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Post by charlie on Jul 26, 2015 8:38:10 GMT -5
Charlie, It's an interesting era, but interesting how long it lasted: SP officially ended steam in 1957, but they would occasionally run a steam engine (presumably to scrap) until 1961. The Great Western in Northern CO ran steam and diesel into the early 1980s. BTW: I did some research a while back and it appears that they didn't have turntables big enough for a Big Boy or Challenger sized loco. Either a "Y" or a reversing loop was used by the western roads. If you know of a prototype, I'd like to read about it. Mark Hi Mark, What I read is that at he UP shop in Cheyenne, WY, the turntable was rebuilt in 1941 and was 126ft diameter to welcome challenger and BB. The one in Laramie was already the same diameter. They both were used by big boy and challenger. The big boy is slightly longer (132ft) but could apparently be handled with 3ft extra in front and in the back. Some famous pictures of BB on turntables can be found on google image UP also built 135ft turntable in Utah (Ogden and Green River). I'm modeling these states going from Wyoming to California, it should be fine. About the N turntable, the Fleishmann 9152 has a bridge of 183 mm, meaning a bit more than 132ft in real, perfectly in between! I did not know that steams were used that late! Good to know. But I still prefer the "old time" in every point of view, from cars, to music, mechanics, living style etc... ++ Charlie
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