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Re: hills and grades
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.build
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Sat, 11 Sep 1999 09:45:35 GMT
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Paul Sinasohn:

Frank Filz and Brian Darrow posted messages about building
trains powerful enough to handles grades, but I'm
wondering how you would actually lay track to start up a
hill.

You just put plates under your track. There is a piece on
this topic at the Train Depot[1].

Play well,

Jacob

1) <URL:http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/train_depot/inclines.htm>

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  Re: hills and grades
 
Jacob, THANK YOU!!!! That pointer to the Train Depot is pure gold!! For a roller coaster, I actually need a much more severe angle than the method Matt outlines, but there's a lot there to explore, and I like the drawings of the support pillars he (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)

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  hills and grades
 
Frank Filz and Brian Darrow posted messages about building trains powerful enough to handles grades, but I'm wondering how you would actually lay track to start up a hill. Has lego ever made uphill or downhill curves, like you would find at the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)

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