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Subject: Re: 4-8-8-4 Big Boy - (nf)
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uiuccsb!chaltas    Mar  2 09:48:00 1984

trains of 500 cars are indeed possible (besides on N-scale model railroads)
The Norfolk and Western tried this as an experiment a while back (early 
seventies?) with coal trains.  The trains used mid-train robot helper units.
Apparently it was not a great success,  as they certainly don't do this any
more.  For more information see (of all places) the Guiness Book of World
Records.
		George Chaltas