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 Posted: 28 Jan 2017 01:14 am
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Yes indeedy !

The Backwoods Miniatures conversion kit is an interesting looking mod.



Looks like it's for an HO loco, not sure which one.

A mighty fine & unusual On30 loco fer sure.

:moose:

Si.

Of course, starting with an HO loco, means that the drivers are of a small diameter, very much in line with a typical industrial prototype.
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 Posted: 28 Jan 2017 01:21 am
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Looking on the net for 'Glover Machine Works' stuff...

...turned up this link, which is to a 1:48 museum display model of the Glover Works.


http://fineartamerica.com/featured/glover-machine-works-pat-turner.html


Nice looking model !


Plenty of mini-Moguls produced between those 4 walls !!


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Si.


Photo courtesy of an unknown museum visitor & web blogger.



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 Posted: 28 Jan 2017 11:12 pm
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U.S. Army 600mm gauge Baldwin 2-6-2T



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Si.

Also very nice pics. in the 'Glover Steam Locomotives' book.
A pair of Glover built 2-6-2Ts made for export.

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 Posted: 28 Jan 2017 11:27 pm
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Option 1: it is an enormous flatcar.
Option 2: that is very small engine.

I guess the crew had to be kneeling in that cab! Safety helmet mandatory?

Alwin

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Hi Alwin :wave:

Here's a kinda very similar sized A.L.Co. running in Wales.





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 Posted: 29 Jan 2017 02:05 am
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Si Are you familiar with Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld series?
One novel called "Raising Steam" which is about the invention of the steam locomotive and the rise of the railroad.
I think you'd enjoy it.
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Si, the Backwoods kit is intended for an HO Bachmann 0-6-0. The On30 2-6-0 mechanism MIGHT work...maybe with some fiddlin'. Yes, those small cabs were called "skull crackers" for some unknown reason.

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Hi Rick :wave:


I do know several BIG fans of Terrys 'Disc World' sagas.

I have not got round to them myself though.

Well, if there's a TRAIN book, I might well have to check it out ! :bg:


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Howdy Woodie :cb:


No worries, I ain't gonna use the Backwoods kit, any which way.

But it is a nice pic.

Great for On30, using the HO mech. probably.

1:35n2 I think that generally that mech. looks a bit small perhaps.

Mmm...

Or not, if you want really small 'industrial' wheels.


:moose:


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Page 88 & 89 in the Glover book are my favs. so far ! :bg:



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 Posted: 31 Jan 2017 03:26 pm
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If you read Terry Pratchett's "Raising Steam", you will need to read the companion book. Mrs BRADSHAW's Handbook
to ravelling upon the ANKH-MORPORK & STO PLAINS HYGENIC RAILWAY.:moose:



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Absolutely a necessity to read Mrs. Bradshaw's Guide!
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Hi.  I'm Rick, and I am a Mogulholic.
I bought another today - D&RGW "Bumblebee" livery.
I need help...
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Howdy Rick, I'm a Shayaholic myself. What do you need help with?

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I need help not buying Moguls. ;)
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My D&RGW 2-6-0 arrived today.
Rick

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Here she sits and waits for a Porter to clear the track beyond the switch.

I have already named her "Aunt Bee".

Eagle-eyed viewers may spot the bundle of lumber for benchwork in the background.  :glad:

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Nice!.

Eagle-eyed viewers = nitpickers?.

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" Eagle-eyed viewers may spot the bundle of lumber for benchwork in the background "

Hi Rick :wave:

Looks like you could stir a lot of coffee with that bundle ! :shocked:

'Aunt Bee' huh ?
I trust she didn't sting your a$$ in the Dinero dept. !

Aunt Bees relative, 'Sister Sepia', at least makes me slightly less nauseous than the happy hawthorne R.R.s pavement-pizza liveries ! ;)
Those Updah loggers have got the right idea.
Ruin that Santa Claus special as quickly as possible, with neglect & corrosion for the 'ideal' backwoods 'banjoed boiler' look !

:moose:

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I kind of like Aunt Bee.  I may leave her as a bumblebee.
The Hawthorne-liveried Moguls are all going to be blackened and corroded; pilots removed, etc.
I have one that is painted (black/silver) and unlettered, and one black/silver Colorado & Southern #22 which I like.  The unlettered one will definitely be lettered for the RC&RS.
I think I may need a Mogul Parking Only roundhouse.
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As far as the sting:  It was a little more than the Hawthorne Village locos.

This one was around $60 US with shipping, appears to be new (no box - in molded styro, I assume from set break-up), and it arrived in three days from ordering!

This is one of the Moguls I've wanted since I started "collecting" them, so it's worth about the cost of a decent bottle of tequila, to me. :)

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Hi Rick :wave:


The tight-wad accountants at Mysterious Moose Mountain figure that an Aunt Bee cab & pilot could be worth some DINERO ! in ol' Bachmann starved Blighty !

Good news, since at 1:35 Aunt Bees cab is a cranium crusher ! :shocked:

Gotta get back on my Mogul repairs, been busy on other stuff.

But time to think about a 2-6-2ST BASH !

Makes sense.


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