I was reading some old posts and someone was talking about mahogany. It
reminded me of some time I spent living in Thailand and working in a
factory there. I was amazed/damn jealous of the wood they used for
shipping pallets/skids. They consider mahogany and teak as utility
grade woods. I was thinking..... 'If only my luggage was 8' long, what
I could bring back'. I know we can get these species here, but the
great patterns looked quite unique. Maybe it's worth having a container
shipped back, it's around $2000 to have a container the size of a
freight train shipped by boat. Now, only if my garage was big enough to
store it.....
Robert Bonomi wrote:
>>Oops, that should of read freight car :)
>
> Furthermore, a standard sea shipping container is 20' long.
I'd say most of them are 40'. You don't see that many 20 footers going by
these days.
> A normal U.S. freight car is 80' long. sometimes 100'.
I haven't done any railfanning in a long time, but I'd say those 80' hi-cube
deals are still a minority on local rails. 50' boxcars are more common.
Most hoppers and gondolas are about 50', unless things have changed
dramatically in the last three years.
> It's *very*rare* to see a freight longer than about 11,500' ft.
>
> Lots of rail 'passing sidings' are less than 5,000 ft, which encourages
> dispatching to keep trains under about 4500 ft.
OK, then I'll change it to "several kilometers" long. :)
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Oops, that should of read freight car :)
Silvan wrote:
> nospam wrote:
>
>
>>great patterns looked quite unique. Maybe it's worth having a container
>>shipped back, it's around $2000 to have a container the size of a
>>freight train shipped by boat. Now, only if my garage was big enough to
>>store it.....
>
>
> Dude, a freight train is usually several miles long, and I don't think
> anybody makes a container that long. :)
>
nospam wrote:
> great patterns looked quite unique. Maybe it's worth having a container
> shipped back, it's around $2000 to have a container the size of a
> freight train shipped by boat. Now, only if my garage was big enough to
> store it.....
Dude, a freight train is usually several miles long, and I don't think
anybody makes a container that long. :)
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Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
In article <Uf%[email protected]>,
nospam)global.net" <""Nobody\"@sbc(nospam <""Nobody\"@sbc(nospam)global.net"> wrote:
>
>
>Oops, that should of read freight car :)
Furthermore, a standard sea shipping container is 20' long.
A normal U.S. freight car is 80' long. sometimes 100'.
It's *very*rare* to see a freight longer than about 11,500' ft.
Lots of rail 'passing sidings' are less than 5,000 ft, which encourages
dispatching to keep trains under about 4500 ft.
>
>Silvan wrote:
>> nospam wrote:
>>
>>
>>>great patterns looked quite unique. Maybe it's worth having a container
>>>shipped back, it's around $2000 to have a container the size of a
>>>freight train shipped by boat. Now, only if my garage was big enough to
>>>store it.....
>>
>>
>> Dude, a freight train is usually several miles long, and I don't think
>> anybody makes a container that long. :)
>>
>