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Re: Train width clearance for wide turns, etc.
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Wed, 31 Jul 2002 18:51:46 GMT
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The passenger car bogies are 8 long with the pin in the middle. The
Engine has one motor and one dumbie motor which has the same geometry as
a motor.
The actual size of the bogies shouldn't make a difference provided the
pin is centered between the wheels, which it is in all cases.
Derek
Jeff Elliott wrote:
> I assume that all the bogies are 8 long and rotate at the centre? That
> is, each consists of 2 3x4 new wheelsets with a 2-stud gap between?
> That's what it looked like in the photos, anyway.
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> Jeff E
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> Derek Raycraft wrote:
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> > Ok I figured out the size of the Go Train last night.
> >
> > Passenger Cars:
> > Length: 50
> > 8 wide length: 48
> > Bogie plate pin sits between the 6 and 7th studs from the ends.
> > 38 studs between bogie plate pins.
> >
> > Engine:
> > Length: 45
> > 8 wide length: 44
> > Bogie plate pin sits between the 11 and 12th studs from the back.
> > Bogie plate pin sits between the 10 and 10th studs from the front.
> > 24 studs between bogie plate pins.
> > 8 wide starts at the front.
> > 8 wide stops one stud front the back.
> >
> > The couplers are not included in these dimensions. They don't effect
> > the swing out of the cars anyway.
> >
> > The passenger cars are what cut the inside of the corners the most, the
> > Engine sticks out to the outside the most.
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> > I'll try and do up a proper diagram for the wide turn soon, but for now
> > you should be able to dumbie up some cars to test with.
> >
> > Derek
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> >
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