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Re: The Future of Trains
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lugnet.lego
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Mon, 1 Oct 2007 18:39:14 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Jude Beaudin wrote:
> In lugnet.announce, Steve Witt wrote:
> > I'm posting this on behalf of Richard Stollery, head of LEGO Community
> > Development:
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> > LEGO 9V Train Communication
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> <snip announcement details>
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> > Richard Stollery, Head of LEGO Community Development
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> Are the expected changes for 2009 from the ground up (new track standards,
> wheels, etc...) or is it going to be a continuation of the existing IR train
> stuff with probably a new power/control system?
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> Jude
good question. while working on the new system its going to be very important
that it be as backwards compatible as possible. L-gauge will not go away. the
new system will be able to incorporate track from 9v and plastic rails into it.
we'll be communicating soon more specifically on more attributes of the system,
but it won't be an entirely "from the ground up" situation like the switch from
12v to 9v. There will be a lot of compatibility between the two systems.
Steve
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| (...) Steve, Pardon me for saying so, but your statement above is a little confusing. How was the conversion from 12v to 9v a "ground up" switch. The 12v trains I have run on the 9v track. The 9v trains I have run on the 12v track I have (well they (...) (17 years ago, 2-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: The Future of Trains
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| (...) <snip announcement details> (...) Are the expected changes for 2009 from the ground up (new track standards, wheels, etc...) or is it going to be a continuation of the existing IR train stuff with probably a new power/control system? Jude (17 years ago, 1-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego)
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