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Wie schön! Ben- Please commend Andreas for me for his nice model! He uses 2 of my favorite building techniques-- building 8 wide and covering as many studs as possible with tiles. An excellent looking MOC. Which makes me think: Have I ever seen a (...) (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Right, since every train is wider than the track.... But I think with the small radius of track 8-wides in curves (especially when they are a little longer) look not too good. But I don't want to restart the 8-wide discussion. I have decides (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Oh, I'll give you that. But remember, even if prototypes *could* negotiate tight curves like that, they would look as ungainly doing it. (...) Yikes. Need a better reason than that! :-) (...) Actually, the wheels are a bit large (if we are (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) John, Hey, I am not that happy with the W.C./head/toilet/pot...t/whatever in my caboose...you got any pointers? Chris (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) tight (...) Strangely enough, I have seen photos of boxcabs and 40 ft boxcars going around 60' radius curves. They _do_ look funny doing it though. (The pic's are of NYC harbor railways)...I'm aware that some of the logging railways claimed (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) And I wasn't even referring to something as short as a scale 40 footer (32 studs for me); what I had in mind were my 60 stud long passenger cars... -John (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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