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Re: New train MOCs
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 3 Aug 2000 15:30:11 GMT
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cmasi@cmasi.chem.tulane.+SayNoToSpam+edu
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
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> > Paul Foster wrote:
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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?
> >
> > 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.
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> 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 to) look very
> wrong in real life, they really stick out.
The enclosed car carriers, Autoracks, are about 90' long, and they dwarf the
signle door box cars on the trains that I see.
I know...you are talking about box cars, but I had nothing to say about box cars
that had not alread been said...
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> Boxcars as a proportion of the fleet are on the downswing, though. The market
> is changing away from general merchandise so many boxcars are actually in
> special service anyway. Most hi cubes carry large bulky lightweight things
> like auto body stampings, due to weight limits per axle (and no one seriously
> uses 3 axle freight trucks that I know of.
Last week I saw a tank car with 4 axels per truck. Actually, it looked more like
each end of the tank car had a compound truck which was made of two trucks. It
was alot, 1.3 to 1.5 times, longer than the other tank cars around it but no
wider or taller. I wondered why anyone would bother. I guess if they are hauling
an extremely dense liquid there it could work out that the larger 8 truck tanker
could be more economical.
Again, I know...you are talking about box cars, but I had nothing to say about
box cars that had not alread been said...
Chris
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> > Of course, the same can be said of hoppers. They have come in
> > different lengths as well.
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> Mine is only a 2 bay so therefore pretty short. I might look at doing a 3 or 4
> bay which would lengthen it.
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> ++Lar
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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