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Originally posted by Bob:
The 79'6" length of the prototype is over the coupler faces. Since our couplers are so huge, we should not use this measurement. The prototype was 76' 8 and 3/16" long over the car body (excluding the couplers) and this is the measurement that we should compare to the model. In 1/48, a "scale" GG1 should be 19 and 3/16" long over the car body.

Jonathan, if you thought 79'6" was wierd, how about 76 feet 8 and 3/16 inches?

Bob Bartizek


Bob,

You made me do a double check of my measurement and I came up with this:

JLC: 19-1/8" carbody length. Only off 3 inches from prototype. Pretty good for 3RS 0
Others: 18-21/32 carbody length. Off about 2'1-1/2" from prototype.

You've got me wondering how much off my other locos are now! Smile I've decided a while back I could live with the 1/2" +/-.
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