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Hi all, I recently saw Brad Hamiltons picture of a huge train brige build with technic beams. It really looks great! (URL) also build a bridge for my latest train moc's, now my question is: What is a clever idea for a ramp to let the trains drive up (...) (24 years ago, 29-Apr-01, to lugnet.build)
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Thanks for the complement! I've been constructing bridge designs for several years now for my train ramps. If you want to see some of the stuff I've built, Look me up on Brickshelf or go to (URL) . We're just getting off the ground with our site and (...) (24 years ago, 29-Apr-01, to lugnet.build)
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I'm not a LEGO trainbuilder, but I've been into model trains for years. and this is an idea I got from some modeltrain book: forget about ramps. What? Forget about ramps. Think Moses, mountain.... If it's hard to raise the level of your track, lower (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Well maybe not between two tables but certainly between two LEGO hillsides? Oooo, but I imagine I'll be ordering a lot of 2x4 and 2x8 green bricks from LD. Adrian "Duq" <Duq@nlgateway.net> wrote in message news:GCMFrq.3F7@lugnet.com... (...) and (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) i've been pondering building a draw bridge between two tables. i was wondering if anyone else has tried that. it would be easy for 4.5v but i imagine you would have to custom make some rails to get the electrical conncetion for 9v or 12v. (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) something like this? (URL) was built by Jennifer and I for the WAMALUG layouts... We thought of trying to build a drawbridge, or a liftbridge, but never got to it... yet :) Dan (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hmm...lift bridges that I know of: Mine Ben Fleskes GMLTC(?) I am sure other people have made lift bridges, which are far easier than a draw bridge in Lego. (at least, I think they are easier...I haven't built a draw bridge). Fixed bridges (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Nope. Just embed connectors somewhere in the bridge and leave a one stud gap between rail ends. At least that is what I did. That is not the hard part. I htink your big problem with a two table draw bridge is keeping the alignment. (...) I've (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The GMLTC had a bascule bridge on our last layout: (URL) is a vertical lift bridge behind it, but that one didn't work very well... :-( ) I don't have a picture of the bascule in the 'up' position, but I can explain it pretty easily. Pivot (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The counterweight should also create a great obstruction to protect from one side. Josh (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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"John Gerlach" <john.gerlach@bestbu...om.nospam> wrote in message news:GCo6oJ.5v5@lugnet.com... <snip> The GMLTC had a bascule bridge on our last layout: (...) </snip> That's a very unusual design for bridge.... Is it modelled after an existing (...) (24 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Its real, I live near a large one: (URL) are some great pictures of it (The bottom of the page there is a panaramic shot of my hometown, Hancock, the bricge is on the right.) Josh (24 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Indeed. We always have multiple bridges connecting tables at all PNLTC shows. Another, similar idea is to build a table lower than the adjacent table, creating an opportunity for a rampless bridge. Any good model railroading book will confirm (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) We found a picture in a book on bridges. There was only the one picture, in the 'down' position. We took a pencil and drew arcs on the picture (from all the pivot points) to figure out how all the moving pieces worked. It was a very popular (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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