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Subject:	Re: SuperTrain 2001 layout - Switching Yard
Newsgroups:	lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains
Date:	Sat, 6 Jan 2001 02:36:29 GMT
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"SRC" <LEGOArches@yahoo.com> writes: > In lugnet.org.ca.nalug, Steve Chapple writes: > I killed the whole morning (I could never do this with a regular paying > job) making it, but I've got a switching yard that I like. The overall > "industrial end" is 8'x18', with the yard 3' across. (Any wider and we > wouldn't be able to reach it properly.) LMK what you think. > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=26059 > Yes, the piece count is correct - and I'm not even done > yet. I think I'm going to need more track loans... 8-) Er, one of the tracks isn't connected. So, thats 1173 pieces of train track. My guess is about a minute to place each one. Some as little as a couple seconds, but overall, I think that's a not unexpected rate. That's a *lot* of time! P.S. I've been capturing all these jpg's and putting them on the nalug page at http://www.graysage.com/cg/nalug/ Making yard tracks closer together was one of the first things I wanted to do with Lego tracks. Ran into the same problems as everyone else, of course! One suggestion: cut straights in half, and pad the ladder a bit with them. How far apart does that put the branch-off tracks? -- Don't design inefficiency in - it'll happen in the implementation. Chris Gray cg@ami-cg.GraySage.COM http://www.GraySage.COM/cg/

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		Re: SuperTrain 2001 layout - Switching Yard
(...) Yeah - I noticed that AFTER I'd posted it - there should be another switch in there, plus there's still more to add to the totals. Between Michel and I we have almost 250 curved segments which should be plenty. Straights are another story (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)

		Re: SuperTrain 2001 layout - Switching Yard
(...) A quick suggestion that will save you some time: Pre-assemble your straight track into 4 piece long segments. You should be able to find a box large enough to carry them. That way, when you're setting up at the show, you'll be able to do it (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)

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		Re: SuperTrain 2001 layout - Switching Yard
(...) I killed the whole morning (I could never do this with a regular paying job) making it, but I've got a switching yard that I like. The overall "industrial end" is 8'x18', with the yard 3' across. (Any wider and we wouldn't be able to reach it (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)

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