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Re: New MOC:TGV in Orange
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Fri, 18 Jun 1999 01:41:39 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, James Mathis writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Carrie Whitcher writes:
> > James, you are to be commended!! Bravo, if Lego would only make decent
> > sets such as yours...
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> > Carrie
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> > > > http://www.ee.nmt.edu/~jmathis/legopage.html
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> Thanks. One of beauties of LEGO: You can build your own, the way you like • it.
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> Just some new comments about the orange TGV. I have had some time to revise
> the shared bogie coupler between the passenger cars. This newer design has no
> extra pivot pieces, as the older design did. The only built-in pivot is on • the
> bogie plate. There are two "tongues" that fit into the ends of the adjacent
> passenger cars: one tongue into each car. One of the tongues only translates
> "in-line" with the length of the car. The other tongue can both translate
> "in-line" with the length of the car AND rotate along that translation: this
> rotation and translation is nearly identical to the coupler used for the BOB
> train. All the cars are still connected by using yellow LEGO rubber bands.
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> I have also been able to add a third passenger car to the orange TGV. No
> pictures, yet. This makes the train 5 units long. With the new shared bogie
> coupler design the train snakes more smoothly through complex "S" curvy- • curves.
> Having two shared bogies on the train really makes a difference in the entire
> look of the train. Through straight-aways the train's looks just scream for
> full-throttle speed! I only wish I could say that the train could enter and
> take a curve of 90 degrees at full throttle, but it can't. Just too much • speed
> for its design.
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> Even though I don't think the real TGV Sud-Est in orange has any double deck
> observation cars, the third passenger car uses the 4559 Cargo Railway hinged
> canopy trans-light blue windows and has two levels. I wish I could've used • the
> 2 brick tall thin wall trans-light blue windows and kept the same look for • each
> passenger car, but I don't have *that* many of those windows.
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> Using the rubber bands to keep the cars close-coupled really makes the train
> look quite sleek on the straight-aways, even though it does look a bit more
> ungainly on the outside of a section of curved track. Need some kind of LEGO
> expandable bellows between the cars to expand along the outside diameter
> through curves to maintain a more "solid" and connected look.
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> Thanks to all who visit the pictures.
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> later,
> James Mathis
Hey james
I have played with makeing highspeed lego rail. Not much to it realy just
place a 2x4 standard brick on the outside of the curve at the track joints. I
have done this and was able to run my 7 car long TGV2 through the curves full
speed. I have made my TGV2 articulated and havent tested it witht he
articulation so you may want to test it first. But I have a freight car that
is taller then the crane car that lego sold. And was able to run that around
at full speed with my TGV2 eniges at each end. So run some test and see how it
works out for you. Oh and a lego train looks realy neat leening in on the
turns.
Later, Dave
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