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Subject: 
New Lego Track!
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au
Date: 
Sun, 15 May 2005 08:43:35 GMT
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Fellow Lego Train Enthusiasts

Check out the link to see ideas for a new geometry of Lego Tracks,

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=28054

Maybe with enough chatter on Lugnet and other sites Lego might decide to
investigate the possibilities! Can't hurt to try.

Gary
BLTG
Brisbane Lego Train Group



Message has 5 Replies:
  Re: New Lego Track!
 
(...) I agree that express switches are a good idea - no need to slow down too much to switch tracks. The important thing is that it should be easy enough to make a crossover. I see that your plan allows this by having 40 studs length and 8 studs (...) (19 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au)
  Re: New Lego Track!
 
(...) No, it can't, but this topic isn't new. Check out the ILTCO library for a presentation by Ben Fleskes about (URL) track geometry>. He served up everything TLG would need to proceed with this idea years ago. I believe that TLG will never make (...) (19 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
  Re: New Lego Track!
 
I was a bit bummed when I realized this message thread was not an announcement of new track but rather another discussion of something LEGO should do... Bryan "Gary Quinlan" <gquinlan@tpg.com.au> wrote in message news:IGIw8n.24vn@lugnet.com... (...) (19 years ago, 16-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au)
  Slightly more rational? (was: New Lego Track!)
 
(...) How about if lego provided just 3 things for us: 1. Bulk rail material that we can cut to length, as we need 1. A new 2x8 sleeper part to hold the new rail 2. A new half-sleeper to connect to existing 9V track parts This would obviously be a (...) (19 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au)
  Re: New Lego Track!
 
In lugnet.trains, Gary Quinlan wrote: (snip) See also this (completely unscientific, but interesting) poll: (URL) number 3 means it was set up *quite* a while ago, back when polling was first unveiled on LUGNET. It's gotten 200 votes so far and the (...) (19 years ago, 18-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au)

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