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(...) I spent some time comparing these two pictures: (URL) and (URL) looks like each triangle in the yellow truss is about 20 studs long - each 7740 car is built on a 28 stud train base. Compare the length of each yellow truss triangle with the (...) (23 years ago, 29-Nov-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Have you seen these pictures? Bridge of 5.15 m length....
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(...) 3 3/4 cars = 3.75x32 Studs (couplings included) = 5 triangles = 120 Studs That means each triangle is 24 studs long... (...) the 2.5 are estimated and the 50 studs are in fact more than 60... (...) Each yellow part is 96 cm as demonstrated (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, just being picky, but it looks to me like there's only about 19 monorail sections *between* the footings, but whats 32 studs between friends? 8?) ROSCO (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You are right: there are "only" 19 full sections on the bridge, but of course there are two times 50% of a section too (easily to see on the left and since the bridge is symmetric it has to be on the right too). (URL) 20 in total and still 640 (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) To the *centre* of the footings, yes. But not *between* the footings. I'm not actually sure where the span of various bridges is measured, but I thought in such a bridge it would be the distance between nearest extremities of the footings. (...) (23 years ago, 8-Dec-01, to lugnet.trains)
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