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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys writes:
> BTW, in this photo:
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> http://24.141.26.239/images/rollstok/p006228.jpg
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> How did you get the modern 9V track to fit the 4.5V level crossing? You
> didn't (gasp) cut Lego? Actually, I don't mind it. I gored apart a speed
> regulator to built it into a DCC throttle. It works great.
Why would the track have to be cut? It looks like that crossing is made with
four of the gentle slopes (ala daiOtoko - remember him??) and eight 1x8
flats.
Iain
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| (...) Because it's not the gentle slopes found in modern 9V crossings. It's a 4.5V crossing, which is a single piece that has grooves that one lays 4.5V grey rails across bolted to two dark grey sleepers on each end. There's a groove for the 12V (...) (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) BTW, in this photo: (URL) did you get the modern 9V track to fit the 4.5V level crossing? You didn't (gasp) cut Lego? Actually, I don't mind it. I gored apart a speed regulator to built it into a DCC throttle. It works great. Calum (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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