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(...) There was an emphasis shift in introductory civil texts around that time period, as highway and airport engineering became more prominent. In any 1920 era civil text, railroad and bridge engineering vastly outweigh airport and highway (...) (26 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Above say's it all, but has anybody made an model (train) with 4559? Web Site: (URL) 106 models and rising :-) (26 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Did you just invent this word and trademark it or is Superhedsion a real word/technique? (...) Everyone loves to torture Larry, huh? (26 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Eurotrash!! That's the name of a TV Program. You're just jealous that European Passenger trains can run at 186mph. (...) Are the metal rails magnetic? If so you could use Superhedsion(TM) basically using magnets to improve traction. (...) How (...) (26 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Not having access to a used book store, why a civil eng text from before WWII? Did that data become classified after WWII? (26 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The buffers are molded into the baseplate on that one, and if I ever hear that you cut them off one of those baseplates, I swear, I will find you... (26 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Good topic! (...) 13 is a bit low for anything oversize, IMHO, but I model 'merican. It's probably OK for eurotrash stuff. (...) Good question. Just as with real railroads, the answer is "it depends". Your slope in general is limited by the (...) (26 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Matt's Train Depot has a good tutorial for building inclines... (...) (26 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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...I massively underestimated the minimum clearance for my first attempt at an overpass and so had to increase the slope of the track to get it up high enough. I ended up with 1 brick per segment, but had a lot of trouble getting the train to (...) (26 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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The 4.5 V motor is taller that the nub on the 9V motor so any train in which the 4.5V motor fits the 9V motor will also fit. Actually, you will need to add bricks to make the 9V motor fit. When adding a 9v motor to set 7720 I added two 4x4 plates to (...) (26 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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