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Jeff Elliott wrote:
> Cool! I didn't know the wide turns came out so close to even with the
> geometry.
Ya, I was just playing around and that pattern of straight - curve -
straight - curve seemed to work.
> I notice that there's no connection between the inner and outer loops.
> If we want one, there's space for one of those four-switch specials
> under Hightown in your second layout.
That's what I was thinking too, it just got to confusing trying to edit
the tracks under there.
> Susan suggested that we rename Hightown "Altenburg". It gives a more
> European sound, and it derives from both "high" and "old".
Cool, I like that.
> In a related post, Jeff VW said:
>
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> > 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...
> >
> >
>
> As I planned it, the lower level track is elevated 0.1, and the Hightown
> track is elevated 18.0. That means that the supports for the Hightown
> baseplates need to be at most 17.1 to allow the track to be slightly
> elevated there, too.
>
> http://extranet.telepres.com/staff/jeffe/train_height_hightown.gif
>
>
Ya, I forgot what height we had decided on. I think I used 17 bricks
when I was playing with Track designer, but 18 would make it easier to
work the support structure for Altenburg.
Derek
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| (...) Ok first of all, here is an image and the actual track draw layout for everyone to play with (i have added a swith point between the inner and outer tracks.... Deep Links: (URL) folder: (URL) also added in the Dam Module, to show Road and (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Cool! I didn't know the wide turns came out so close to even with the geometry. (...) Jeff, you should think about where your dam would be coolest - we *could* have a river gorge coming down under the trestle and feeding your module... (...) (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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