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Todd,
during my first trip to LEGOLAND CA, I got a 3-hour tour of the backroom,
model shop, and animatronics control room. I picked up several models
either displayed throughout the park or featured in the DK book. This was
over a year ago so my braincells are workin' overtime...
The trains are a commercial grade, a bit heavier than G stuff. Chassis are
a stout metal frame to hold power cell, onboard processer, etc. I recall
the wheelsets are simple plastic hubs joined with straight axles, some
having gears for driving motors (for the locos). Unfortunately, the
wheelsets are not actually formed into trucks by the use of sideframes, and
I found the lack of these particularly annoying and cheesey. Locos had
triple wheelsets at each end while revenue stock has pairs at each car end.
Gauge was somewhere between 72 and 80mm.
I can only guess that it may be the same system used at the other 2 parks.
Outside of LLCA, I've never seen their rail system before (but that's not
saying much). Btw, I saw only freight stock at LLCA, unlike Billund which
features passenger/commuter sets.
dan parker
PNLTC
In lugnet.legoland.california, Todd Lehman writes:
> snip>..Did they make custom [trainwheels] just for LEGOLAND?
> --Todd
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