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Chris Chan
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Wed Oct 14, 2009 1:53 pm |
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I am very interested in the Leig-Einheit freight cars but have little background info about them. Particularly, I want to know:
1) Which loco usually hauled these cars?
2) How many cars were there in a typical consist?
Thanks a lot
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Jim Thompson
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Location: Cape Coral, FL
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Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:34 pm |
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Chris,
Here is a start, albeit in German:
http://www.fh-merseburg.de/~nosske/EpocheII/fg/e2f_gssv.html
Just page down a little and he gets into the "Leig" (or "Liecht")-GĂĽterzug 
Hope it helps! It is a start anyway!
Peace,
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Chris Chan
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Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:46 pm |
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Stephen Haskins
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Location: Northern Ireland
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Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:03 pm |
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Marklin have HO Scale 26549 "Leig-Einheit / Leig Unit" Train Pack (3-rail AC system only).
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Jim Thompson
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Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:50 pm |
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Chris,
A little more info (albeit E-II):
http://www.fh-merseburg.de/~nosske/EpocheII/dd/e2d_4801.html
About half-way down the page Thomas gets to "EilgĂĽterzĂĽge", wherein Zug code "52 Leig" states a maximum of 10 axles. I do not know if that was clear in the previous link, and I just stumbled across this looking for something entirely different. 
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Jan-Martin Hertzsch
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Wed Nov 04, 2009 7:01 pm |
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The first link mentioned the restriction for the axle number, too. This means no more than two units in a Leig and maybe an extra freight car for large or dangerous loads.
Since these trains were light, and expected to be fast, they would often be hauled by passenger train engines. The class 38 in the picture appears very suitable according to www.epoche2.de, and so would be many other classes, except maybe for the dedicated express and dedicated shunting locomotives. But even class 17 engines were seen in Leig service.
It is implied on http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leig_(Eisenbahn) that the Leig stopped at the passenger platforms for loading and unloading.
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Tim Hale
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Chris Chan
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Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:06 pm |
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Thanks a million for all your information! |
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