The rails OK - makes sense as they can bend.
But the Hornby HO XXXLto the nmpth units he was referring to I would like to
see.
No jesting inside Philippe
Le 6 juin 2014 à 19:42, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>>
>>>
>>>> 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
>
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