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Re: Some more infos on new trains (they were partly presented in Frechen/Germany)
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Tue, 10 Jan 2006 15:56:47 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Barnes wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton wrote:
> >
> > I suppose (and it would have made more sense to check your reply before adding
> > my other one - I'm splitting my own train of thought here) that the new IR base
> > length makes it harder for LEGO to produce a new engine that can sell on its own
> > (like the Super Chief) that doesn't contain an IR unit.
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> > And it also makes a small engine impossible. This is for kids, right? Kids who
> > are supposed to grow up with Duplo Thomas?
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> Agreed! I posted earlier that this 30 stud base totally wipes out all those cool
> Thomas and little trolley models. (Which, incidently, are amongst the most
> popular items we (LUCNY) run around the tracks at shows per visitor requests.)
> Even the Hogwarts model will not be able to be replicated with the new system!
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> JB
Surely for a Thomas train, if you make the bogie versions, Annie or Clarabel
could use the IR unit baseplate?
http://www.pegnsean.net/~railwayseries/annieclarabel.htm Then Thomas could be
made using BBB wheels and he could have working rods too.
I think it will be possible to bury the new IR unit in an 8 or wider engine,
possibly to use it for remote controlled lights or auxiliary motors (crane
drive?), with electric wheeled 9V train motors driving.
The new 9V train motor can be used at the back of the train (with a wire to the
other train motors) to reduce drag on the curves, whilst still allowing an
electrical dead section of track (isolated with insulating tape between metal
rail joints) to be not much longer than the engine. This assumes a train at a
show that is not regularly rearranged of course.
If a new train set like the Santa Fe loco were created with a plain 30-stud long
base and spaces in the right places, it would be possible for it to be used with
either system. For the new system the fuel tank would be discarded. There
would still be the question of which motor frame parts to include though - ones
with holes for the new motor or studs for the existing one.
Mark
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