very least, upgrading and customizing built ups that can be usually found at train shows and swap meets for

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Below: ARV 0-6-0 mechanism. I removed the pick-ups to reduce friction and because they are not needed

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get them. Chapter 2 discusses adding pick-ups to the tender trucks, drivers, or even leading trucks

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room. After many sketches and 3D mock- ups, a track plan was developed that would fi t in the available

and I would not have to modify the pick-ups. Below: Here is the photo that inspired my I.C. Class A

construction. The jigs and machine set-ups are shown, and techniques are described in detail. Here

Company's Evolu- tion couplers. Consist make ups are fixed based on running experience with the heavier cars

over- powered visually by the sawmill. Mock Ups and Sketches Rather than make scale drawings of the model...as is my practice, I used mock-ups to determine the dimensions and forms of the structure

truck, relegating Casey to only two pick-ups on the drive wheels. (Having front truck electrical...drive axles and a tender have enough pick-ups to usually avoid this problem. I'm not a seasoned paint

Number 1 runs quite well, though the pick-ups for the rear wheels can be a bit cranky at times. Right

the right of way. I made full scale mock-ups of several structures to help visualize the scene...check clearance. The mock-ups were made of foam core and covered with copies of the

my granddaughters) painted two of these mock-ups. I built the depot about 1984, but I had compressed it

weight, and other data. And - we see close-ups of the gears, rods, drivers, cab interior, and other details

by, or details of their mechanisms, or close-ups of them being serviced. But, my favorite photos are

Gilpin Tram caboose that has additional pick- ups and houses a speaker. Below: This stiff-leg...24 be built, but are represented by mock-ups that act as placeholders. The railroad is controlled