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Re: End of 9V Trains protest layout idea
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:18:07 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Martin Srb wrote:
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A loco (built after set 112-2) pulled 20 two-axle “oldschool” cars.
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Does the fixed two-axle type freight car offer more resistance around curves
compared to modern swiveling trucks like I imagine it would? Or would it depend
on the length of the car itself compared to the curve radius?
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Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: End of 9V Trains protest layout idea
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| (...) Good question - depending on my former tests, I would guess, that short 4-wheel waggons (like the lightweight barrel waggon from set 2126) with not more than 6 studs distance from wheel block to wheel block offer the lower running resistance. (...) (17 years ago, 24-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: End of 9V Trains protest layout idea
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| (...) In May, I made a test (based on your information): (URL) loco (built after set 112-2) pulled 20 two-axle "oldschool" cars. 11 of them had the old wheels with traction teeth, 6 had various spoked wheels (years 1969-1990) and 3 had the (...) (17 years ago, 23-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains)
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