ok, i think my doodlebug is a bit of a freak in terms of its length so i want to know just how short have people cut these things down to?
shortest doobdlebug?
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Hi Ross,,,, With Traction you can build most any power unit 
But Interurbans ,,,, anywhere from 50ft to 67 ft (H O SCALE).
Box motors about 35/40ft
But Interurbans ,,,, anywhere from 50ft to 67 ft (H O SCALE).
Box motors about 35/40ft
oh good, so mines a big box motor then. finshed shortening it today (and shock of shocks it worked) but it was so short i had to take the flywheel off th motor to clear the pivot of the trailing bogie.
Its about 42ft long now!
Its about 42ft long now!
Very carefully
I would use my trusty dremal tool with the cutting blade
Take most of it off then finish it off with a sharp knife.
I would use my trusty dremal tool with the cutting blade
Take most of it off then finish it off with a sharp knife.
its up and running and taken a picture of it and the other couple of bits of ESE stock with my birthday present. now just got to get around to uploading them!
Passenger equipment, even on interurbans, could be as short as the 35-40 foot range--and trolleys, of course, could get very short indeed (gotta love those single-truck Birneys!) while box motors, while shorter, were strictly for freight.
I think there is some precedent for short gas-powered doodlebugs in the 40-50 foot range. And of course there are those Athearn Hustler body shells for a four-wheel single-truck doodlebug!
I think there is some precedent for short gas-powered doodlebugs in the 40-50 foot range. And of course there are those Athearn Hustler body shells for a four-wheel single-truck doodlebug!
well its shorter than a 40ft boxcar so i am guessing its somewhere in the region of 36-38ft long, its a full freight unit though.
well here they are, the first boxcab, albeit not finished - the boys at the electrical shop havent been able to get their hands on her to convert her to electric power as she has been pressed into service was no other boxcabs are available and the lines OHL maintenance car and directors car W. Wayland.
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no, not yet. might have found a source though. Compnay over here called DC Kits. They are currently making what in Britian was referred to as a Class 71 which was a third rail/overhead & diesel powered locomitve used on the Southern lines. That uses a suitable type of panto im just looking into if i can get the panto alone as a spare part.