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(...) okay, thanks guys. (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Legoland Train Show Aug 4 and 5 (and 6th?)
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(...) I think the article itself mentions that this was a PNLTC event to set a Guinness world record... (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi a;;, Since I started this thread (about 3 years ago, he he) I bought and recieved the caboose. It's nice! Only thing to yap about is that the elevated section, which is closed at the bottom with a 4 x 6 plate... Could have done better/different (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) under (...) Thanks Larry, the direct back-translation of needle bearing would be "Nadellager" in German, but Nadellager has a completely different meaning here. That is a roller bearing with very fine (long and thin like needles) cylinders (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I find better performance if I add weight, even to 9V motors. Or at least design my models so that there is more of the weight over the powered truck than the unpowered one... (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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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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