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    Longest train, eh? (was: Two Easy Questions about Rolling Stock) —Tony Hafner
   (...) cars being pulled along a track. The accompanying text states: "Later a second world record was reached, when the train was prolonged by 18 further yellow tipper waggons. This was definitely the longest pulled Lego®-train ever, maybe even the (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: Longest train, eh? (was: Two Easy Questions about Rolling Stock) —James Powell
      (...) Ya, for those wossies who use more than 1 motor, it is needed. For those of us who restrain ourselves to a single motor, one controller is fine :) (...) I'd agree. At 90+ cars, the only way with a single motor was to "pick up" (or, in (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: Longest train, eh? (was: Two Easy Questions about Rolling Stock) —Reinhard "Ben" Beneke
   (...) Ok, I will change that text: it is obviously wrong - my mistake. But in real life speed records with trains have to be made in both directions and for long Lego train records, I am of the opinion that a record should only count if the long (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: Longest train, eh? (was: Two Easy Questions about Rolling Stock) —Tony Hafner
     (...) I don't think we mentioned this particular record at the time. We don't have it documented and I'm totally going from memory. (...) No, the *loop* was more like 240 feet or so. I mean that the *train* was somewhere around 150 feet. The layout (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
    
         Re: Longest train, eh? (was: Two Easy Questions about Rolling Stock) —Reinhard "Ben" Beneke
     (...) You really try to tell me you put a record train to track and have not documented it? That's too bad... How are we supposed to break your record, when we do not know what numbers are to beat? FGLTC records are quite clear: 1. - put more than (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: Longest train, eh? (was: Two Easy Questions about Rolling Stock) —Tony Hafner
   (...) I checked your page again, and it looks like you added some other details as well regarding this. That's also a much "cleaner" record in the sense that you pulled it like a real train (front only). Very nice work! -- Tony Hafner (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
 

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