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   Glen Labah to Larry Sheldon   
   Re: Idjit Engine Inquiry   
   18 May 14 22:20:52   
   
   From: gl4317@yahoo.com   
      
   In article ,   
    Larry Sheldon  wrote:   
      
   > I have been studying all the pictures you nice people have pointed to   
   > and I for the life of me see were the articulation "hinges" are nor how   
   > they "work".  From the pictures, it looks like any articulation will   
   > have one or more drivers fouling the boiler chassis.   
      
      
   It really isn't very obvious, but on the larger Garratt locomotives the   
   frame split is almost always above the 3rd driving axle.  Then, the   
   upper body may or may not have some overhang one way or the other.   
      
   It is probably best to see a model of one run, as that gives you sort of   
   an above the model look as it goes around curves.  This is the best I   
   could find so far, of a British 2-6-0+0-6-2:   
      
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYlM-9j1AQI   
      
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