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| | | I have finished my D.C. Metrorail car. It's a bit long for use on LEGO curve geometry but it is a realistic length. I think the actual cars are 75 feet long. (URL) (23 years ago, 21-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | | | | Re: D.C. Metrorail Car —Harvey Henkelman
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| | | | | (...) It's as long as angel hair pasta, but very well done. It reminds me of the Flexiliner (with the big rubber bumper/diaphram in front.-Harvey (23 years ago, 21-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | | Re: D.C. Metrorail Car —Sonnich Jensen
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| | | | | | I was just browsing though what happened last month and found this. Cool stuff. I have been looking at these (URL) Denmark and Sweden, but found them to be hard to build. Appearently not, looks like the same. How about building such one? Sonnich (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | | | | Re: D.C. Metrorail Car —Alexander Johnston
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| | | | | (...) That looks really cool. *sigh* the fond memories of traveling across the country via train are coming back to me now......... (23 years ago, 21-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | | | | Re: D.C. Metrorail Car —Jason King
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| | | | | Great Train. Very interesting building method... I would love to see some internal structure pictures. -- Jason King LugNet #665 Kevin Loch <kloch@opnsys.com> wrote in message news:GGt52D.DEv@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | | | | Re: D.C. Metrorail Car —John Gerlach
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| | | | | (...) Very nice, I like the subtle angles on the side walls. Question though, how is it for strength? Building the entire car 'snot', I'm wondering how it keeps from collapsing or sagging in the middle? Too bad it wouldn't fit through the GMLTC (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | | Re: D.C. Metrorail Car —James Powell
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| | | | | | (...) Having built a engine SNOT, it can be made to work OK. I haven't yet looked at the car, but it should be strong enough... (of course, the engine completely puzzled SRC when he got it...but it had suffered at the hands of the posties!) James P (23 years ago, 21-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: D.C. Metrorail Car —Thomas Main
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| | | | | (...) Kevin, Does the real metro rest that high on its trucks or are they inset more into the frame of the car? I think this model would be very cute if it were "Legoized" and made half as long...realism is one thing, play value and practicality (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | | Re: D.C. Metrorail Car —Jennifer L. Boger
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| | | | | | | I'm not Kevin, but I've certainly ridden the metro enough to answer :) The real Metro does sit very high on the trucks - it's not very noticable when you're on the platform. If you're in a station like metro center, where both tracks are in the (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: D.C. Metrorail Car —Richard W. Schamus
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| | | | | | | | It is a very nice job. In my traveling around D.C. on a nearly daily basis (not on the metro, but around it in my car) you can see how close it is to the rreal thing. What would be nice is if it could be modified to be put on a monorail base which (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | | Re: D.C. Metrorail Car —Christopher Tracey
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| | | | | | (...) here are some pics of the greenbelt yard- it gives a good view of the trucks. (URL) looks like you need some equipment hanging off the bottom of the car though. (...) I've been meaning to post the similar suggestion. I would remove the middle (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | | | Re: D.C. Metrorail Car —Kevin Loch
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| | | | | | (...) Wow! where were those pics when I was building the model? I can see that I need to make some changes to the doors. The pics I was working from all had the doors open so I had to guess. KL (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | | | | Re: D.C. Metrorail Car —James Mathis
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| | | | | (...) applicable to a very many passenger train wagons. This angled side wall is unique to several sets that I have worked on: Amtrak Acela, British Rail APT, maybe the Italian Cis Alpino. I'm sure there are many more!! Congratulations on showcasing (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | | Re: D.C. Metrorail Car —Kevin Loch
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| | | | | | Yes, I would love to try it on the amfleet cars, which have a pronounced curvature. There are two problems, 1x4 gray hinge plates are fairly rare and you can't use the wide roof with regular bricks. I used brown 1x2 log bricks to get the clearance (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | | | | Re: D.C. Metrorail Car —William R. Ward
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| | | | (...) up to a child's playing? Also, what's the interior like? I can't really see inside it very well. I've got a challenge for you: BART (San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit). Note: it's not standard gauge - you need to place the rails farther (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | Re: D.C. Metrorail Car —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) What are you, some kind of rivet counter? :-) The track gauge is plenty wide enough as it is! Where is J2 when you need him? The folks who should do BART are BayLTC!!! They are using a takeoff on the BART logo IIRC. (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | | Re: D.C. Metrorail Car —John Neal
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| | | | | | (...) lol Lar is correct. The gauge of LEGO track compared to a minifig to scale would be over 5' wide.... (...) Not to speak for them, but I think they are deciding between the BART and the Frisco.... (dumped .build and general and added (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | Re: D.C. Metrorail Car —Kevin Loch
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| | | | (...) It is definately sturdy to run around a track and hold up to adult handling (holding from both ends). It would not survive child play in it's current form. The interior is completely hollow except for 1 2x8 plate running from roof to floor at (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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