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Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 3 May 2005 22:22:03 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jake McKee wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Mathew Clayson wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.iltco, Mike Walsh wrote:
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LEGO has provided ILTCO with early pictures and set information for the new
10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Cair. Vist http://www.iltco.org for more
details and pictures.
Mike
PS: LEGOFan is also previewing this set at: http://www.legofan.org
FUT: lugnet.trains
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Jake,
I really like the set, and I’m always happy to have another train model to
add to my collection, particularly modern frieght. But if I’m not mistaken a
prototypical consist of these cars is either 3 or 5 at a time. So are there
enough parts in the set to make 2 center cars, as opposed to 2 end cars?
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You are correct, sir. Typically these are configed in 1, 3, and 5 car
consists. (Yes, I’ve seen one car running standalone on occasion, but not
often)
Honestly, this came down to a design decision on why we went with two cars.
Three would have made the product two expensive, one sorta sells the
articulated car concept short.
The instructions show how to make a single standalone car as an alternative.
Jake
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Jake McKee
Community Liaison
LEGO Community Team
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I think what he means (and what I’d also like to know) is:
Are there enough spare parts in the set to turn the two end bogies into another
middle bogie, so that one set can be re-arranged to extend a consist by two
pockets. Then two sets could make a consist of 4, with three middle bogies and
two end bogies.
I know it’s 1, 3 or 5 pockets in a consist, but there would be a problem if you
couldn’t make a consist of 5 from 3 sets, with one body left over. It would be
preferred if 3 sets could make two consists of 3 pockets, or 5 sets make two
consists of 5 pockets. These extra parts would not be expensive because the
same wheelsets are re-used and the same part types are already in the set for
the existing middle bogie.
It’s a bit like the Santa-Fe loco having grey motor shrouds in the set - a few
extra parts to greatly extend the “play value” or, in the AFOL case,
“prototypical operation”.
Considering that this set has no minifigs, I’d like it to have about 500 parts
for the quoted price. Even though I build much larger, especially with
containers:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/mbellis/Trains/Scenery/maersk_container_ba_agm_2004.jpg
if I can find a suitable British prototype low-loader container wagon I might
buy a few sets. I guess few people would buy more than 5 sets though, as two
consists of 5 is enough for most layouts! It’s different for the tanker and
hopper wagons, since they tend to run in long trains. I find the tanker most
useful, since it’s already wider and is easy to convert to 4-wheel operation
with steerable wheels.
I still think the original container car design in your book was better in some
respects, such as the brake cylinders on the ends, and the smaller slope piece
better matching the steering wheel pieces.
Mark
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| In lugnet.trains, Mark Bellis wrote: (URL) (...) Doing a halfway decent intermodal terminal (portside or just a flatyard like the ones around Chicago) will chew up a LOT of copies of this set even after you selectively compress down from 50 tracks (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) You are correct, sir. Typically these are configed in 1, 3, and 5 car consists. (Yes, I've seen one car running standalone on occasion, but not often) Honestly, this came down to a design decision on why we went with two cars. Three would have (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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