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  Re: high speed railways and strange flat bed cars
 
(...) THIS.........^^^ is a footnote error. A footnote to a footnote belongs in the footnote text, not after the first footnote reference (...) Like this.........^^^ (...) &&& *** &&& - use a different marking scheme for the footnote listing (...) (26 years ago, 22-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: high speed railways and strange flat bed cars
 
Eric, If the pivot point on you model was moved to the top then you train would act like a Talgo train. Instead of the top moving inward, the bottom would swing out. The swing of the cars has to be translated to a bending of the joint between the (...) (26 years ago, 22-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)
 
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  Re: high speed railways and strange flat bed cars
 
Ben Fleskes wrote in message ... (...) *single* (...) to (...) made (...) rotation (...) with a (...) allowed (...) derail. (...) Actually, the Talgo trains do *not* pivot inward (like your model does, and my version of the Metroliner [1] [2]), but (...) (26 years ago, 22-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: high speed railways and strange flat bed cars
 
I think you are right, the "steering" of the single wheelset must be linked to the swinging of the car. The weight of the cars would hold the wheelset straight, but as the train goes into the curve the swinging action would cause the wheelset to (...) (26 years ago, 22-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)


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