 | | rtlToronto show pics (was Re: Oops, fergot to post to .trains--rookie mistake :)
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(...) So what's the story behind all the containers in the bay? Something about the container crane going crazy, or was that some sort of "hey mister" activity or ?? (22 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | rtlTrain4 Pictures from an obsolete DC120...
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But it's mine and is paid for, so forgive the 1 megapixel... (URL) a boo--it was a good time! Tell me what you think.... Dave K (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: train4 Video
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(...) Thanks, that helps a lot! Cool mechanism. (...) It's prototypical to have a cable driven thingie to shift cars around a bit on a siding so if these cars are just for show, that would work. (Count rotations?) Put the siding on a slant so the (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: train4 Video
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(...) Yup. We mounted a single magnet inside the container at the top, and place 1x4 tiles above it. The crane utilized a second magnet, and the lift cables were actually a loop of chainlink belts. If both sides of the chain were driven (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: train4 Video
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(...) I SO want to see that video (I'm at work where mpeg's are blocked..) Oh well I only have 3 hours left at work! As for the crane, Yes magnets were used to pick up the containers. It worked quite well, when it worked. Only twice did it drop it (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] Watch Chris and Calum make fools of themselves
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(...) Yes it did (URL) downloaded it last night, It was quite huge(74 meg) but it was worth it) I can burn it if some one wants it... :) Way to go Steve! (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) It's a CG crane. It was all done in post. :-) Derek (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Way cool! Well worth the download. Can anyone post more details about the container crane? (around 00:56 footagewise) Is that a magnet or something else picking up the container? (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] Watch Chris and Calum make fools of themselves
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(...) I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and blame the time of day.... but still. your normally a very well spoken media relations person for rtlToronto. When you started to tell the producer off camera that it took 37 hours of nortel time to (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: train4 Video
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(...) Try saving it to your hard drive (right-click the link, hit Save As..."). (...) Not really, a couple of hours... Iain (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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