It is also highly unlikely that coils would be shipped as positioned - it would be too easy for them to shift out of these unrealistic cradles when the train starts or stops.
George,
that was going to be my question: with model trains, the coils are usually positioned "sideways", probably because they look better
But you are saying this is not prototypical; the axis of the coils should be aligned with the direction of travel, so that the coils do not roll forward or backward with the train starting and stopping? I would think that side-to-side rolling of the coils would also be lethal since they have so much mass; they would have to be blocked very securely?
What you are saying would also seem to indicate that coils would be hauled in gondolas with sides rather than on flatbeds?
thanks
david
