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(...) It may well be easier if they don't interconnect! If you have two independent loops, each with a storage siding (one train running the circuit, one train waiting in the siding), it becomes very awkward when someone decides to move a train (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) You *want* to make it hard to get into the center, keep the crowd out. Shows I have been at, we just crawl under the tables. Not very dignified but it's what everyone does. (...) Either technique will work. Just don't run your controllers full (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Me too!. Having been the first to travel down this road, I expect you will have some difficulty (at least, I _think_ I was the first to do a automated load/unload sequence...I know someone did it with the Technic Control System 2 before me, (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Crawling under tables is possibly the best option, unless some hinger can be developed, but thats quite complicated, and I'm not sure how fancy our tabling arrangements may be. Bearing in mind that the lego cruves are fixed, providing a (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) You could probably elevate the straight sections on plates, then put tiles under the curved section to get it all on the same level. ROSCO (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hot diggety!! (Starts drooling) when can I get one????!!!!???? How about this? Using old blue or grey rails (non-conducting), you could have a transmitter & 8 receivers (assuming of course that the receivers'll be available separately?), one (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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Thanks Ben! This was graet - it turns out that the engine I had been going for was a BR 52 - I was able to get a whole slieu of pictures of it and similar engines, and then use some of the information on the site to track down more pics via a (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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"Brad Hamilton" <bhamilto1@home.com> wrote in message news:G9u04G.HI4@lugnet.com... (...) more (...) The uloading mechanism is completely hidden inside the building. Basically it's a switch: the gravel drops straight down for the dumptruck side and (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi! Green doors are availble in that 4552 crane, so they exists. But green windows? The windows there are white. Are there green windows in any set? Sonnich (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I think this is an excellent idea and will add it to the LUGNET trains FAQ I'm working on. If you see posts you think are excellent ideas, feel free to cross-post them to .faq. Thanks Cary "Manfred Moolhuysen" <moom@nospamchello.nl> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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"J.D. Forinash" <foxtrot@cc.gatech.edu> wrote in message news:983kv2$2pf$1@y2...net.foo... (...) Well, I'll admit, I "cheated". The areas of straight track are lying down on the same plane but the curved is slightly elevated. I had to note where on (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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Good Luck... every little boy trainhead wants to be a RR employee. At least I did. "Harvey Henkelman" <HarveyHenkelman@webtv.net> wrote in message news:G9t6Ez.K36@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) I hear that some GMLTC minifigs have business plans on opening a 2x4 and 2x2 brick mine. There's bricks in them thar' modules! ;) Steve (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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That looks great. When you get a chance, it would be cool to see some more pics of the loading/unloading mechanism. Frank Buiting <frank.buiting@infopulse.nl> wrote in message news:G9sI0D.LEv@lugnet.com... (...) You (...) plan (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Why is CSX hiring when they just fired people? Josh (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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Hello everyone, my life's ambition has finally been realized. I've been accepted into the Florida Railroad Institute at UNF in Jacksonville. There I will learn the basics of being a freight conductor, followed up with more training and eventual (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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That's great Adrian! Incredble engineering, especially considering no Technic elements were used! Adrian Egli <aegli@san.rr.com> wrote in message news:G9r5qo.9su@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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That's truly magnificent Adrian! Beautiful design. Regards ROSCO Adrian Egli <aegli@san.rr.com> wrote in message news:G9r5qo.9su@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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"James Powell" <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote in message news:G9sGnC.HzM@lugnet.com... (...) are not (...) going Why is it important to get streetcars into Scarborough? I think we need to be moving ahead with transit, not backward. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I read this and thought, "Well, I suppose if you have to have a bride, a curved one's a good idea, but what's it doing on Brickshelf..." Seriously, though, how is the track attached? Is it just attached on the straight parts and lays flat on (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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