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Tomstp

October 29, 2014 02:44PM

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From what video I have seen they do a really good job in Europe timing the 3 cylinder engines and you have to really listen close to determine how much off the 3rd beat is. Just like the video on the passenger train, the engine just sounds like it running faster than the pusher. Good stuff.

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What makes a locomotive "square?"	kcsivils	October 26, 2014 09:24PM
Re: What makes a locomotive "square?"	bcp	October 26, 2014 10:13PM
Re: What makes a locomotive "square?"	Jeff Taylor	October 26, 2014 10:18PM
Re: What makes a locomotive "square?"	bcp	October 26, 2014 10:21PM
Re: What makes a locomotive "square?"	Tom Moungovan	October 27, 2014 05:57AM
Re: What makes a locomotive "square?"	Russo Loco	October 27, 2014 02:22PM
Re: What makes a locomotive "square?"	Earl	October 28, 2014 07:25PM
Re: What makes #484 "out of square" ?	Russo Loco	October 29, 2014 10:24AM
Re: Non-Techie Info, AKA 'Dance of the Valves' ...	Johnson Barr	November 10, 2014 07:11PM
Re: Non-Techie Info, AKA 'Dance of the Valves' ...	El Skonk	November 20, 2014 09:33AM
Re: 'Dance of the Valves' ...	Johnson Barr	November 20, 2014 01:06PM
Re: What makes a locomotive "square?"	Tad	October 27, 2014 07:27AM
Re: What makes a locomotive "square?"	trainrider47	October 27, 2014 08:21AM
Re: What makes a locomotive "square?"	cdaspit	October 27, 2014 09:10AM
Re: What makes a locomotive "square?"	BillD	October 27, 2014 09:20AM
Re: What makes a locomotive "square?" - Maintence issues?	kcsivils	October 27, 2014 09:41AM
Re: What makes a locomotive "square?"	Earl	October 27, 2014 11:25AM
Re: What makes a locomotive "square?"	Russo Loco	November 02, 2014 11:28AM
Re: More Techie Info re Squares & Eccentrics ...	Johnson Barr	November 09, 2014 03:38PM
Re: What makes a locomotive "square?"	John C	October 29, 2014 08:57AM
Re: What makes a locomotive "square?"	snowtownbob	October 29, 2014 12:09PM
Re: What makes a locomotive "square?"	M Austin	October 29, 2014 12:23PM
Re: What makes a locomotive "square?"	Earl	October 29, 2014 12:41PM
Re: What makes a locomotive "square?"	John West	October 29, 2014 01:56PM
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Re: What makes a loco "lame"	Rich Murray	November 02, 2014 01:18PM
Re: What makes a loco "Out of Hex"	Russo Loco	November 19, 2014 12:40PM
Re: What makes a locomotive "square?"	Jim Grigsby	October 31, 2014 02:54PM
Re: What makes a locomotive "square?"	bcp	October 29, 2014 02:09PM
Re: What makes a locomotive "square?"	Tomstp	October 29, 2014 02:44PM
Re: What makes a locomotive "square?"	Tomstp	October 31, 2014 08:26PM
Re: What makes a locomotive "square?"	christopher king	November 01, 2014 08:36AM
Re: What makes a locomotive "square?"	employee2	November 03, 2014 03:04AM
Re: What makes a locomotive "square?"	trainrider47	November 01, 2014 08:37AM
Re: What makes a locomotive "square?"	Bruce R. Pier	November 01, 2014 08:44AM
Re: What makes a locomotive "square?"	Tomstp	November 02, 2014 09:35AM
Re: What makes a locomotive "square?"	bcp	November 02, 2014 01:23PM
How to get it perfectly square	bcp	November 05, 2014 07:20PM
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