Joe, I find these belt drives fascinating. That is a tremendous model, as are all the other buildings the NJ Hirailers are installing. I recall the East Broad Top RR machine shop belt drives were intact, but non functional, when we visited almost 30 years ago. The Pennsylvania State Parks restored McConnells Mill to a functioning grist mill in the '60s. I just read in the local paper yesterday about a nearby 1870s mill that two young brothers still make buckwheat flour with the same belt drives of old, though they use an electric motor for power.
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