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Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 5 May 2005 11:54:04 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi wrote:
> Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton wrote:
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> [snip]
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> > 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.
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> But it is prototypical, isn't it :?)
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 approach, opting to connect the trucks to the car somehow.
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