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Re: Train? thoughts
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Thu, 25 Jul 2002 13:42:16 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Derek Raycraft writes:
> I've been thinking about Jeff E's High Town track layout and what we
> could do with it. After talking with him, and knowing what I know about
> what other people have planed for the next train event I did up some
> playing with Track Designer too.
<snip>
> Jeff VW dam needs to be fit in to, so I placed it on the other side.
Cool, that will fit. (There will also be three straight road sections on the
other side
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> The idea of High Town is that its raised above the track at one end of
> the layout, and it shouldn't be too big. Jeff E and I were thinking 3
> modules at most. Now I was thinking it would be cool to have a trussle
> for the trains to run over and under. This could be taken from the High
> Town line.
Mmmmm Truffles... I mean Trussles..
> > The other thing about High Town is you need to get up there. In Jeff
> E's original design it required a 1 brick slope to get from the lower
> level to the top. Remembering that Calum's train station had three
> bays, I though what better then to have one of those bays actually go
> somewhere. So I looped the slope track around to run parallel with the
> lower levels main line. This gives three lines through a space the
> train station could sit and allows the slope the track to be 2 plates
> per section. • Cool..
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> So anyway pictures would be nice. The first one is of a layout the same
> size as Jeff E's original design. The second I enlarged to get more
> space to stand in the middle.
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/derek/miscellaneous/hightown1.gif
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/derek/miscellaneous/hightown2.gif
Second is better... Because I am too lazy to go back 50+ posts... Was High
town built on 18 - 20 bricks? or was it a wooden structure? Bricks would be
cool, but costly...
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> These are deep links to brickshelf. Hopefully they will work without
> waiting for moderation.
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> Derek
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| (...) Should look amazing!! (...) Congrats.....Jeff you posted the 5000 message on RTL!!!!! ...beaucoup de fanfare!!! :) There are those....Derek and Jeff Elliot that have a bunch of bricks already!! That would look dynamite....I just wish I could (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| I've been thinking about Jeff E's High Town track layout and what we could do with it. After talking with him, and knowing what I know about what other people have planed for the next train event I did up some playing with Track Designer too. First (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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