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Re: GO-Transit Commuter Rail Car
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 18 Oct 2001 12:37:08 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Kai Brodersen writes:
> Hello All,
> After taking a trip to Canada I decided I wanted to build a GO-Transit
> train. Well here is the first installment. I hope all of our Canadian
> friends enjoy it.
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=7570
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> It still needs tweaking and some interior detail.
> Any comments would be greatly appreciated!
Two comments:
1. Looking good. A little short but if you want to use the depressed center
plate that's what you get... and it's selective compression to keep it that
short.
2. Although this beveled end design originated with GO, it has apparently
(according to my latest TRAINS mag, 2001 Nov, p.28) become the defacto
standard for North American Bilevel. All the bilevel cars ordered by any
transit authority anywhere in NA in the last few years have been this design.
So for example, if you want to model the Miami Tr-Rail in south Florida
(runs from Miami to West Palm Beach), these are the cars to use. I can't
rattle off all the other authorities but there are several.
So nailing this design and publicising it means lots of people that want
modern commuter rail have somewhere to go for cars. Bravo.
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| (...) Agreed, looking good. One minor error that I can point out is the doors on the GO Train cars are on the lower level just inside the trucks, and not on the ends above the trucks. I've been working on a "GO" like train for a while. I call it a (...) (23 years ago, 18-Oct-01, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: GO-Transit Commuter Rail Car
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| "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GLEJ1w.Bn9@lugnet.com... (...) design. The cars are built by Bombardier, of Montreal, here in Canada. Iain (23 years ago, 20-Oct-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| Hello All, After taking a trip to Canada I decided I wanted to build a GO-Transit train. Well here is the first installment. I hope all of our Canadian friends enjoy it. (URL) still needs tweaking and some interior detail. Any comments would be (...) (23 years ago, 18-Oct-01, to lugnet.trains)
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