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Atticman · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 3:56 pm Post subject:

The Bowman boat advert I believe for Snipe claims that they travel a mile on one filling- interesting that this wasnt repeated as far as I know for the trains.

very interesting statistics.
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johnreid · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 3:59 pm Post subject:

I read someplace about them doing some kind of duration event with a Loco, I think it involved multiple fillings though. will have to re-read all of my Bowman info now.
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Nick · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:18 pm Post subject:

183 miles over a 10 day period:

http://www.bowmancircle.co.uk/page010.html

I do believe what they say in that ad.

They state 1 1/2 miles in 40 minutes, and I ran nearly 1 3/4 in 49 minutes.

They also mention grooves worn into the driving wheels. Mine didn't wear on its short trip, but they did get shiny.

Nick · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:25 pm Post subject:

MooseMan · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:09 pm Post subject:

From my website:

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27ace27 · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:15 pm Post subject:

here's something I made that can help you count the laps of your loco.

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johnreid · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:32 pm Post subject:

THe 2nd advert is great too Moose, thanks,
I love my Mamod Locos, but the Bowmans are the most fun of all.
The observation I make as ro scale is that the boiler and cab on the 234 and the 300 appear to be fine with the modern Lionel O scale equipment, however, the 4-4-0 and the 0-4-0 arrangements of the wheels sre out of scale to the boiler and cab. The Bowmans are Toy Steam, not model Steam so no scale was probably ever intended. As far as the passenger coaches go, I have the dimensions of the old Bowman coaches and they match up rather closely to the newer Lionel passenger coaches. However the old tin type Lionel coaches were way too small for the Bowmans. For a 0-4-0 wheel arrangement, the Mamod cab is more closer to scale than the Bowmans,
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