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(...) So we are on the same track (no pun intended), In San Francisco there are Streetcars and Cable cars. The ones that climb the steep hills are cable cars. They move by gripping a cable under the street. The cable is moved by a large motor at the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Question for model RR gurus
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(...) <snip> Thanks for the responses, folks. It sounds like a lot of it is for the fun of the automation, but there's also some other good reasons that hadn't occurred to me. I'm really disconnected from traditional MRR, and the whole aspect of (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Sorry been silent so long... but I did get a chance to upload some new pics of several train related structures, which were part of the last two wamalug displays. Have a look, if you like: www.lgauge.com (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Question for model RR gurus
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(...) The trolley busses in Boston use a reversing loop also (the bus station in Harvard Square is interesting, it's underground, in two levels (arrivals and departures)). The green line uses reversing loops for the trolley portion (recall what I've (...) (23 years ago, 19-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | more MLCAD work: *-wide drop belly tank car
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I've built the tank car, now i've built it in CAD: (URL) also on its webpage: (URL) left out the ladders though, i may remodel they way they are attached first. Josh (23 years ago, 19-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Mpegs uploaded for the TTOS Show!
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(...) I looked at the crossings around my place and they ALL have huge cables dangling from the two parts to the base. I thought it was very odd but there you are... (...) Doh! You know, I know ZENER is correct but my brains says "No no, remember (...) (23 years ago, 19-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: BNSF Covered Hopper update
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(...) ok, now i've added it to Brickshelf: (URL) (23 years ago, 19-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Question for model RR gurus
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(...) That's what an interlocking tower USED to do. Nowadays they are getting rare. With CTC (Centralised Traffic Control) an entire division or more can be controlled from far far away. Umpteen thousand miles of the Union Pacific are all controlled (...) (23 years ago, 19-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Trolley line automation
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Ross Crawford wrote in message ... (...) the (...) "W" (...) bit (...) to (...) ensure (...) difficult if (...) Yes, this is how the ones I have seen work too. Is there actually going to be wire on the layout, though? That will be something to see! (...) (23 years ago, 19-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 12v question
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I'm interested in how much a 12v power cord is worth? Josh (23 years ago, 19-Aug-01, to lugnet.market.appraisal, lugnet.trains)
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