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I would be surprised (but not quite shocked!) if there were a number of cars allowed by law (or regulation) on a single train. I would think that it would be a practical limit because of drawbar pulling capacity. I remember when I was young that my father would turn off the engine of the car if more than three engines were at the front of a train and we were waiting at a crossing. Sometimes there would be two more farther back in the same train. Funny thing is that now I would think that wait was a great event, but back then I just wanted the train to go by so we could get moving. Ed
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