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APT Power Car (was Re: Brit-Rail APT (Advanced Passenger Train))
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 1 Jun 2001 17:57:41 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Nicholas Allan writes:
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> "James Mathis" <thakius@nmt.edu> wrote in message
news:GE5Mwy.49r@lugnet.com...
<snip a whole bunch of stuff>
> I make my judgements on the wheelset based on this photograph here:
> http://www.freefoto.com/pictures/transport_rail_modern/apt/index.asp?i=1
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> The carriages all share their bogies, except for the power car in the middle • of
> the train. This and the carriages adjacent have their own individual bogies • so
> that the power car can be uncoupled.
> I would say that it's a damn fine model you've (virtually) constructed there.
> It captures the look of the APT really well. Main criticism is that it really
> needs the power car in the middle, otherwise it's got no-where to get it's
> power
> from!
The APT now has a power car. It's not exactly in the middle.
I used bricks to spell out "APT" on the side of the power car.
No details for either diesel-specific or electric-specific.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4761
later,
James Mathis
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