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I'm trying to build a carriage, I've decided on 8 wide, mainly because of the parts I have. What I want to know is, what is the maximum length it can be and still go around corners? I'm at about 40 studs at the moment, but it may need to be a little (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Pictures from the NGLTC display at the Georgia LEGO Outlet store
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(...) Now hold on, James. You didn't even give me a chance to show you how my Steamers run around the track because I showed up late that day. BOTH of my locomotives can go through any point or switch as good or better than the standard lego train (...) (23 years ago, 31-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: "No Contact" Homebrew Train Sensor for Mindstorms
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(...) Tony, If you search back through the .trains and .rcx newsgroups, you'll find a few scattered gems on the topic of RCX control of 9V trains. I'll summarize some of the basics for you here: The Mindstorms RCX microcontroller brick provides (...) (23 years ago, 31-May-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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<snip> (...) There is a simple way to make thumbnails: <IMG SRC="--image name or url--" Height=10 Width=20 Border=0 Alt="alt text, if image is not showing"> The Height & width can be cahanged to any size, and the Border leaves now border around the (...) (23 years ago, 31-May-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.publish.html)
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(...) Hi Tony - I haven't had a Mindstorms for long, but I've already built an automated level crossing. The Mindstorms is based around the Lego 'RCX'. This is a large brick, about the size of the old 4.5V battery boxes, but with some very special (...) (23 years ago, 31-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi everyone. My name is Tony Hedglen and I’m very interested in automated Lego railroads. I am a member of Michlug and we are one of the newer clubs. We have done one train show so far and we won second place. I read these posts on sensors and (...) (23 years ago, 31-May-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How wide (in inches) is a piece of track?
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Ok, cool. Thanks Eric. jt (...) (23 years ago, 31-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Actually thats the distance between the outside edges of the ties (8 studs) don't know if you meant between the rails. Here are several dimensions. 2 1/2" from outside of the ties. 1 11/16" between outside of the rails 1 1/2" between inside of (...) (23 years ago, 31-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I get 2 and 1/2 inches almost exactly. Eric Kingsley (23 years ago, 31-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Brit-Rail APT (Advanced Passenger Train)
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On Thu, 31 May 2001, Jason J. Railton (<GE7F01.HM9@lugnet.com>) wrote at 14:31:13 (...) It's Jon Reynolds. His online appearances are a bit sporadic, so I'll see if I can dig out some pictures that I took a while ago. (23 years ago, 31-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I'm working on little project here at the office (and I don't have any track here) and I need to know what the width of a piece of track. I know it's 6 studs, but what does that come out to in inches? If someone has a piece of track and a ruler (...) (23 years ago, 31-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) version 1 (...) build a real one. I remember once we were train-spotting (oops, that slipped out) on a summers afternoon on the WCML north of Nuneaton. While lounging around we were caught by surprise as a super-fast and super-quiet APT on (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Did you MLCad the pendular mechanism too? If so, I would love to see the file! I haven't put enough time into shared boogies and tilting mechanisms to ever solve the problem myself ( I'm too lazy? I concentrate on freight? I'm not good enough? (...) (23 years ago, 31-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) For a passive tilt mechanism: It depends on where the pendular axis is located. If the axis of rotation is above the wagon's center of gravity, then the wagon would tilt such that the base of the wagon swing out in the curve- a "correct" tilt. (...) (23 years ago, 31-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Amen to that, fellow 8 widers:-) -John (...) (23 years ago, 31-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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"James Mathis" <thakius@nmt.edu> wrote in message news:GE5Mwy.49r@lugnet.com... (...) curves. (...) scheme, (...) seems (...) My physics might be completely wrong here, but the APT system was active wasn't it, in that it forced the train to lean (...) (23 years ago, 31-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Someone brought a working tilt train along to Tony Priestman's Lego Fest earlier this year. Who was it? I was hoping to have another look at it at Gosport, but it didn't show. It worked by having a large bogey pinned upright then pivoted (...) (23 years ago, 31-May-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk)
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Hi Gianluca, (...) (URL) ...check his sidemap to see all MOCs! (...) ;-)) You got it! Your bavarian Train Engine is very nice! And the Smarts! Holger (23 years ago, 31-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That is a really cool looking engine. All the details make it look very real. The Black Falcon shield is a nice LEGO® extra. I am looking forward to seeing pictures of the model presented with wagons at the Italian LEGOFest. Chris (23 years ago, 31-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Pictures from the NGLTC display at the Georgia LEGO Outlet store
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In lugnet.trains, John Warren writes: <snip> (...) A comeback? Where they coming back from? Well when you guys can build some steamers that can make it around the track with out hanging up on the switch tracks and cross points, then well talk about (...) (23 years ago, 31-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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