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Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
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Date: 
Thu, 2 Mar 2000 17:14:33 GMT
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Tom Cook wrote:

Technical we could have run 10 trains, but it only has 5 throttles, so you
have to switch back and forth.

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 head-on collision into a metroliner.  The look of horror
on everyone's face was priceless.  :)

-Chris



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  Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
 
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 (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.trains)
  Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
 
(...) ...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 :-) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.trains)
  Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
 
(...) What Chris didn't see was the initial look of horror on my face, after not being there all day, stuck at work, thinking of nothing all day but being there to help tear down and collect my pieces, only to see one of my better creations lately (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.trains)

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  Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
 
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 (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.trains)

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