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Re: More fun with TD...
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Sat, 7 Oct 2000 03:26:49 GMT
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Chris Gray wrote:
> "James Brown" <galliard@shades-of-night.com> writes:
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> > I'm having fun with this... It's like puzzle pieces. :)
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> <Grin>
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> A few comments on layout proposals:
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> - how important is it to have a 2-way connection between a pair of
> otherwise independent loops? That can take not much space if it
> is done when tracks from the two loops are close together. The
> Oct4 layout does that an interesting way - with reversing loops
> doing the job. Watch out for the electrical connections on
> that scheme, but it ought to work.
I think it's a good idea. Especially if the train yard is off only 1 line
(likely), then we should either be careful to have a 2 way connection, or
make sure that our engines run in 1 direction only. Keeps down the
5-finger switching I'm so guilty of. <grin>
> - I have a *ton* of BURPS, and lots of basic bricks. So, we can build
> a fairly large section of raised terrain/mountain if we want to.
> Personally, I think that would be very cool. Also, having full-
> height mountain essentially gives us more space, by having things
> on two levels a bit. E.g. we could have a part of an outer loop
> going through the largish mountain area, perhaps going across an
> open gap (where there is a stream, which can be done by raising the
> lower track just one brick, so we could put stuff under it). Then,
> we could do something like have a yard on top of the raised part.
<snip>
That's a Good Idea, I think. I also have a ton of BURPS, and lots of basic
bricks. Between Chris & I, I'm sure we could do a fairly large area
raised. Something like WAMALTC did at the Greenburg show (tried to find a
good pic, got lazy and didn't) - their city area was raised enough for a
train to go underneath.
Just did a quick count, and I have somewhere around 40 12x24 brickplates.
James
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| (...) <Grin> A few comments on layout proposals: - how important is it to have a 2-way connection between a pair of otherwise independent loops? That can take not much space if it is done when tracks from the two loops are close together. The Oct4 (...) (24 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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