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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Matthew Miller writes:
> Eric Kingsley <kingsley@nelug.org> wrote:
> > I take it from the reponse, and lack there of, that there isn't much in the
> > way of train heads up here in New England (At least that read these
> > newsgroups).
>
> I've said this in person, but I'll mention it here as well for the sake of,
> um, well for some reason. :)
>
> I really dig Lego trains, but Mindstorms/Technic + Space + Town
Hey Town is part of Train isn't it ;-). Kidding aside I think every good train
layout needs a town to go with it. If we were ever to attempt a train layout I
don't think I would expect everyone to bring Train engines and freight cars.
I think anything, including the town, that fit in the setting would be more
than welcome. So maybe I should rephrase my question to "Are there any
train/town nuts around here". Basically anything that would fit in a
relatively modern setting, probably the last 100 years or so.
Also I think I mentioned before that I think there are lots of potentially
really cool applications for Mindstorms for controling parts of the train or
maybe scenery in the town (like a feris wheel in a park or something).
> already
> exceed my Lego Budget. Trains would make a really expensive addition, so for
> now I'm just staying away. (Especially since my job has been so
> time-consuming lately.)
I here you on the Budget thing. I have just a very small train collection now
that includes 1 engine and 4 cars plus a very small oval of track and I will
tell you it is very expensive!! Even more expensive than I thought. The only
fortunate thing is that S@H already has a pretty good assortment of train
related stuff available in service packs.
I also understand the time factor. For me it is going to be a lot more than
just work in the near future and I am just looking to find something that I
could tinker with during my free time. Right now I have 2 things to tinker
with, one is the train and the other is doing the interior of my Inn and
making the interior easily accessable.
>
> I'll be really interested in seeing what you come up with, though.
Well at the moment I am able to keep my site pretty well updated although I
have recently just done a couple of LUGNET pages for my engine and caboose that
I still need to formalise and move over to my own site.
Eric Kingsley
The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/
View My Creations at:
http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/
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