jpendle Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 20 hours ago, njee20 said: Cars are light. 8-10 sets isn’t uncommon. You do get shorter rakes though. I don't think my storage yards are long enough for 10 sets! Regards, John P 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted April 26 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 26 1 hour ago, jpendle said: I don't think my storage yards are long enough for 10 sets! Regards, John P Meh, you’ve got space, make them longer 🤪 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpendle Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 1 minute ago, njee20 said: Meh, you’ve got space, make them longer 🤪 Only if I get a bulk discount from Revolution. What do you think? @Revolution Ben 🙏 John P 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted April 26 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 26 A very nice choice, ive been wondering when someone would start making these, its a natural gap. whilst ive seen them stored all over the place, ive never actually seen them in use! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 (edited) Haven't seen it mentioned but a fundamental piece of info which will be helpful is that a single set will be approx. 870mm long in 00. In real money that's a shade under 67m over buffers Edited April 27 by Southernman46 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpendle Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 3 hours ago, Southernman46 said: Haven't seen it mentioned but a fundamental piece of info which will be helpful is that a single set will be approx. 870mm in 00. So what's that in real money? Hang on, so 446.75mm in N Gauge, assuming of course that OO is 1/76th 😁 John P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ron Ron Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 I regularly saw 8 and 9 set WIA rakes behind an EWS 66 on their way to and from Southamton docks. I'm not sure if I ever saw a 10 set rake, but then I wasn't counting most of the time. In more recent times, seeing odd sets being laid up in various sidings around the network is very sad. Waiting for one of these 45 wagon trains to slowly traverse the Canute Road crossing, into the Eastern Dock Gates, seemed to take an age. Compared to most other long freights on British rails, the full length WIA trains always gave me an impression being the closest we had to North American length trains, even if they're really massively shorter in reality. I've been wanting these in 00 for 20 years. I'd hoped, but never thought they'd be made as RTR. The wallet will have to lay down and submit. . 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 The only person who's going to model this full length is Pete Waterman! On 26/04/2024 at 19:00, jpendle said: I don't think my storage yards are long enough for 10 sets! Regards, John P Your fiddle yard isn't big enough? My credit card limit won't be big enough ! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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