To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.trainsOpen lugnet.trains in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 Trains / 24993
24992  |  24994
Subject: 
Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.trains
Date: 
Thu, 5 May 2005 02:20:28 GMT
Reply-To: 
CJMASI@*NOGARBAGEPLEASE*RCN.COMnomorespam
Viewed: 
9491 times
  
Larry Pieniazek wrote:
In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton wrote:

[snip]

Apparently the design may possibly have room for improvement. Having the trucks
fall away when you pick the car up may not be the best approach.

But it is prototypical, isn't it :?)

Chris



Message has 1 Reply:
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) Oh, very much so! Even steam locomotive drivers (in most US prototypes I'm aware of) are held in place by gravity, much less individual freight car trucks. But they have a bit more weight to work with. Most model railroad models don't use this (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains)

Message is in Reply To:
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) 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)

165 Messages in This Thread:
(Inline display suppressed due to large size. Click Dots below to view.)
Entire Thread on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact

This Message and its Replies on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact
    

Custom Search

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR