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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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:H8zs2F.DG8@lugnet.com... (...) train4 (...) jerky. (...) vibration (...) Great movie! Iain will be admiring this one. -- Bob Fay (URL) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I got to see a portion of it...like the first 3/8ths of it before my explorer window (crappy XP) started going funny. From what I seen of it, it was quite excellent despite not getting the camera mounted on a camera car, nor taking a lot of (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Thanks Mario and Allan! Before the show, the head producer asked how we met, and I said, over the Internet, etc etc etc. Somewhere along the way, I quipped, "And he said he was a good looking girl! What a lie!" The guy then said "That's (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I too have to say congrats...even though I couldn't watch it... don't have cable and don't have a strong enough antenna from where I am to get it. <sigh> ...its not like I watch that much TV anyways. :) Wow...that is quite a bit of exposure in the (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Well, let me be the first to post after the event, and let me begin by saying... I had a Great time!!! Derek's modules were just inspiring--the detail in the buildings, the roads and stuff, even right down to the custom built table that held up the (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Thank you. WOW, we brought a TON of stuff, and in the end the producers just picked one or two items. once the Camera goes live it gets "weird" (for me at least) when we all gather for dinner we can regal you all with the tales of things you (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Chris, Calum, I thought you guys did extremely well, given the limited amount of time and table space you were given. It's kind of too bad they couldn't have booked 'gadget guy' for another day... and given some of his lengthy spot to you. It (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well I just saw it live... very nice job guys. Congratulations! Mario (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Wow, Calum! We *were* only kidding when we said you had to be done before Monday. Tuesday would have been fine... I especially like the closing shot from inside your station. When we set the layout up again, we need to have some photo op time with (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I put together a short clip of some of the trains running around the train4 layout: (URL) mostly just trains driving around-the onboard footage was REALLY jerky. (ie, jerky enough to cause data errors on the tape-probably due to vibration from the (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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