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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 17:00:10 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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Having the
trucks fall away when you pick the car up may not be the best approach.
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I can tell you that that probably is the best approach, especially when
dealing with this sort of train car.
My 5 well Huskey Stack:
is a bear to set up, because I have to find the couplings blindly (2x2
turntables). Since it’s been years since I built this, I have forgotten all of
the design issues I had and the reason I decided to go with the turntables, but
life would be simpler if I had used, say, this element:
But I remember height being a major concern, and I think that the turntables
gave me the lowest connection possible.
JOHN
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Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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| (...) Long time readers may recall my repeated ranting against using stacked technic plates for the receivers of the pin on bogie plates. Same issue here, in my view. Apparently the design may possibly have room for improvement. Having the trucks (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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