Re: [DL] Trains and various other questions i came up with while cycling

[Evil Robot Shane From Another Dimension <wishkah@redbrick.dcu.ie>]

On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 01:45:51AM -0600, Jason C. Anderson said:
> 1)How many cars would be on the average passenger train? Did the passenger
> trains of the time commonly include freight and passenger cars?

 The ones in a few of the printed adventures (Comin' Round the Mountain from
 the Marshal's Handbook, and The Last Stop, which isn't really printed I
 guess) have two passenger carraiges.  And yes, they both have freight cars
 as well, along with a coal car, caboose (place for the train staff to
 chill) and possibly a horsebox if required.

> 2)Do most trains of the time run on Ghost Rock or Coal? (I would assume
> coal, but wonder how plentiful Ghost Rock really is(it seems to be
> everywhere)

 Coal.  Ghost Rock costs a bucket of money (approx.).

> 3)If Gremlins enter say, a train would they 'jinx' the enitre train or could
> they target the brake system, if they do target the brake system and the
> opposed roll to stall or 'exorcise' them fails how plausible would it be
> that the train could be stopped (or slowed enough to be derailed/abandoned
> safely)?

 You'd probably go with the individual system, each having its own malfunction
 number and what have you, if you wanted to go into that kind of detail.

 Wishkah

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