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    Loco Repair - More Slippage

    Shay; How close to P'cola do you live? If close go to Bobe's Hobby House and get a piece of the smallest silicone fuel tubing for an airplane he sells. Reinforce your joint with this as the shrink tubing repair will eventually break probably sooner than later. If you have room around the shaft...
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    Articulate & Steam

    CN1; Must be nice to have all the references you need. I've been working on my ref library for over 40 yrs and still haven't got enough. ;) My wife is french as well, (mother's side, scottish on fathers side). Her family's name is Mallet. They pronounce it Mallee as in alley. I guess it...
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    Articulate & Steam

    Petey; Yep it's french. Antoine was a Frenchman and a brillant engineer. He perfected taking two engines, one using low pressure steam, and one using high pressure steam, and placing them under one boiler. On the prototypes the rear engine did not pivot, just the front. Some model makers have...
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    Articulate & Steam

    I also suggest you read Antoine Mallet's book on articulation in locomotives. He perfected the concept of articulation. Mallet's (pronouned Mallee) were named for him. The originals were compounds, and only later did advancing boiler technology allow for simple articulateds.
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    Articulate & Steam

    CN1; Given the title of this thread, "Articulate and Steam" and then shown pics of just non-articulated engines, what was I to think??? A lot of railfans make the mistake of assuming the pennsy Q & T class locos were articulated, but they weren't. They just look like it and again given the...
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    Articulate & Steam

    CN1; Nice pics. But the Duplexes aren't articulateds. They're rigid framed. The models (in brass) have to have a radius over 30". One from Westside of the 4-4+6-4 needed I think 38".
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    Train shows, same old stuff or ?

    I have to agree with the what the others have said about attending the shows as a customer, but let me give you some answers from a dealers viewpoint. 1. How many shows do I attend a year, 15-20. 2. What's the best one to attend? Clubs or commercial (GATS)? Both can be great, good, or bad...
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