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Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 4 May 2005 13:54:40 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote:
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> > 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,
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> Now, to me, that looks the part.
Agreed, would be a good official model I think.
> This one not so much:
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.
> > the Germans, Swiss and Austrians all
> > have varieties of the same electric locos (DB class 152
> > http://www.finnmoller.dk/rail-de/db152033.jpg)
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> I'd rather see a freight locomotive like this than an attempt to reproduce an
> entire train of streamlined head, tail, and coaches.
Agreed, but the seperate vehicles concept can apply to passenger trains as well,
as with the Santa Fe. In the UK we have become so used to all passenger trains
being multiple units that we foget that both in the rest Europe and the world
there are still plenty of loco hauled trains (when was the last time you saw a
loco hauled passenger train ( I saw a 37+mk2s in Leeds but that was tailed by
another 37 forming a multiple unit really)
The block freight train is actually as boring (in a way) as a passenger multiple
unit, different wagons give variety, bring back the all stations pick-up goods!
> 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!
A problem that works the other way for 'normal' model railway manufacturers, the
more liveries the more mileage you get out of one moulding. However both the
Santa Fe and the BNSF are in one particular geographically limited livery and it
doesn't seem to be a problem.
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> Jason Railton
Tim
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| (...) Good points. I think what you need is either a design that looks particularly desirable (like the SFSC), or something that includes desirable colours (like the BNSF did). How about picking a livery that's mostly dark blue? Jason Railton (20 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Now, to me, that looks the part. This one not so much: (...) 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 (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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