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By:Thomas C. Ayers
Dates:3/1/1961 - 3/1/1961
Album Info:Here is a two-page article by David Scott entitled "Model Trains Show How To Build Big Electrics." It was published originally in the March 1961 issue of "Popular Science" magazine, pages 84-85.
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"Model Trains Show How To Build Big Electrics," Page 84, 1961
Title:  "Model Trains Show How To Build Big Electrics," Page 84, 1961
Description:  Here is page one of a two-page article by David Scott entitled "Model Trains Show How To Build Big Electrics." It was published originally in the March 1961 issue of "Popular Science" magazine, page 84. Top Photo, Partial Caption: "Model track has two test sections housed in temperature-controlled enclosures located along the 80-foot straights. Track uses 5/8" flanged aluminum rails mounted on a steel structure four feet high."
Photo Date:  3/1/1961  Upload Date: 12/22/2024 9:17:17 PM
Location:  London, UK
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Model
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Views:  11   Comments: 0
"Model Trains Show How To Build Big Electrics," Page 85, 1961
Title:  "Model Trains Show How To Build Big Electrics," Page 85, 1961
Description:  Here is page two of a two-page article by David Scott entitled "Model Trains Show How To Build Big Electrics." It was published originally in the March 1961 issue of "Popular Science" magazine, page 85. Bottom-Left Photo, Partial Caption: "Model pantograph is an accurate scale reproduction of the collector assembly used on the British Railways 25-kv., AC systems. Although tension of the springs varies with extension, special linkages give constant upward pressure of shoe against wire...."
Photo Date:  3/1/1961  Upload Date: 12/22/2024 9:17:46 PM
Location:  London, UK
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Model
Locomotives: 
Views:  7   Comments: 0


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