Al, I don't know about 'Ugly'; but 'Big' and 'Heavy' come to mind! I have a drawer full of plastic gears salvaged from a defunct scanner, photocopier and fax machine - if we lived nearer, you could try them for size! Cheers! Hubert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allen Messer" <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 1:20 AM Subject: [modeleng] Re: boiler making > Hubert, the "Ugly Locomotive" is for 7-1/2" track > gauge, which is the only size around here, and has > vertical oscillating cylinders. It is an 0-6-0, Bore > is 1.625" and Stroke is 3.0" , the drivers are 5.00" > dia. and its weight is fast approaching the "Hernia > level". I would be glad to send you a photo, but my > Scanner is "busted"--the plastic gears have stripped > out in the mechanism. > >> MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.