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Re: Carolina Train Builders - Custom Train Models For Sale
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 14 Nov 2000 21:56:09 GMT
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> On cabooses : the Dutch railways had a car with a similair function up to
> the 1960's , see http://www.treinen.myweb.nl/fotost/2459_16.jpg
> It's the brown car directly behind the diesel unit. The 2nd car is a
> standard model closed car, which was used a lot for packages. Car 3 is an
> old-style coal car, with doors on both sides and the front. Some places had
> a piece of track that could be tilted, and cars were simply clamped to the
> track and the entire car+piece of track tilted to unload the car. Must scan
> a picture of that, you won't believe your eyes :-)
Been there, done that...in Lego no less, with Mindstorms controlling it...
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/2049/LegoJPG/NLCcu.html
I know that there was some discussion of my coal unloader before...I really
need to get a video clip of it up on the web (ha! along with everything else I
should do...)
James
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| (...) OK model by model of why it's not "European" ;-) CTB-1101 Lumber Transport : Wood transported by rail is never put on a totally flat car, but on a car with low sides, like in the LEGO 4543 set. And the load would be chained to the car (good (...) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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