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| poliss |
Now my Pennsy GG-1 has arrived.Must have been difficult for the drivers to see where they were going!
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| SRBICE |
That is a point- how did they see where they were going? |
| poliss |
Dunno, haven't found a drivers report yet. But they did go at 100mph! |
| Teleman |
Looks nice  How many wheels has it ? it looks like they run the whole length of it
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| poliss |
Depending which notation you use, it's either a GG-1, a 4-6-0+0-6-4 or a 2-C+C-2.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRR_GG1 |
| Teleman |
You will have fun getting that on the track then |
| poliss |
I have a re-railer and it'sstill difficult.
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| Al |
That looks nice.
I don't think driver vision was a high priority in loco design til recently. They only stated fitting usable headlights to UK locos in the late 80's... |