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Re: PNLTC breaks guiness record!
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 25 Aug 2000 19:38:39 GMT
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> > A secondary record, the Longest Freight Train, was set with 3 locomotives
> > pulling 68 cars for 5 complete laps around an approximately 250 foot loop.
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> This 68 car three engine freight train was more what I was thinking of.
> Is the record determined by the number of cars, (can they be any type?)
> or by the lenth of the train?
At one time, I held this record unoffically, with 92 cars, and ONE engine...if
you dig back you can find ref. to it on .trains
James P
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| James, taking your word for it -- and I do -- I was very surprised that we couldn't recreate a similar scenario. Question, did you acheive these results on a straight run or otherwise? Did you run for any appreciable amount of time? I believe we (...) (24 years ago, 26-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PNLTC breaks guiness record!
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| (...) Ah <light turning on above head> So THAT's why there wasn't much in the way of engines and cars compared to the amount of track. I had understood that the object was to make the longest TRAIN, which was why each club sent a car, and such a (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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