World Rercord Attempt Longest Passenger Train In The World

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  1. LodeStar

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  2. LodeStar

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    They did it!! Just look at this marvelous image!!!
     
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  3. Gilly

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    Totally pointless whilst maintaining it's impressiveness!
    Do you know of anyone complaining about 'short' platforms? :D
     
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  4. Conductor B

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    Imagine having to walk a mile just to get to the dining car!
     
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  5. Calidore266

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    Is that really made entirely of 25 four-car trains? Did they use all the ones they had, or why not do that and make it even longer?
     
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  6. TSW Nathan

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    That's amazing
     
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    Impressive and I'm wondering if this is feasible on a rack railway. route here is the TSC Abula Line
     
  8. MYG92

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    This is a dream for many TSW players if a consist editor exists
     
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  9. rennekton#1349

    rennekton#1349 Well-Known Member

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    Spawn in trains in the training center and then couple them all up to make long trains lol
     
  10. fabdiva

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    All the Capricorn units delivered so far IIRC.
     
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  11. Conductor B

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    So how does this work? Is the lead unit capable of controlling the other 24? Is there a theoretical limit to how many units can be controlled by a single cab? Or are some of the units dead-in-tow and just acting like good old-fashioned rolling stock?
     
  12. fabdiva

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    Given it's downhill I suspect it's mostly rolling, I believe there was a driver to every 3 or 4 units
     
  13. Conductor B

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    That'd take a certain amount of manual coordination then. I'm all the more impressed!
     
  14. TSW Nathan

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    I once made a 16 car class 395 (in GWR 800 livery) and it was sooo slow.
     
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    Would be cool if the UK did it with 377,387s. Could walk from 1 stop to another.
     
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  16. TSW Nathan

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    Tried that is TSW. It was a very very slow service
     
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