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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 (20 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 (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains)

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