 | | Re: New pics from LEGOLAND —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | (...) There used to be one of these at Niagara Falls, somewhere, and I rode it when I was about 7 or so. Pretty neat, especially when you get to the middle and the other car passes you. I think there is one in Pittsburgh too. What I like better, (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: New pics from LEGOLAND —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | (...) A) What's a rack railway? B) What're the details on the one in Houghton? Did they run it up the side of the MEEM? Nah, then the ROTC's wouldn't have anything to rappel... Steve (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: New pics from LEGOLAND —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Well, duh. It's a railway with a rack. Seriously. :-) More detail... these are sometimes also called "cog" railways. They are so called because in addition to the two weight bearing rails there is a central rack (linear toothed) that a powered (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: New pics from LEGOLAND —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | (...) :p (...) OK, 'cog railway' is a term I know. Thanks for straightening me out. Seems like someone has done this in LEGO. Maybe if I followed trains more closely, I'd remember who. (...) Cool. Sounds like a "the yesterday that never was" sort of (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Cog railways —Louise Belles
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| | | | Just a note to locate a few additional cog railways. There is one which takes you to the top of Pikes Peak, just west of Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Larry, that is 2.5 hours from Lakewood, without rush hour traffic.) I've never ridden this one (...) (26 years ago, 11-Dec-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Cog railways —Jesse Long
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| | | | Louise Belles wrote in message ... (...) Colorado. (...) gets to (...) Interesting ride. Pretty good view. Lousy doughnuts. Take it once, drive up if you go again. It's not like much is going to change (the tour guide's jokes sure don't). Don't (...) (26 years ago, 11-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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