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Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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lugnet.trains
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Date:
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Tue, 3 May 2005 14:19:55 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton wrote:
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Wow! Great! Another American themed addition to trains.
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Oh, please. Yeah, it is “American themed” all right-- with euro-style
buffers and euro-style wheels. And didn’t the last “American themed” loco
(the BNSF) come with a brand new train element-- a modern, European
buffer?
I’ll trade you. Let TLG make a decade’s worth of European trains out of
new, American style parts. I won’t complain.
JOHN
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I’ll give you the buffers, but I don’t see that the wheelsets are particularly
European, in what way do you mean?
Tim
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) American trucks don't have wheel level individual springs. The individual wheels are typically unsprung, and ride in a truck frame that has springs either at the center beam (for freight) or at multiple places in a larger truck frame (for (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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| (...) Oh, please. Yeah, it is "American themed" all right-- with euro-style buffers and euro-style wheels. And didn't the last "American themed" loco (the BNSF) come with a brand new train element-- a modern, European buffer? I'll trade you. Let TLG (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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