The catalog price will be $6900. Accucraft is offering an early order discount of $300 which applies if ordered before a certain cutoff date (not yet determined). A $500 deposit is required.
Jeff ========== Walt wrote: >Have they said how many pennies would be needed? >Keep your steam up! >Walt & Mr. Lunkenheimer >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Terry Griner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Small-scale live steam discussions" <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 1:05 PM >Subject: Re: [SSLiveSteam] Accucraft Southern Pacific Cab-forward > > > > >>Thanks for the update! It sounds great... Maybe I need to save up my >>pennies. >> >>Terry Griner >>387-0902 >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeffrey >>Williams >>Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 10:38 AM >>To: Live steam list >>Subject: [SSLiveSteam] Accucraft Southern Pacific Cab-forward >> >>I was at Accucraft HQ yesterday afternoon and saw the Cab Forward >>prototype under steam. The loco was pulling about 25 Accucraft reefers >>around 8 foot radius curves on their test track without any problems, >>although with a lot of non-prototypical overhang, of course. 12 foot >>radius would look more appropriate, I'm sure. >> >>The details and operating features were very good. The reverser isn't a >>Johnson bar, but rather a screw reverser operated with a separate >>handwheel inserted into an actuator in the front of the cab, with the >>cab roof open. Slower and less convenient than a Johnson bar, but I >>imagine one isn't going to be doing a lot of switching with a Cab >>Forward! The cab is very tight (as with all 1/32 locos) so RC would be a >>real challenge. Some occasional maintenance tasks, like cleaning jets, >>will be more difficult than on other locos, since the cab body is >>completely enclosed (unlike most cab-rearward locos) and doesn't appear >>to be readily removable. >> >>All four cylinders have drain cocks, although when Cliff started the >>loco without opening them, a major water shower erupted from the twin >>stacks. >> >>The loco appears to be lighter on the front (firebox end) driver set >>than on the rear, based on observed starting slip. The firebox-end >>driver set is rigidly attached to the loco, per prototype, not pivoted >>as with some model articulateds. >> >>Water pump (and butane tank) in the tender, no axle pump. Cliff didn't >>think that the production versions would have axle pumps either. >> >>Cliff said that he was going to ship the prototype to Dave Hottman in >>the next week or so, who will be running it at Diamondhead. >> >>After seeing it run, I'll be ordering one for myself! Cliff said >>delivery was Winter 2007, but of course, these estimates by Accucraft >>haven't been very good on past releases. >>-------------- next part -------------- >>An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>URL: >>http://postfix.45mm.com/pipermail/sslivesteam/attachments/20061122/59455 >>eb1/attachment.html >>_______________________________________________ >>SSLiveSteam mailing list >>Send messages: [email protected] Cancel subscription: >>http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam >>Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html >>_______________________________________________ >>SSLiveSteam mailing list >>Send messages: [email protected] >>Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam >>Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html >> >> >> >> >_______________________________________________ >SSLiveSteam mailing list >Send messages: [email protected] >Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam >Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://postfix.45mm.com/pipermail/sslivesteam/attachments/20061122/fa22bef5/attachment.html _______________________________________________ SSLiveSteam mailing list Send messages: [email protected] Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html
