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Re: PNLTC breaks guiness record!
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Date: 
Sat, 26 Aug 2000 06:47:33 GMT
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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 unofficially ran for 4-5 minutes.

Now that PNLTC has the track, I'd love to set up some 4-500 foot loops and
tinker around with some super-long consists.

d
In lugnet.trains, James Powell writes:

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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(...) I had about 200 pieces of track as the loop (my upper loop), and about 30 bogie cars, plus the rest 2 axle cars (so, about 240 axles towed)...the train was 5-7 cars short of being connected at both ends :). Loop was just straight and corner (...) (24 years ago, 26-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)

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I (...) 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 (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)

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