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The portlands below altenburg
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Fri, 11 Oct 2002 14:23:49 GMT
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Hello all,

I was attempting to get more room for the altenburg port lands... since
there is not that much space to begin with... and I came up with this design...
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jvwinden/Train4/altenburg2.gif
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jvwinden/Train4/altenburg2.tdl

and an up close view:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jvwinden/Train4/port.gif
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jvwinden/Train4/port.tdl

this will give me room for 2 - 3 ships to be docked (2 perpendicular to the
main line, and possibly one parallel near the spur line.

I have also come up with a few container and gripper ideas that I will bring
with me tonight... Don't worry Chris the grippers are made out of Technic...

see you tonight at Swiss Chalet...
Jeff VW


folder after moderation:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=22150



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  Re: The portlands below altenburg
 
(...) station. If there are curves that close to his module I doubt my 8 wide trains will be able to make it into the station. :-( (...) the edge of the module at the top. This could also be a problem. How about this idea, in the interest of making (...) (22 years ago, 11-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
  Re: The portlands below altenburg
 
Wow, that's a lot of shoehorning! I think you're going to run into four basic problems with this layout: 1) Curves into Calum's station aren't going to work 2) The geometry is a bit iffy, which will lead to track breaks 3) The tight parallel curves (...) (22 years ago, 11-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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