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Re: Expansion of our Train Layout...
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Wed, 20 Dec 2000 00:16:26 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Eric Kingsley writes:
> After the meeting last night I think the concensus was that we would like to
> expand the layout by 1 table length (Add 2 tables) for the next event and then
> possibly a similar expansion after that. Because of this I am going to
> submit our application for the next show with layout dimensions of 10'x15'
> which is a little long but thats OK. We can worry about getting the track and
> baseplates later but I thought we should decide which direction to expand the
> layout in.
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> Greenberg would prefer that one of the dimensions stayed in the 10 foot range.
> This means that once we pick a direction of expansion we are going to live with
> it unless we redesign the layout totally.
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> For referance here is the current layout.
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> http://www.nelug.org/layout/
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> I guess my suggestion is to expand on the Alphabetic axis rather than the
> numeric axis for a couple reasons.
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> 1. We can extend Main Street to allow for more businesses and local government
> facilities like a police station, city hall, court house etc.
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> 2. It gives us an area to expand/create a switching yard. The 2 spurs in this
> layout were packed at the last show and I would like things more spread out to
> display rolling stock. This is also a good area for industry and maybe a
> public works facility.
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> The only other thing I would like to fix is the one place where we have curved
> track crossing a road in the upper right of the layout. This shouldn't be too
> hard. This just makes it easier to add a crossing eventually.
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> Anyway in my free time I will work on this but if others have ideas or
> differences in oppinion about the direction of expansion please let me know.
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> Eric Kingsley
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> The New England LEGO Users Group
> http://www.nelug.org/
That seems fine. I think we do need more space for rolling stock, and a
switching yard would be excellent.
Eric, I know you are working on a police station, does any one else plan to
work on any specific buildings? I think that if anyone is going to work on a
specific kind of building, it might be a good idea to post it here, so we
don't have a bunch of the same type of buildings. As for me, I will be
trying to create a gas station, and maybe a crane for the switching yard.3
Tom D
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