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Re: Nice double stack container cars!!!!
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Wed, 27 Mar 2002 13:18:21 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, James Mathis writes:
Thanks for building the container cars.  I've only built two cars; ie:
(wheels with magnet)-car-(shared wheels)-car-(wheels with magnet)

From other container car discusions here, I think that this whole string of
cars is actually defined to be "one car" in the freight train industry. Is
that completely independent of how many cars you string together with shared
wheelsets?  Say ten cars all with shared wheels; still one car?

Yes, it's all one car and it's called an articulated car. Usually they have
3 or 5 "units".

TJ



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  Re: Nice double stack container cars!!!!
 
Thanks for building the container cars. I've only built two cars; ie: (wheels with magnet)-car-(shared wheels)-car-(wheels with magnet) From other container car discusions here, I think that this whole string of cars is actually defined to be "one (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)

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