 | | Re: Toy vs Model...The real issue (was Re: Another 6wide/8wide ramble)
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(...) By the same token, An 8-wide tarin layout in the same area as a 6-wide layout will (from a distance) look MORE toy-like simply because the trains will have a shorter run before 'chasing their tails'. Or, put another way, if you are into (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Is this true?
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There is a more basic theory.. The 4'8 1/2" is measured to the inside edges of the rails. When the original railways were pioneered in Britain using horse/gravity power and correspondingly lighter section rail (40lb/foot) there is evidence to (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Or you could use what they did with the new snow plow set and make it mechanically powered. If only there was a good way to do this with bogie cars... Anyone have ideas? Ben F (...) searchlight (...) it (...) plain (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi all, I copied the following from an email sent to me by a freind, can anyone confirm or flame it? The U.S. standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I personally would use a motor on that car to feed it up to the light/motor. If I build this, I'll probably make it a generic light car, with the searchlight in the middle, and banks of floodlights on each end. If you look at the pic, it looks like (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Here's another question, maybe directed more at Tom S. but any experienced train(ee) will probably have their own method. I am mostly interested in techniques. To supply the light car with power would you a) build a 9V battery box into the generator (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm sure Larry will have an answer as to whether searchlight cars were ever used in reality. It seems unlikely, but it certainly is a cool addition to a toy train. Actually, I'm sure there are various MOW cars with large lights. There is (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Forgive my ignorance on this one, What is it for? I understand it could be a simple freight item but from what I believe it is to be used as a working light. Why would you want a working search light in the middle of you train? -Nick Tom Stangl (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Interesting car, I'll probably build one for my freight train, since it will be so simple to do... (URL) fun part will be adding a real light and micromotor to it, so it spins as the train moves. -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: My EMD SD40-2
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(...) Word. Long live tiles;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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