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Re: Finally, pictures of some MOCs
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.town
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Wed, 10 Dec 2003 14:23:08 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Russell Clark wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Eric Sophie wrote:
> > > San Francisco Cable Cars monorail:
> > >
> > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=59125
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> > Hey good build! Was it tough getting that design? Came out pretty good,
> > excellent likeness. (I used to live on California Street and Filmore)
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> It wasn't really that hard. One of our other members had tried some ideas, but
> they didn't work. I thought about it for a few days and sketched the design out
> on paper. From there it was easy.
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> Russell
What i think is most interesting about this design is that you chose to use
monorail bases as your mechanicals. At least that's what it looked like to me in
the pics...
can you elaborate on that part?
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| (...) You're right Larry. The cable cars are based on the monorail chassis. When BayLTC planned our SF Waterfront Project, we wanted to have a cable car running around. We knew the regular 9v track wouldn't handle the steep elevation changes, so we (...) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| (...) It wasn't really that hard. One of our other members had tried some ideas, but they didn't work. I thought about it for a few days and sketched the design out on paper. From there it was easy. Russell (20 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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