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I know LGB's American line has been al over the place scale wise but does anyone know if the Genesis loco is 1/29? And how accurate to scale is it?
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I think its 1/26th scale but if you keep it with the amfleet cars it looks great to me. i have 2 of them and 14 amfleet cars and every time i look at them i get a chubby!!!!!!!!
sorry friday night i get a little to much grey goose vodka and well!!!!!

Nick
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Grey goose? I'm outta everything so White Zif for me tonight. I was just wondering because it does look nice (the LGB, LOL). Now I gotta install my first QSI/G wire rig in a GP40. Tomorrow though when I am not guaranteed to screw it up!

Nate
Posted By Truthman on 01/02/2009 8:14 PM
Grey goose? I'm outta everything so White Zif for me tonight. I was just wondering because it does look nice (the LGB, LOL). Now I gotta install my first QSI/G wire rig in a GP40. Tomorrow though when I am not guaranteed to screw it up!

Nate





Nate,
gp 40 is a very easy install of QSI just remember when you have the long hood off black tape all inside openings as it will give you better sound........
Nick
The LGB Genesis looks fine when running with other 1/29th scale trains. If you are looking for a modern passenger diesel it's pretty much the only game in town.
I have had folks run it here and personally I think its too tall unless run with its own cars. I have the measurements of the 1:1 loco that an engineer of that loco gave me because I was thinking of working on it and lowing it. But then the motor blocks would have to be changed and weight added to give it more tractive power.
I'd buy a used or damaged one at a good price just to work on it.
Those genesis locos are tall. They're nearly the height of the double-high coaches.

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OK Tom, you want to play that way.

heres a 1:1 photo i found way back.


This photo I think came from Stan the man for me.
I really was looking into it and wondering.
Keep in mind I lowered my D9s about 1/8 to 3/16 of an inch

I wanted to take their model and thin down the chassie or raise the trucks up .
But I don't want to do that on a new one.
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I think the Genesis looks fine. I look at those large scale trains in the above photo sitting on the incredibly oversized track in the goof scale of 1:29 - so to me - it's a moot point.
I agree spod, if LGB would have made their track to American 1:29th in the first place we would not have these chats.

wink wink
Posted By NTCGRR on 01/03/2009 9:36 PM
I agree spod, if LGB would have made their track to American 1:29th in the first place we would not have these chats.

wink wink


If the folk that gave us 1:29 had been able to do simple math there would be a whole lot less discussion!!!
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Marklin is the one that came out with #1 Gauge 45mm track way back in what??...the late 1800's??
Hmm. I always THOUGHT they looked tall.
1800?
Chuck ,woow you are older than I thought...
Possibly the makers of 1:29 modern US trains picked that scale so they would not look too small compared to the LGB 1:22.5 equipment when running together? They did not want the customers to think they were buying smaller trains than LGB was supplying. Just a thought.

Big John
Looks good enough o me. Later RJD
You're right Big John, that's what is claimed to be the reason for 1:29. Aristocraft claims to have invented 1:29
They did not claim to invent it... The reasons was the woow factor over 1:32 and the 1:87th plans was esaier to up size.
I own 3. I like them. In the real world nothing is perfect, nothing is ever the exact size on the plans(at least not when I build it). 1/4 or a 3/8 inch more in height is not noticable to the adverage human eye from any distance beyond 6 feet which is where you would stand to take in the whole train. the details are nice, they are plug and play for DCC and have room for a 3" speaker if using QSI or some other sound board.
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