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(...) Actually, flywheel is perfectly practical. Sentinel (once again!) made a loco that was powered by, IIRC, 2 2 ton flywheels, and it was reasonably capable (but expensive). I tend to think that a flywheel drive system is more practical for bus (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Train weights are used to keep a train on track. The problem is in curves, where it might derail. The weight will pull the train down and keep it on the track. Lego had their weight over the wheels, but I find it is better to have them next to (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Simon Bennett writes: <snip some very interesting info> Good info on the reasons why monorails just aren't that practical. The example people always trot out about the Wuppertalbahn kind of highlights the right of way issues! It (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) "needle" bearings. That is, they are just a hard metal point in a soft metal (or in this case, hard plastic) cup. Very common in regular MR as well where the metal is often Stainless Steel and the plastic is Delrin, a hard kind of nylon I (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Very prototypical, this is one common way for monorail switches to be organized in real life (the other is with a section of track that pivots at one end. ++Lar (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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