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Re: New Poll // Postscriptum - Train History
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 9 Jan 2003 10:40:27 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Matthew J. Chiles writes:
> > On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 01:31:02 GMT, John wrote:
P.s.:
[(except from none-track based ones like 323]
Just got a mail from a German Co-Afol, who follows the gauge and scale
discussion with interest, but who can't manage to post here on Lugnet.
BTW: he builds in all three scales 6-wide and lately 7-wide:
http://f24.parsimony.net/forum61776/messages/57086.htm
He gave an interesting input for set 323 from 1965 - the last train set,
before the 'real' trains have been invented:
*****************raw translated by Ben**********************
Engine 323 and prelimenary ones from book 238 haven't been driving on track
and there is something special about them:
Their wheel blocks have been built into the models in lenght direction to make
the train gauge 4-wide (partly the roofs in 6-wide).
See here:
http://library.brickshelf.com/scans/0000/0323/0323-01.html
The gauge of 4 studs between the rails has probably been invented with the
track in 1966.
Regards,
Ronald
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Regards,
Ben
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 | | Re: New Poll // Train History
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| (...) Hi Matt, that is not correct as far as I know. All train always used special train wheels (except from none-track based ones like 323 + 396). But you are right: in the early years (from 1966 - 1971) they used the standard wheel blocks. First (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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