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railgeek

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09/29/2008 10:10 PM
Never Fails!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Someone has to be a rivet counter!!!!!!!!!!! How much coal dust should have been added?

Torby

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09/30/2008 5:05 AM
Anthricite or Bituminous?

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09/30/2008 5:57 PM
Hey Dave, #2269 looks great beside that derailed hopper. he he

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09/30/2008 6:23 PM
LeonPete that's a great method. I've had very good luck with both crushed wood charcoal and aquarium charcoal. It's a mess to crush charcoal but the results are convincingly uneven. The aquarium charcoal is much more uniform in size and easier to deal with

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09/30/2008 7:01 PM
Posted By leonpete on 09/30/2008 5:57 PM Hey Dave, #2269 looks great beside that derailed hopper. he he Just modeling the prototype.....in all aspects...

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