up those ones that are taking an extended bath--but it's problematical whether there is enough left to get an idea what they looked like--anything wood has to be gone--and the costs would be more that my meager budget can afford.
By the way--thanks for the links! Sites like that can provide many absorbing hours.
Goofy Herb
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