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Month: October 2010
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When this locomotive started

By FransTrein October 5, 2010 October 5, 2020 0

I started working on this locomotive, a long time ago, while in university, in 1981 ! After I had done my first attempts at Model Engineering, by building a vertical steam engine, a Stuart V10. See the Stuart Website. This went rather well, working on the castings on my first lathe, …

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Gea, Gea Testing

First testing on the track

By FransTrein October 2, 2010 October 5, 2020 0

Today I took the locomotive to the track for a first test run. A special moment, after all these years of building many parts.The tests I performed at home the last months, indicated most parts should be working.However would it also pull the riding car and myself around the track …

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