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  Re: what is the use of a caboose?
 
(...) Where in Wisconsin? Josh (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: what is the use of a caboose?
 
(...) Yep. It was really cool living so close to a railroad up in Wisconsin. I wish I still lived there at times. :-) (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
 
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  Re: Monorail MOC's
 
(...) (URL) it's built on a monorail, and it's wider than 4, so it counts, right? James (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Monorail MOC's
 
Carl: (...) I have tried 8 wide. It does give rise to some stability problems though. (...) Have a look at: (URL) pictures of my experiment. It is not all that elegant, but it can carry around ten passengers and four containers. Jacob (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Switch Track Modification - A better way!
 
(...) URL to your site? Dean (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Switch Track Modification - A better way!
 
You can use a motor to control both New or Old Switch Point easily, there are 5 switch points in my layout, some are new type and some are old type, all of them can be controlled by RCX smoothly! I don't know why the modification is needed? (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: what is the use of a caboose?
 
(...) Yep, most railroads still have them. It's just that they tend to get used on local trains only now (A FRED is cheaper for mainline, when you are not switching the train at all). Because the crew is 3 on most mainline runs (or even 2), you (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: what is the use of a caboose?
 
(...) Sydney has (in rough order of actual usefulness): conventional bus, heavy rail (suburban and interurban trains), ferries (various conventional and catamarans), light rail (trams recently re-established on the outskirts of the CBD), and a (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: what is the use of a caboose?
 
(...) There is frequently a caboose sitting outside the Dow Chemical yard between outgoing trains, and it sometimes goes away, and is sometimes a different caboose, so I'd guess that it's getting attached to outbound trains, and getting dropped off (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)


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