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Re: Longest train?
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:18:49 GMT
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PNLTC did 63 or 65 cars at the Feb '99 GATS show in Portland. We had three
engines, but I'm not sure if it was three or five motors total.
We had two engines pulling and one pushing at the end.
Are all your motors pulling? How do you keep it from breaking the couplers
apart? Is your train mostly double bogie cars or the shorter single wheelsets
at each end variety. How long is the train in it's entirety. I think our was
about 30 feet or so.
In lugnet.trains, James Powell writes:
> What is the longest train anyone has run?
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> I'm up to 61 cars/3 motors pulling...and its running quite happy in the
> background right now...
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> James Powell
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| I would tend to say that when we are talking "longest train" that there ought to be two categories: The "pure" category should require all motors be on contiguous units located at the front (so as to allow multiple units but not allow spacing the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| What is the longest train anyone has run? I'm up to 61 cars/3 motors pulling...and its running quite happy in the background right now... James Powell (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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