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Re: Getting diagonal track to line up properly?
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 8 Nov 2002 18:33:34 GMT
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Thanks for the great follow up, Paul.
In lugnet.trains, Paul S. D'Urbano writes:
> I did use the compact cross-over in this other one to get this "folded"
> figure-eight to fit on my table. Notice the odd spurs I'm stuck with in
> order to funnel the track into the cross-track. Not too pretty, but it is
> the longest loop I've found for my table, in terms of time that elapses
> until the train returns to where it started.
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=263410
I wanted to comment on this one in particular because it's particularly
devious! It REALLY stretches what's possible and shows a good understanding
of the compact crossover geometry relationships. Nice work!
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| (...) Thanks Larry, I know I could have done something prettier with the spurs but I had to limit myself to the track that came with the MOT kit, plus the cross-track kit, plus one set of points. I've since found a slightly different arrangement of (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Getting diagonal track to line up properly?
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| Brian, (...) Couldn't agree more!!! (...) What Larry has done here works because of the fundamental idea described for the compact cross-over at the bottom of this page: (URL) you have two opposite curves joined together you can replace them with a (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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