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| Wow, the moonbase layout at NWBrickCon was a terrific success!!! The monorail running throughout it was a huge crowd pleaser, especially for young girls and boys, who actually fixated their attention for minutes on end. I've got a fair amount of (...) (22 years ago, 7-Oct-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events, lugnet.org)
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| Added lugnet.trains since it wasn't posted to originally and at least one massive monorail collector is not that much into space (hi Cary!). (...) I'll have to post my track counts later, however, the moon base setup demonstrated that a huge (...) (22 years ago, 7-Oct-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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| In lugnet.space, Frank Filz writes: ... (...) ... I have to hop about my home layout quite a bit whenever visiting kids insist that I run two monorail trains at a time. I can't imagine the gymnastics I'd require to run four at once. Sounds like fun! (...) (22 years ago, 8-Oct-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) As many a Michlugger can attest to, running 3 monorails at one time is a surefire accident in the works. We frequently run 2 or 3 at our shows, and eventually 1 or 2 will end up off the track and on the layout. We try to look out for it, and (...) (22 years ago, 8-Oct-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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| "Jason Spears" <spearjr@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:H3n5vI.598@lugnet.com... (...) insist (...) I'd (...) and (...) look (...) faster (...) Why not automate the monorail start/stops? I made pretty small switcher for our upcoming layout, if (...) (22 years ago, 8-Oct-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) On the Moon Base Layout, we had 4 basically independent monorail runs. One did run right on the edge of the table and was only run when the crowd was small. Two of the runs connected via a turnout, but a station track prevented one train from (...) (22 years ago, 8-Oct-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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| In lugnet.space, Frank Filz writes: ... (...) Wow! I can't believe I've never noticed this! Thanks, Frank, for such a clear description of a crucial multi-train monorail operational detail. Cary (22 years ago, 8-Oct-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Yea, I guess you weren't there when the resulting accident involved your monorail train... :-) Frank (who cleverly educated himself about multiple monorail train operations using someone else's trains...) (22 years ago, 8-Oct-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Please do! -Rob. (22 years ago, 8-Oct-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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