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Re: Lego train article in Garden Railways magazine
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 1 Sep 2001 14:52:17 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Katie Dokken writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Frank Filz writes:
> > The track is strips of metal set vertcally in
> > concrete (no ties, nowhere near the shape of real rail) and doesn't have
> > working turnouts (points).
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> Hmmmm..... I don't have the magazine with me at work today but I recall the
> pictures I saw, had what looked like aluminium (or nickel) rails with wood
> ties. There definately were ties set in what looked like gravel/dirt. I
> don't remember off hand if any of the pictures showed points.
You're both right.
In built up areas the rails are attached directly to concrete (very
unprototypical) and in countryside settings, they rest on ties as you
describe, But the ties are offscale, too large and too widely spaced.
Frank's characterization of the wheels as "lame" is particularly apt. As has
been remarked here before, the US LL trains were done by someone who doesn't
have a sense of the proportion of real trains (or was forced to compromise
for some reason). The locomotives are squashed in proportion, there are no
couplers to speak of (just metal tube links) no sideframes, etc. etc.
Still an interesting layout if only for the operational difficulty of
running as constantly as these do.
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 | | Re: Lego train article in Garden Railways magazine
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| (...) I guess I was remembering primarily the concrete sections. (...) As an outdoor display, I'd rate it pretty good. As an outdoor model railroad, I'd rate it pretty low. The article was pretty nice, with several pictures. They also included a (...) (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Lego train article in Garden Railways magazine
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| (...) Hmmmm..... I don't have the magazine with me at work today but I recall the pictures I saw, had what looked like aluminium (or nickel) rails with wood ties. There definately were ties set in what looked like gravel/dirt. I don't remember off (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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