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| Subject: | Re: model railroad flatbed car |  |
| Date: | Feb 15, 2005 |
| From: | Kurt Laughlin | |
European railways ran/run on the same 4 feet, 8-3/4 inches gage as American railroads. The big difference is in the draft gear and wheels. (European stuff is wimpier. Sorry.)
Your best bet is to get plans for something like a PRR FM flat car and go from there. Maybe you can use parts from a #1 scale, but I dunno.
I think I know why we haven't seen any American rolling stock as kits. It would be embarrassing to have a model of American technology that was bigger, better, and badder than anything the Germans could manage.
KL |
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