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Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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Date: 
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:
> 
> [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 :?)

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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  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) Of course for a 5 long unit car, having the trucks integral would make for a pretty unwieldy model... Frank (21 years ago, 6-May-05, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) [snip] (...) But it is prototypical, isn't it :?) Chris (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains)

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