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(...) If I may.... the reason is the pantograph pole-- if the trolley simply reverses, the pole would be pointed in the wrong direction. We toyed with ideas about flipping it back and forth, but nothing really seemed to work out. A double loop (...) (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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John Gerlach wrote in message ... (...) trolley (...) including (...) Aren't most trolleys double ended, so you can run them in either direction? What are you going to be using the turntable for? (Not criticising, just interested!) Dean Husby did a (...) (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Question for the true train enthusiasts?
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(...) I routinely butcher the phrase intentionally for comedic effect:-) (...) Good luck with trucks using the drop plate;-) (...) Mention it;-) -John (...) (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Small nit here: The track gauge is closest to "O" (but slightly wider), and *8* wides are closest in width to "O" cars (almost exactly). As you might surmise, 4 wides are almost exactly the same width as HO ("Half O"). I do remember someone (...) (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Yep, "cool and fun" are two big reasons! <grin> Being a computer programmer at my 'day job', programming RCXs is something I enjoy. It's a challenge, trying to reduce a problem to its simplest solution so I can control it with an RCX (or two, (...) (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) OK, I relented - gave me an excuse to tidy up the MPD file a bit. You can find a link to the MPD along with other info on the original page above. Enjoy! ROSCO (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think there are a few reasons. One thing is that while in many places in real life, everything is manual, in other places it isn't. Mailine turnouts these days are probably remotely controlled (that's what an interlocking tower does for one (...) (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This part I grok. (...) And this part I don't. Why would this be personally disappointing? Do you think Mindstorms is a bad idea? (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I tend to think of a couple of reasons- such as that the automation is to make it more than just model building (which can make fine, non animated displays...which, IMO, lack something most of the time...the sense of time from motion), it also (...) (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, it's about lunchtime here 8?) I think this stems mostly from non-Lego MRR, where things like DCC have given people a lot of neat ways to do things like that. I kinda like the idea of that stuff, too, and if I still had all my HO stuff I (...) (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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