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[:D] My longest not articulated railcar is a German 32 axle Schnabelcar with a transformer. I have seen the prototype for one time in my life, this car real exist! Made by Maerklin / Trix in 2002. This was my last european model until today Length: 72 cm = 28 1/3 inch in 1:1 = 62,64 Meter = <center>205 1/2 ft</center> [:p]My one is the old DB in lightgrey / darkblue with black trucks [url="http://www.minitrix.de/produkte/frontend/image.php?bezeichnung=Tragschnabel&nr=23994&picname=23994.jpg"] Photo in the old paint scheme[/url] Here is a link to this car in the today DBAG red paintscheme [url="http://www.maerklin.de/produkte/frontend/index.php?page=detail&detail&sCountryCode=de&start=40&nr=48295&stichwort=transformator&spur=2&gruppe=all&untergruppe=all&epoche=all&merkmale=all&show=detail&wishednumber="]schnabelcar[/url] They write that a radius of 36 cm = 14 1/4 inch will work - GOOD JOKE !!!!! When you move the car on a single line on a table with absolute nothing at the side of the track this will real work but I tried to run the car at a club layout with 100 cm (39 1/3 inch) radius but trees, bridge handrails and most important signals, catenary poles and tunnels limit the real use of this model also at this radius, the schnabel with the transformer swings out to extreme into the second track or beside the track. Courious is that in real such transports have similar problems! Such trains runs as extra trains only at night. And the remove of signals, the use of the wrong track (left instead of right) is also normal.[:D] So, the car stand only in the station with the train. And was not shown in operation because the steering does´t allow the use of the wrong direction of a track - [:(] BTW: The most important car in such a train is a former passengercar with a profilgauge at the sides. This runs in front of the schnabelcar
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