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Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Wed, 4 May 2005 12:27:22 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote:

B: European stock is becoming more harmogenised. The class 66 (an EMD product
btw http://www.deakmodellsport.hu/n/d11761_n.jpg) is spreading across Europe as
a favorite of the private freight hauliers,

Now, to me, that looks the part.  This one not so much:

the Germans, Swiss and Austrians all
have varieties of the same electric locos (DB class 152
http://www.finnmoller.dk/rail-de/db152033.jpg)

I'd rather see a freight locomotive like this than an attempt to reproduce an
entire train of streamlined head, tail, and coaches.

The problem with any of them though is to pick a colour scheme that will have
appeal, when they vary so much from one region or company to another, never mind
country!


Jason Railton



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  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) Agreed, would be a good official model I think. (...) Well I like it but I don't think it would work as an official model. I included it as an example of loco that is fairly widespread. (...) Agreed, but the seperate vehicles concept can apply (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) I find this interesting, can you quantify or elaborate on what makes a train 'train-like' For example what makes a TGV more train like than for example ICE3 (URL) or Pendolino (URL) I don't think it helps that the trains differ from country to (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains)

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