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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.org.us.lucny, Duane Drumm writes:
> > I would like to know the longest and widest train car dimensions
> > and still have it run properly on a track.
>
> Straight or curved?
> curve curve curve or curve straight curve (gives a bigger radius curve)?
> What things are around it that it needs to clear?
>
> If you are on straight track, and have no clearance problems there is no
> definite upper limit if the car is balanced, it can be as long and as wide
> as you like. Practically, I would suspect that things wider than 20 studs • or
> so will be very tipsy.
>
> If you are going to run around curves, the center to center distance of • the
> two truck kingpins can't be larger than the diameter of the curve which
> places an upper limit on length, although the car can overhang the trucks
> significantly.
>
> If you go digging in the rtltoronto newsgroup you'll find links to • clearance
> diagrams they have done which seem to be reasonable practical upper limits
> for length and width and height. Other clubs have went bigger but not by
> factors of two or anything.
>
> Hope that helps. If it didn't, ask your question more precisely.
Ok, I sorry. I want to know maximum width. I know 6stud is standard.
What I try to make need to be wider. The car will have to hold something.
It is 10-12 stud wide. Is this too wide is what I need.
Thank you
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Duane Drumm
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