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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? (21 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: train4 Video —Derek Raycraft
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| | | | | (...) It's a CG crane. It was all done in post. :-) Derek (21 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: train4 Video —Jeff Van Winden
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: train4 Video —Jeff Elliott
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: train4 Video —Larry Pieniazek
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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