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Erie Railroad's Camelback Angus (0-8-8-0) Locomotive #2602 Gallery I hope you will forgive me for posting this again, but to my credit it's was back in 2009 and I've almost tore her completely apart only to rebuild her. From Wikipedia: The three L-1 0-8-8-0 steam locomotives of the Erie Railroad, built in 1907 by ALCO, and numbered 2600, 2601 and 2602; were unique in that they were the only articulated camelback locomotives ever built. When built, they were the largest steam locomotives in existence. They were built for pushing service, especially on the heavy grades of the Delaware and Susquehanna Divisions over the Allegheny Mountains. In 1921 they were rebuilt as 2-8-8-2s with more conventionally located cabs. They were taken out of service in 1930 as larger locomotives replaced them. This version of my older MOC has been nearly completely rebuilt, adding in Power Functions and quite a bit more fine details. The tender contains two M Power Functions motors powering the two center axles, with the battery box and IR receiver hidden in the boiler. I've made the roof and front pistons slightly more prototypical, and added over 64 studs worth of hoses, pipes, and hand rails. I also attempted to make her run a bit smoother, though I can't say I'm sure I was able to accomplish much outside of adding some plastic compatible lubricant. --Tony
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Texas State Railroad Pacific (4-6-2) Locomotive #500 version 2.9 Texas State Railroad #500 v2.9 by SavaTheAggie, on Flickr Again, I hope you all will forgive posting a MOC already posted once before, but again I've done quite a bit of work since last I showed her off. She's wearing new piping, "valve gear", plus a lot of things that can't be seen. For example, I replaced the 1x1 technic bricks holding the rear truck's facade in place with some of LEGO's new 1x2+1x2 brackets (keeps them from falling off). I've also gone through her chassis and removed and/or anchored all bricks that could shift and cause any friction on her axles. Texas State Railroad #500 v2.9 by SavaTheAggie, on Flickr She is my favorite locomotive, and a good performer. Her two PF train motors can pull quite a bit, and now that I've improved her performance she hasn't derailed in 6 months (knock on wood) and barely slows down at all in curves. Evolution of Engine #500 by SavaTheAggie, on Flickr She's also my favorite locomotive to photograph. I'm not sure why, must be the green. :) --Tony
