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November 18, 2013 11:34AM

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One of the hardest things for a steam engine is to start a heavy train .... when first leaving the yard with full tender, it would probably help get the train rolling. Obviously as fuel and water was used up, it would be less helpfull.

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Model Railroading ala Russo Loco	Chris Webster	November 16, 2013 06:51PM
Baldwin Locomotive Works	davidtltc	November 16, 2013 07:27PM
Re: Model Railroading ala Russo Loco	Everett Lueck	November 16, 2013 08:00PM
Re: Compunding Russo Loco's Many Sins ...	Russo Loco	November 16, 2013 09:09PM
Re: Model Railroading ala Russo Loco	Everett Lueck	November 17, 2013 07:35AM
Re: Conjectural Compounding a la Russo Loco	Russo Loco	November 17, 2013 11:20AM
Re: Conjectural Compounding a la Russo Loco	rehunn	November 17, 2013 12:17PM
Re: Conjectural Compounding a la Russo Loco	Bill Scobie	November 17, 2013 01:01PM
Re: Conjectural Compounding a la Bill Scobie ...	Johnson Barr	November 17, 2013 01:55PM
Re: Conjectural Compounding a la Bill Scobie ...	Bill Scobie	November 17, 2013 02:43PM
Re: Conjectural Compounding a la Bill Scobie ...	Russo Loco	November 17, 2013 03:15PM
Re: Conjectural Compounding a la Bill Scobie ...	Bill Scobie	November 17, 2013 03:23PM
Re: Conjectural Compounding a la Bill Scobie ...	Everett Lueck	November 17, 2013 05:34PM
Description of the Model Re: Conjectural Compounding a la Russo Loco	Chris Webster	November 17, 2013 02:14PM
Re: Description of the Model Re: Conjectural Compounding a la Russo Loco	Russo Loco	November 17, 2013 02:24PM
Re: Model Railroading ala Russo Loco	nickgully	November 18, 2013 03:44PM
Re: Model Railroading ala Russo Loco	rehunn	November 18, 2013 04:59PM
Re: Model Railroading ala Russo Loco	Tomstp	November 18, 2013 08:44PM
Re: Model Railroading ala Russo Loco	nickgully	November 16, 2013 08:35PM
Re: Model Railroading ala Russo Loco	rehunn	November 16, 2013 09:48PM
Re: Model Railroading ala Russo Loco	Skip	November 18, 2013 11:34AM
Re: Model Railroading ala Russo Loco	BillD	November 18, 2013 06:53PM
Re: Model Railroading ala Russo Loco	Tomstp	November 18, 2013 08:46PM
Re: Prototype Railroading ala Russo Loco	Russo Loco	November 19, 2013 12:05PM
Re: Model Railroading ala Russo Loco	Tomstp	November 19, 2013 09:07PM
Re: Model Railroading ala Russo Loco	rehunn	November 19, 2013 10:11PM
Re: Prototype Railroading ala Earl Knoob	Russo Loco	November 19, 2013 11:44PM
Re: Prototype Railroading ala Earl Knoob	Tomstp	November 20, 2013 12:04PM
Re: Model Railroading ala Russo Loco	Fred Folk	November 20, 2013 10:28AM
Re: Model Railroading ala Russo Loco	rehunn	November 17, 2013 02:22PM
Re: Model Railroading ala Russo Loco	rehunn	November 20, 2013 10:56AM
Re: Model Railroading a la Kermit The Frog	Johnson Barr	November 20, 2013 11:08AM

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