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Train Length: A New Rule Of Thumb?
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[quote user="Dallas Model Works"][quote user="Dave Vollmer"] <p>By the way, Tony Koester discusses train length in the 2008 Model Railroad Planning.</p><p>The idea is that you need to determine train length first, and then plan your layout (and staging) accordingly.</p><p><snip></p><p>[/quote]</p><p>Exactly!</p><p>But how, in the first place, does one determine what the train length can practically be in a given room, and thus my proposal.</p><p>Craig</p><p>[/quote]</p><p> </p><p>Well, I put up a loop of Kato Unitrack with 31 inch radius in my train room which takes about roughly 7 by something feet of space.. and found that my analog test unit would pull 19 boxcars and a caboose without overwhelming the loop.</p><p>I hate math but I think to recall that long of a train took about... 60% of the total loop. It has been a while since I ran it to remember precisely.</p><p>90 degrees of 31 inch curvature will hold approx 8 40 foot boxcars. So when you think in that way tis easier to reconcile train lengh versus space.</p><p>Dont be surprised when that ABBA shows up with one HD Flatcar with many axles and a caboose.</p>
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