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Re: Container Width (was Re: New MOC: Cargo Sprinter)
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 30 Aug 2000 20:22:53 GMT
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James Powell <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.trains, Mike Poindexter writes:
> > Containers are not as wide as trains! Sure, they are close, but with • trains
> > being 10' wide, represented as 6 studs, then an 8' wide container should • be
> > 4.8 studs wide. If you round it to the nearest stud, then it would be 5
> > wide by 12long for an HCL and 5 x 24for an FCL.
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> I hate to be the one to point this out, but it should be 5x12 for a TEU. • TEU
> is the base unit for containers, ISO standards are 8'6" (high) x8'(wide) • by
> 20'(long) (if I have it wrong, it is the high and wide mixed up), and
> everything is based on those lengths. 40' containers are non standard, • but
> easy to accomidate, and the longer ones (up to 53' long) are most def. odd
> size...
8' wide and 8'6" high is correct. I suppose that the industry you are in
would determine what is standard. We ship about 30-40 containers per year
and almost all of them ar 40' with the few (3-5) remaining being 20'. I
have always thought of the 40' as the standard and in our industry, it is.
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> It's all based on the WP&Y railway...they were the first, and that's • roughly
> the maximum size they could handle (3' gauge railway).
I was under the impression that the size is based on the maximum allowed for
vehicle codes. Perhaps vehicle code is based on old WP&Y numbers. I can
see another urban legend being born here...
> Given that Lego scale trains are likely broad gauge (they are wider than a
> MF...therefore I would say they scale to being broad gauge, and if you use • 1
> stud=1 foot, then they are most def. broad gauge) the containers should • sit
> inside a 18 wide (or less) car :)
Not even John Neal is building that wide!
Mike Poindexter
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 | | Re: Container Width (was Re: New MOC: Cargo Sprinter)
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| (...) It's the ISO standard, when you see (if you ever have) a container ship listing, it will be for xyz TEU- for example, ASL Sanderling (that cruises between here and somewhere else, Halifax I think) has roughtly 5x8x4.5x2=360 TEU (which is (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Container Width (was Re: New MOC: Cargo Sprinter)
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| (...) I hate to be the one to point this out, but it should be 5x12 for a TEU. TEU is the base unit for containers, ISO standards are 8'6" (high) x8'(wide) by 20'(long) (if I have it wrong, it is the high and wide mixed up), and everything is based (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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