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Post by spamcanman on Jun 21, 2009 23:40:58 GMT
Hi,
I went to a members GTG (get together) this weekend and took along my Aster Bullied and 9F it was a fantastic day with some of the finest Gauge1 I have seen so I have put some clips on here from youtube that my friend took you will see my 9f pulling 42 mineral wagons and some shots of some beautiful American locos.
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Post by spamcanman on Jun 21, 2009 23:45:55 GMT
One of the American locos was a very interesting Cab Forward made by Accucraft.
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Post by spamcanman on Jun 21, 2009 23:54:55 GMT
This clip is of an Aster 2-6-6-6 Allegheny in the steaming bay the tender was a long as my 9f these locos must have been massive in real life  |
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Post by odc on Jun 30, 2009 16:11:51 GMT
Tony - I can lend you some books on American Steam if they are interesting you - alternatively a visit to HQ on a Wednesday night.
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Post by jempc on Jul 5, 2010 14:29:32 GMT
A couple of years ago I was in Dearborn, Michigan on business and dropped into the Henry Ford museum where they have an Allegheny. Absolutely vast machine - on some measures, the biggest steam locomotive ever built, I believe. If I recall correctly, when the first one was built, they celebrated by having a black tie dinner in the (as yet unused!) firebox for about 12 people! Fortunately for the fireman, it is mechanically stoked with a screw taking coal from the enormous tender under the footplate into the firebox.
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