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Here is my latest. It is a fully automated train bridge. (Sorry the photos are not the best. It is hard to take pictures in my basement.) It is fully automated. Meaning we will be able to run the rcx and the bridge will happen periodically during a (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics) !
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(...) Beautiful! :-) I love it. It's just as I'd like to have built mine, months ago. How do trains behave in it? (does it hold with heavy trains passing through?) Is there any chance of seeing the lifting mechanism in detail? I'd like to know if (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) (no pun intended). Do you have counter-weights hidden under the piers? And we *need* to see some pictures of the lifting mechanism! How much does it sag when a train crosses the bridge? I'm guessing the magnets are to help keep the two (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Great job! Now I'm going to have to ask my parents to let me get some more track for my train. Can you post some more details about it like how you were able to distinguish between the 8 light sensors and what the yellow box is next to the rcx and (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Kind of long but here is some more info on the bridge. (...) I do have counter-weights. They are slung under the table. We can get by this at ngltc because our water tables are lower than the other tables. Here is a picture of the (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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