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Re: New train MOCs
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 2 Aug 2000 23:56:46 GMT
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I built a couple of boxcars based on your design and they seem long when
compared to the Larry hopper. What is the average length of a real life
boxcar in feet?
In lugnet.trains, Thomas Cook writes:
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> "Paul Foster" <pfoster@execpc.com> wrote in message
> news:3981EC11.50DF17DB@execpc.com...
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> > I really like the High Cube boxcar, does it pass over switch stands
> > without a problem?
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> > Paul
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> Yep. No problem with the switches or stands. The biggest problem is
> centering the couplers. They just swing left and right, so pushing is a
> problem.
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> > Tom Cook wrote:
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> > > I just updated my page with some new train MOCs. Please take a look and
> > > tell me what you think.
> > > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/cook_thomas/
> > >
> > > New creations include: EMD GP38, EMD SD40-2, Wide Vision Caboose,
> > > Centerbeam Flat, Coil Car, Front Runner, High Cube, Hopper, Stock Car, • Twin
> > > 45, and Wagontop Box Cars.
> > >
> > > Some of you may have already seen glimpses of these MOCs in the pics
> > > (http://www.peeron.com/pics/Chantilly/) from the latest www.WAMALUG.org
> > > exhibit.
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| (...) Box cars have come in many lengths-- the quintessential box car from around the turn of the century was 40'. Many newer ones are 50'. Some box cars don't even look to scale next to others! So, prototypically speaking, just about any size (...) (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| "Paul Foster" <pfoster@execpc.com> wrote in message news:3981EC11.50DF17...cpc.com... (...) Yep. No problem with the switches or stands. The biggest problem is centering the couplers. They just swing left and right, so pushing is a problem. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 2-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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