>
>>
>>> 432 m looks a bit long for the US technique ;-)
>>
>> Not at all. It could be done here with no problem, except that we
>> prefabricate entire rail-tie sections and lift them into place as a
>> unit.
>
>What I meant - so do you really mean to say you can or actually do
>manufacture 500yards units ??? Gigantic HO gauge this one is :-)
>How does the train that transports so long units take curves then ?
>
The last time I saw such a work train it had a car at the front end that
fed the rails out, and the rails were on a string of 10 or more flat cars.
Quite an operation.
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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