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Re: brick/plate height ruler...
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf
Date: 
Thu, 26 Apr 2001 19:33:42 GMT
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You want a 25-car Metroliner?  I can do that ;-)

I've just been playing around with designs for various cars.  I have enough
Metroliners, I just need to figure out HOW MANY of each car to make.  I need to
build a mail car, 2-3 Club Cars, a ton of regular passenger cars, then figure
out what ELSE to build.


David Zonker Harris wrote:

I'd like to see a few more folks try a photo with this type of visual
aid when vertical matching of stripes may be desireable. (Think about the
25-car MetroLiner, with many custom cars, loaned by a small group of folks,
and all of the stripes matching perfectly! :-)


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  JULY BAYLUG MEETING and brick/plate height ruler...
 
Some guys just love to gloat! So TOM how about building an 8 wide metroliner? I've completed a new SW1 8 wide switcher, and have rebuilt the 8 wide hopper. Its much better. Did you scan those instruction cards? Are you happy with out deal for parts? (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
  Re: brick/plate height ruler...
 
(...) Here is a typical(1) consist for a 15 or so car train from the heavyweight era that I just made up, but which ought to be fairly representative. Starting from the front: -baggage -baggage -Railway Post Office -Dormitory -Coach -Coach -Coach (...) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)

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  Re: brick/plate height ruler...
 
(...) I originally made it to measure stripe on various "Daylight"-type passenger coaches, so I could easily tell where the stripes were, but I could also tell the top and bottom, level of the windows, etc. without worrying about the distance (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)

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