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Re: Japan Rail EF64
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Date: 
Wed, 7 Dec 2005 00:04:35 GMT
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Look very good apart form the aspect ratio.
Are the real ones really wide or really low?

The real ones are quite wide (for a Japanese train). The length is too short but
I have something against Lego trains that go beyond 36 or so studs, they always
look too long to me so I always compress the 'belly' a bit.

The base is cleverly done though :)
Any idea how the real ones work as I've never seen 3 bogies stock before.

Afraid I don't know. I built it all from photos and didn't see any diagrams.
Many Japanese trains are BoBoBo as far as I know. Anyone else know?

Tim



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(...) Hello, AFAIK, the BBB loco type is mainly used in Italy, Switzerland and... Japan :) at the moment. The debate around CC or BBB loco types is a long lasting one around railways engineers (BTW I'm not one of them). CC type is technically (...) (18 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)

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(...) Look very good apart form the aspect ratio. Are the real ones really wide or really low? The base is cleverly done though :) Any idea how the real ones work as I've never seen 3 bogies stock before. (18 years ago, 6-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains)

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