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Manfred, Thanks for this redesign of the Caboose. It is a great improvement in the appearance and the steps are certainly more secure. -- Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net (URL) Moolhuysen" <moom@nospamchello.nl> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Train Weight Question
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(...) Usually under the frame, but, on that, i wouldn't know. Josh (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: G scale lego trains
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(...) Yes. The mishmash of scales really highlights the difference between Scale and Gauge. The track gauge that LGB chose is the old Gauge 1, I think... Standard gauge at 1:32 *scale* or very close. So you see Aristocraft selling first generation (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) [snip] (...) No, there has to be something wrong with your wheel blocks. Maybe they have collected lots of dust, maybe they have a quality lack.... If you put your waggons on a table with straight track on it and you make a slight ramp out of (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ok, I see, Thanks. Exactly where do you put the weight? I have one of those boat weights that's pretty old. I have yet to build my own train engine but I am trying to make the My Own Train more stable. (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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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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| | Legoland Train Show Aug 4 and 5 (and 6th?)
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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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