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Re: What's the longest distance your train has run?
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Mon, 28 Jun 2004 17:48:26 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, John Gerlach wrote:
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> > [snipped]
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> > So my question - what's the longest distance one of your trains has run
> > during a show? One of the kids watching the layout timed
> > <http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/JohnG/8wide/sd50withdecals.jpg my SD-50>
> > around the layout, and I did a little math and came up with the fact that it
> > traveled over [28 miles] (45 kilometers) Saturday & Sunday. 9 hours Saturday
> > with just a couple of brief stops to re-rail train cars or re-attach cars
> > that got uncoupled, and another 6 hours on Sunday with just a couple more
> > brief stops.
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> [snipped]
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> My money would be on one of the layouts that ran for many days... either at mall
> "clubhouses" or as part of Christmas layouts (NCLTC's mall layout perhaps? or
> the Shrine layout this last holiday?)
I am not sure what the total distance was, nor would I want to calculate
it (1); however, it was my metroliner that ran the outer loop at the
shrine show. Nearly 40 days, non-stop during the operating hours, same
direction, almost full throttle. Paul's train ran the inner loop with
similar conditions.
The motor still ran when I got it back, but the contacts on one side
were about 98% worn through. I ended up soldering some wire in place of
the contact, but it just doesn't run well anymore.
I am not positive, but I believe that I HAD modified the metroliner
wheelsets. This might skew the results a bit, since the cars roll much
easier after the mod.
// Joe
(1) cause I am lazy :)
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| (...) I'm lazy too, let's get that straight, but I am also a numbers man.. a very, very, extremely, conservative estimate would be 600 miles. More realistic is 1400 miles. This is based on number of show days (40+), minimals hours/day (5), and (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) So you're not counting stops, just total distance travelled? MichLTC tends to rotate trains in and out of service a lot so that no one train runs the whole time, making us not a contender. But if total distance travelled during a show is the (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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