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(...) I went back and looked at what was happening again. The problem is definately slippage and not lack of electrical power. I added 2 of the weight bricks and that helped quite a bit. I was able to pull the 4 cars from 4561 then with just the one (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Floating boats are also a great sorce for the weights. Josh (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I noticed in my recent LEGO Club magazine the upcoming Legoland Train Show/Convention. I hope everyone that goes has a wonderful time and please post some pictures on the Internet afterwards. I was really amazed at how the LEGO Club magazine already (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) John Neal might be off-line for a few days, he's attending a wedding this weekend. Otherwise, I'm SURE we'd hear him chirp up on this subject! Last week at our GMLTC 'meeting' I suggested that he build 50-wide trains as a *joke*. He thought it (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Lots of stuff. Not limited to trains either 8?) (...) They do improve traction, and also stability, if correctly placed. If you have a tall loco, putting one of these under the centre definitely makes it more able to take corners fast. Of (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) No, the 9volt motors also have the rubber o-ring, it's just smaller and less noticable than the 12v ones. jt (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I assume you ment to say this only for the old 12V train motors, and this is not valid for the current 9V motors ? Greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I was being cagey because John Neal has built 14-wide trains on G scale trucks. The other day I commented about his caboose. (URL) thought John might make a comment since someone was referring to 14-wide as goofy. Chris (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Suffice to say...I think that this is a better choice! (and cheaper..a roll of pennies costs $.50, the weights are ~$6 or so... James Powell (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) time...like ~50 years :) (...) Meter gauge (...) Ya, why not go the whole hog and model in Gauge 1? (of course, then you loose the advantages of Lego...) James Powell (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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