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Re: New train MOCs
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 3 Aug 2000 02:52:04 GMT
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JOHNNEAL@avoidspamUSWEST.NET
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Paul Foster wrote:
> 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?
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
would be okay. Of course, the same can be said of hoppers. They have come in
different lengths as well.
-John
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 | | Re: New train MOCs
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| (...) the (...) even (...) size (...) There is an upper limit on length somewhere in the 80-100 foot range, and there is an upper limit on height as well. Of course width is the most tighly constrained. HiCubes (what the B&O boxcar Paul is referring (...) (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: New train MOCs
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| A "full length" High Cube Box Car is 86 feet long. That's what I was going for with mine, but it was too long to negotiate the curves, so I shortened it considerably. High Cubes came in many lengths from 40 feet to 60 feet to 86 feet. "John Neal" (...) (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New train MOCs
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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? (...) (24 years ago, 2-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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