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(...) I'll second that! Wow. The oil distributorship especially is really nice. Also a great use of non-LEGO-type color combinations (I.e., No red&blue&yellow buildings). Bravo! Rick (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ah, but some only had one pole. Now, for the bonus answer, how did they earth them? :) James P (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) VERY nice, Tom. These structures really push the envelope as far as evoking a sense of "you are there" ness. Nice contrast in sizes too, some small, some big. EXCELLENT selective compression though! Thanks for sharing. (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I know the feeling, opened one a few weeks back... nice feeling. (...) Ya baby, right on... except you should have posted your happiness to TRAINS. Monorails are *trains*, you know. Matters not that they have those silly space doohickeys on (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) If you're talking about F line, I rode it from one end to the other, changing cars several times by waiting for the next one at intermediate stops (1). Fun ride, it's worth doing if you're in SF and it's cheap too. It has reversing loops at (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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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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(...) <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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(...) 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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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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