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Many here have asked that we not post video in the vertical format as most view the site on a device with the horizontal motif. lots of 'wasted' screen, Especially for a train!
Was that good Marty E? :-)
Well I guess this would apply under the title of this thread. I encountered this at a recent train show. It was just stationary but was propelled by an internal combustion engine inside one of the "A" units. It is enormous, about 2 foot gauge and about 15-20 feet long. It had no obvious place for a rider to sit so I don't know how it was controlled when in motion. I had never seen anything like it before.
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Don
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I have seen videos of diesel locomotives of this scale, running, where the Engineer sits on the first car (typically, a flatcar with a seat) and uses a hand held controller, connected either by cable or by radio, to the locomotive. A friend of mine has a pair of Santa Fe Alco PA-1s of this size, and that's what he uses. He has installed a sound system, to replicate the prototype engine and air horn sounds.
Regardless of how it is controlled, though, that 4-unit rednose is a masterpiece, and the builder deserves to have his personal record awarded ten merits.
@Don McErlean posted:Well I guess this would apply under the title of this thread. I encountered this at a recent train show. It was just stationary but was propelled by an internal combustion engine inside one of the "A" units. It is enormous, about 2 foot gauge and about 15-20 feet long. It had no obvious place for a rider to sit so I don't know how it was controlled when in motion. I had never seen anything like it before.
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Don
Actually, these 1/8 scale locomotives are battery powered. They do, however, have a very impressive sound system which could give the impression of it containing an internal combustion engine. They run on 7 1/2" gauge track. Usually the operator rides in the baggage car behind the locomotives.
Who makes these beauties? Price?
Amazing. Nothing like I remember in parks when we were kids...
