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Re: Train Speed
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Date: 
Mon, 22 May 2000 20:43:43 GMT
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Mike Poindexter wrote:

Using 1 stud = 1.25" (which is 8 studs wide = a 10' wide train car) it ends
up being 128 mph.  Of course, pulling some 8 wide cars will undoubtedly slow
that down a lot.

I should note that these tests used a bare motor and a few 2x6 plates.
I think the top speed with my GP-35 was about 2.5 mph or so.

-chris



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  Re: Train Speed
 
Using 1 stud = 1.25" (which is 8 studs wide = a 10' wide train car) it ends up being 128 mph. Of course, pulling some 8 wide cars will undoubtedly slow that down a lot. Mike Poindexter Kevin Loch <kloch@opnsys.com> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.trains)

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