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Subject:	Re: Cramped city with a train and a monorail running through it soon. Need some help on how to do this.
Newsgroups:	lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains
Date:	Tue, 19 Oct 1999 00:37:20 GMT
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In lugnet.town, James Powell writes: > > > This was and is a problem in real cities. The solution is to either elavate > > the railway (or monorail) or go underground. Since I like to see my trains I > > would go with the elevated option. See Matt's LEGO® Train Depot at > > <http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/train_depot/> for principles on > > elevating track. > > > You might want to start with the track at a fixed hight (10-12 bricks high) > above the streets, and running a loop. I have to say that the monorail is > probably easier to do this with than the train...The train is a bit clunky to > raise up high (esp at 12 bricks/piller + curved bridges...) > > James I also have a freight station(4555) so that might make it a little bit harder since I want the train to run thru there. Now, if only I had a picture to show you. Maybe if I can find a camera, scan it, email it to anybody who wants to see it. Big IF's

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		Re: Cramped city with a train and a monorail running through it soon. Need some help on how to do this.
(...) Modify your train station so that it has a platform at the level of the elevated track. This is a common site at innercity train stations. - Jim --- (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)

		Re: Cramped city with a train and a monorail running through it soon. Need some help on how to do this.
(...) Maybe if I can find a camera, scan (...) I finally found a camera so I took pictures of it today. Now all I have to do is get the pictures developed. I've got like 15 or so pictures left to take Anybody know what other pictures I could take? (...) (25 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)

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		Re: Cramped city with a train and a monorail running through it soon. Need some help on how to do this.
(...) You might want to start with the track at a fixed hight (10-12 bricks high) above the streets, and running a loop. I have to say that the monorail is probably easier to do this with than the train...The train is a bit clunky to raise up high (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)

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