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dkdkrd posted:

Been there, encountered that,....sold the RK auto carriers.

Yep, I designed/built my rather large two-level layout forgetting about those nifty RK auto carriers.  I, also, had amassed a collection of several.  They were exceptional, IMHO.  Never occurred to me that they were taller than, say, a domed passenger car....my clearance 'standard'.  ()

But when they failed to pass the 213 Lift Bridge, the Bascule Bridge, a few tunnel portals already in place, etc., etc., blah, blah.....it was time to reassess: Redo the layout, ditch/modify the bridges/portals, ......or relinquish the auto carriers.

I chose the latter.

And there was a second reason.....as found in each RK auto carrier box: They're very top heavy, high center of gravity, requiring caution on the curves.....the 'sharp' curves of O3R.  It suddenly seemed that this group of cars had too many caveats attached to them to roam my rails.

So, as is often the case as we change our priorities, fine-tune our druthers, consider the excesses of our impulse-buying, etc., etc., we sigh, we resign, we let go.  Now, thanks to Ebay, all gone.

But, if modifying your bridges is your preference to accommodate your tallest cars, I say 'Go for it!!'

KD

KD,

Thanks for sharing your experience, I'm going for it!

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