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(...) ...The 'other 5' could be set to 'fixed speeds' while we played with the first 5. I had the best luck controlling two trains on one loop when I left one at a fixed speed and controlled the other as needed (course, helps if u pay attention :-) (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.trains)
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(...) success, HEY Jeff, CONGRATS, you all did a fantastic work! it is very inspiring to see the interest that you guys had during this week end. I was about to go but I had the choice to drive for 23 hours or a last minute plane ticket for $2K :-( (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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On Thu, 2 Mar 2000 17:14:33 GMT Christopher Tracey <ctracey@wamalug.org> wrote concerning 'Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)': (...) I guess it's my job to take responsability for that one - I was driving the shunter (I (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Could you imagine the mess ten trains would have made? :) It was bad enough with three trains, four trains was crazy, and five was plain insane. We had some spectacular crashes, the scariest of which was Rich's shunter doing a full-speed (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.trains)
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OK, now where's that website with all the info on how to build it? ;-) I hope you do a "DCC for Dummies", an EE I am NOT. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.trains)
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I attempted to add some info to Chris' comments. "Christopher Tracey" <ctracey@wamalug.org> wrote in message news:38BE7C58.C2B336...lug.org... (...) drain (...) Technically we could have run 10 trains, but it only has 5 throttles, so you have to (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.trains)
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I attempted to add some info to Chris' comments. "Christopher Tracey" <ctracey@wamalug.org> wrote in message news:38BE7C58.C2B336...lug.org... (...) drain (...) Technical we could have run 10 trains, but it only has 5 throttles, so you have to (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.trains)
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(...) ...Most of my stuff is kind of pitiful too... but its amazing what a whole bunch of little things from different people piled together can get to. Just a building here, a train car there... an idea for placing some random minifigs... ...Like (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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(...) ...Yes they do!!! I'm insecure and all... :-) ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wildlink.com lugnet #160 (26 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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(...) ...clearly a new feature needed on the lugnet newswindow... a button to automatically post a 'wow, looks great' message :-) ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wildlink.com lugnet #160 (26 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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(...) I think 'definately inspired' is a better term here. :) (...) of the coolest things I ever saw. Unfortunately, I only had 4 technic half-pins w/stud at the time and was also lacking in the train department. I built this one a few months ago, (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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(...) Chris, I looked at your SD40-2 last week shortly after you announced it. I was busy at the time and couldn't write any comments. By the time I had the time to write comments, I couldn't view your page(1) and most everything I wanted to say (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.trains)
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Hi Mike, (...) We had five trains and six(maybe seven) moters running on the layout without any significant problems. Our DCC system could only support five addresses. (...) My GP-35 had two moters attached to it, both assigned to the same address. (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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(...) Can't speak for anyone else but here's why I hardly ever comment on them. A) I'm not a trainhead B) I normally look at all the pics, and even call my wife in to see them, and amazed at how cool they are, but really have very little to offer in (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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(...) tons (...) one (...) Woah there. Just because there is no discussion about an event doesn't mean that people don't care, or are not impressed. There are many, many reasons why there might not be discussion about something. People might have (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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(...) You're right on the money here. I do it because it's Fun! I don't even do it for the reaction of the crowds at the show. I get great satisfaction from building and combining my creations with others. The train shows also give the group a goal (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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(...) Let's see... This one is obvious: (URL) was this (although it is a unique door-less design): (URL) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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(...) Great Idea! Does anyone know of an open source mpeg/quicktime library to grab the images with? KL (26 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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(...) no, that's perfectly normal - I like to see it too. I just have the advantage of running the server my page is on, so I can access the stats any time. :) Dan (26 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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Dan Boger <dan@giccs.georgetown.edu> wrote in message news:Fqrx5n.4rK@lugnet.com... (...) Hmm - I like to watch the counter going up on the fly. My web provider only gives statistics after a 24hr period. Perhaps I'm just strange. Besides, I have (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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