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Re: brick/plate height ruler...
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 27 Apr 2001 19:10:23 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi writes:
> Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> >
> > In lugnet.trains, Tom Stangl writes:
> > > You want a 25-car Metroliner? I can do that ;-)
> > >
> > > I've just been playing around with designs for various cars. I have enough
> > > Metroliners, I just need to figure out HOW MANY of each car to make. I need to
> > > build a mail car, 2-3 Club Cars, a ton of regular passenger cars, then figure
> > > out what ELSE to build.
> >
> > Here is a typical(1) consist for a 15 or so car train from the heavyweight
> > era that I just made up, but which ought to be fairly representative.
> > Starting from the front:
> >
> > -baggage
> > -baggage
> > -Railway Post Office
> > -Dormitory
> > -Coach
> > -Coach
> > -Coach
> > -Kitchen/Diner
> > -Diner
> > -Coach
> > -Coach
> > -Dome
> > -Dome/Snack
> > -Coach
> > -Coach
> > -Observation
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> snip lots of useful information
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> >
> > ++Lar
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> Lar,
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> What is the difference between a dome car and an observation car? Is a dome
> car just an observation car that fits in the middle of a train? By my
> interpretation even though both the "Club Car" and my observation car[1] have
> observation domes the "Club Car" would be a dome car, but my observation car is
> an observation car because it designed to go at the end of a train. Is this right?
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> Thanks,
> Chris
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> 1. http://cmasi.chem.tulane.edu/~lego/NOLTC/coaches/coaches.htm
Just so that I can get in my $.02. (Not that I can add too much to the
discussion since I'm mostly a space head) I worked for Colorado Railcar last
year and they build specialty dome cars. Mostly diners and galley cars. You
can see examples at their site.
http://www.coloradorailcar.com/
Hope this helps sombody out...
-Duane
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