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Re: Wheel Car
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 27 Aug 2000 15:20:32 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> However the ones I have seen use 2 or (rarely) 3 sets of rails, welded or
> bolted to the deck. The sets of rails are staggered about 6 inches apart so
> that you can stagger wheelsets (the bearing end of one wheelset on one set of
> rails sticks between the space between two wheels on the set of rails next to
> it)
hmm... difficult to model that in our medium. The prototype i saw was
only carrying five wheelsets and they weren't staggered- I'll have to
look for more pics.
> These cars are most often seen in wreck service, carrying replacement wheels
> out to a wreck site, or as a work car within a shop complex taking newly
> turned wheels to the truckshop.
I'm working on modeling a wreck train. It's slow going.
> That is to say, rarely nowadays compared to yesteryear.
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| (...) of (...) to (...) Disagree. That's what grey straight track rail is for!!! Or use tiles set on end between studs. I assume you popped the wheelsets out of 9V wheelset assemblies to do what you did so far, right? (...) Depending on vintage, (...) (26 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) As with all american prototype questions, the answer is "it depends"... :-) However the ones I have seen use 2 or (rarely) 3 sets of rails, welded or bolted to the deck. The sets of rails are staggered about 6 inches apart so that you can (...) (26 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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