world's longest model train

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Re: world's longest model train

Post by illinoistrains » Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:32 pm

WOW! thats amazing, did it actually work?
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Re: world's longest model train

Post by Crossingman18 » Fri Sep 04, 2009 11:29 pm

that would be one hell of a full size scale train!
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Re: world's longest model train

Post by cabman701 » Sun Sep 06, 2009 1:43 pm

Could you imagine all the pissed off people waiting for an 887 car train to go by... probably at about 10 MPH! :Laugh:
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Re: world's longest model train

Post by Smjh1979 » Sun Sep 06, 2009 2:17 pm

That would take about an hour I'd imagine.

Trains have never been that long around the 1980s LA Harbor days. I did see some trains over 200 car lengths in the past out there, blocking traffic for about 10-20 minutes going only 10 MPH out there, but 800+???
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Re: world's longest model train

Post by cabman701 » Sun Sep 06, 2009 6:09 pm

illinoistrains wrote:here is the longest real train: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LsuNWjR ... re=related
Wow... thanks for posting that. I was only joking, but it proves that in theory it could work.

Wonder how long it would take to stop that train? I would hate to have to see them put it into emergency.
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