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#11 User is offline   Jonatan 

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Posted 06 July 2023 - 07:20 AM

Yes, the Illinois has outside Stephenson gear on an outside crank. Not unheard of, but certainly not common either.

The wild and wonderous machines of the past as people worked things out are joyous to behold. :good:

#12 User is offline   Frank Musick 

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Posted 06 July 2023 - 01:09 PM

View Posttimmuir, on 06 July 2023 - 05:57 AM, said:

Hi Frank. Neat to see your projects here, turntable and roundhouse.

I'm especially interested in your rendition of the Illinois, with it's fat (for the period) boiler. It's valve gear is somewhat confusing, like an outside Stephenson system. Also noted the tubular drive rods with truss rods!



Thanks for mentioning the truss rods, hadn't caught that.

More progress on the roundhouse....

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I stopped just short of a full 360, though it's built in modules. Stalls can be added, or taken away.


Next challlenge....how to get it into OpenRails?
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