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Re: Trains Trains and Train Shows.
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Wed, 7 Mar 2001 22:29:28 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Larry Pieniazek writes:

I wish you guys all the best on your upcoming show. Mine the trains.org
group for info, there's a lot out there. (like, make sure you have a double
ended siding in the center of your hollow square (do NOT do a solid 3mx4m
table with no hollow, you'll be sorry) to move rolling stock on and off
from... make sure you have lots of handouts (contact me for a copy of the
one we used, or NALUG for theirs, etc.), and make sure you have enough
people to work the event)

Thanks for the tips Larry! Does anyone have any tips on whether a layout of
this size is better done as a full "O" rather than a "C" or a "G"? I know a
full "O" provides more area for stuff, but how much of a hassle is it getting
access to the centre?

And what do you do about crossovers between separately controlled loops? Just
try & match the controller speeds, or leave one off & control with the other?

So many questions, so little time.....

ROSCO



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  Re: Trains Trains and Train Shows.
 
(...) Crawling under tables is possibly the best option, unless some hinger can be developed, but thats quite complicated, and I'm not sure how fancy our tabling arrangements may be. Bearing in mind that the lego cruves are fixed, providing a (...) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
  Re: Trains Trains and Train Shows.
 
(...) You *want* to make it hard to get into the center, keep the crowd out. Shows I have been at, we just crawl under the tables. Not very dignified but it's what everyone does. (...) Either technique will work. Just don't run your controllers full (...) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
  Re: Trains Trains and Train Shows.
 
(...) It may well be easier if they don't interconnect! If you have two independent loops, each with a storage siding (one train running the circuit, one train waiting in the siding), it becomes very awkward when someone decides to move a train (...) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org)

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(...) Yes, well, that has me a bit cheesed off (not your siggy, but that there's good reason for it to be making a swipe). I am totally baffled why after all the fuss and bother the ringleaders wouldn't invite everyone to participate, after all it's (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)

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