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Re: PNLTC breaks guiness record!
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In lugnet.trains, Dan Parker writes:
> 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.
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> 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
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 track, no zigzag's. Run time was more limited by my bordom than
anything else, I was mostly doing it to see how much I could start (with as
much as I had behind the engine, it was a struggle to get it to start).
You can have a look at the old thread:
http://news.lugnet.com/trains/?n=3977
James
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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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