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(...) Right. And cabeese in hilly country often had to have specially reinforced frames because they might have several pusher units coupled on behind them to help get over steep grades. ++Lar (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This answer is for american practice, rather than european (where cabooses per se were not at all common, although brakevans *were* used)... note that early canadian writings may refer to a caboose as a brakevan. The answer is, of course: "it (...) (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The highest count of moving trains I know of was 32, and that includes 3 monorails, a Duplo train, and a 4.5v train. Unfortunately, the Duplo train kept stopping every 2 minutes. That's a great design for use at home, but makes them really (...) (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) We actually used pure LEGO. There were multiple regulators, each connected to the track at multiple points. The tricky part is to make sure they are all set in the same direction and getting the right amount of juice. -- Tony Hafner Very new (...) (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I haven't heard anything yet from Robert Stack's people. (...) Thanks. And weenie gripes are fine. I don't even care what my wife thinks of the stuff I build. The first picture on the page is offered only as a representation of the model as a (...) (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.publish, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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