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Re: Train width clearance for wide turns, etc.
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Date: 
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.

Jeff E


Derek Raycraft wrote:


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.

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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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. Jeff E (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jul-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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