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Re: New train MOCs
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 3 Aug 2000 16:36:11 GMT
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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" <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message
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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?
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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
> would be okay. Of course, the same can be said of hoppers. They have • come in
> different lengths as well.
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> -John
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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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