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Split Chassis Locos are locos that have the frame and motor and truck mounts inside one big heavy weight that is split down the middle. The weight is typicly made out of a dense metal similar to lead. Its exact composistion is not known to me at the present time. The weight is shaped to conform to the inside of the body shell which goes over it. On the inside are cavities that support the motor, drive train, and trucks. These are typicly split down the middle. Hence the name split chassis. They are mainly used in N scale where the extra weight offered by such an arrangment is neccessary. It can also be Found in several HO switchers and Kato has been using the arrangment on all their big SD locos as of late.
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No, it is not just a "split weight". It serves as the chassis to which the motors and trucks mount.
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It's just a mutation of the old HO scale 'heavyweights'; that had a weight inside which covered the entire motor coil assembly, and part of the drive gear. The one's that drove us crazy trying to file them down for some of the directional lighting kits that were available at the time. Am I right? ------------------ Cory (o:}=
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I wouldn't know about those lighting kits. I am only 20 years old. As such I can make no comparison between what is a available then and now. Though I am activly looking for model railraod equipment from "back in the day" as it were, because on my layout I am doing the uniqe thing of not only showing the state of railroading in a particular time period, but the state of Model Railroading for a similar vintage as well. So all you guys with old trains to sell, Give me an email and we can work something out. (Interest in purchase will be directly proportional to fundage on hand.)
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WOW!!. I could have swore you were older than me. Of coarse I guess we have to overcome the long held stereo type that all the remaining model railroaders are in their 70s and the new guys that enter the hobby will take a while to catch on. Sounds like the two of us break that mold easily eneugh. By the way, Alot of my extensive model railroading knowledge comes from the fact that I have been nearly continuously active in the model railroading hobby since the age of 4!!!! Posts: 315 | From: Lander,WY USA | Registered: Jan 2002
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Hey, whats that crack about all the "remaining model railroaders" being in their 70's! I am only 47. Challenger, HO or N?
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quote:Originally posted by rfcomm2k: Hey, whats that crack about all the "remaining model railroaders" being in their 70's! I am only 47. Challenger, HO or N?
I think he was referring to the average age of a model railroader at heart; and he meant 7.0, not 70, right Challenger?
Wow, Challenger, live steam?..the kids skipped the preliminaries and headed straight for the gold..I'm impressed, (not to mention a tad jealous)
------------------ Cory (o:}=
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You can thank my grandfather for the Live steam. He is quite an avid miniature steam enthusiast. Its not limited to trains iether. He also has miniature steam tractors, miniature steam cars. A steam donkey with miniature farm and logging impliments for it to operate. The mini sawmill actually works. We had fun cutting up basswood into HO scale ties one time with it.
I am trying to build my own mini-steamer. The prototype is Black Hills Central Railroad 2-6-2T #107. But I have been at it for 5 years and have only got the frame done. (And thats the fairly easy part)
As for the age in the stereo type, I was refering to the average age of the writing staff at Model Railroader.
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By the way, Alot of my extensive model railroading knowledge comes from the fact that I have been nearly continuously active in the model railroading hobby since the age of 4!!!! 
