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Re: Hypothetically Speaking...
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Date: 
Tue, 12 Dec 2000 21:25:07 GMT
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On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, SRC (<G5FCJJ.J68@lugnet.com>) wrote at 22:16:31

In lugnet.trains, Tony Priestman writes:

This was what I was thinking.

I too was thinking this.  Keep all the current compatibility with the
9V track, but add the occasional 8-wide model.  Kevin's "BigRed" was
a great high-light at our show, just sitting there on its own track segment
looking good while all the various 6-wides ran around the layout.

The UCS X-Wing is a bigger/better X-Wing model - why not do the same
thing with train models?  What's the sense in replacing when you can add?

So true.

All we are talking about here is a difference in the loading gauge. The
only incompatibility is trackside clearances. Model Trains would make an
excellent *addition* to the 9V Train theme.
--
Tony Priestman



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(...) I too was thinking this. Keep all the current compatibility with the 9V track, but add the occasional 8-wide model. Kevin's "BigRed" was a great high-light at our show, just sitting there on its own track segment looking good while all the (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)

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