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Re: Longest train?
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 22 Dec 1999 14:19:48 GMT
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cmasi@SAYNOTOSPAMcmasi.chem.tulane.edu
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James Powell wrote:
> > Is CPCoal Canadian? I saw a show that was talking about trains running through • the
> > Canadian rockies. They were using two engines up front, 50 cars, a third • engine,
> > and 50 more cars. Lots of cool scenes...like the trains running through the
> > tunnels that cross over themselves...to reduce the grade.
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> Yes, that would be Canadian Pacific Railroad, the coal trains. Now they have
> the 6000HP AC engines doing that work...2.2% ruling grade, and it is hard on
> the equipment.
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> From what you are saying, that is about 1/2 the HP...and the trains haven't
> got any lighter... It depends where though, since they only had the 12 engines
> on for a short part of the trip (I'm thinking about 4 hrs of it) (i'd have to
> find my book with them described to figure out which portion of the journey).
Ah, I was being vague again. The trains to which I was refering were regular
freight trains not coal trains.
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> (back to lego!)
> The 60 cars strech about 2/3 of the way around my upper level. Getting them
> back down will be fun. Max 10 cars/3 engines on the grades, otherwise I have
> 'space' trains, rather than town ones...
Why 'space'? Is it because your trains become 'rockets' if you send more than 10
cars and 3 engines down at once (oops keep reading and you answered this on)? Are
you running on "standard" LEGO grade, two plate elevation per track length, or
have you gone to 1 brick elevation per track length.
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> I will see if I can borrow a video camera and take a film (but no, not of them
> launching!)
>
> James P
maybe you should look into a single stage to orbit LEGO train system?
Chris
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