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Re: What is the maximum length of a single carriage.
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Fri, 1 Jun 2001 00:40:18 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Martin Scragg writes:
I'm trying to build a carriage, I've decided on 8 wide, mainly because of
the parts I have.  What I want to know is, what is the maximum length it can
be and still go around corners?  I'm at about 40 studs at the moment, but it
may need to be a little bit longer.

Martin

I've done 50, but i'm sure someone else has built larger.
Josh



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  Re: What is the maximum length of a single carriage.
 
(...) I have a coach that is 60 studs long. It is 40 studs from truck pivot point to truck pivot point. The car can negotiate any curve, but it cannot negotiate a switch track that is placed directly after a curve (if the siding and the curve go off (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)

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  What is the maximum length of a single carriage.
 
I'm trying to build a carriage, I've decided on 8 wide, mainly because of the parts I have. What I want to know is, what is the maximum length it can be and still go around corners? I'm at about 40 studs at the moment, but it may need to be a little (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)

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