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(...) I'll have to admit that I didn't really care about LEGO going DCC for awhile, I figured it would be cool, but didn't care one way or the other. But once I played with Tom Cook's DCC trains at Brickfest I was sold on the idea! Now when I run my (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) OK, yes, all true. But let me put my Hop-Frog hat(tm) on for a bit. :-) So it's not your cup of tea, that's fine. But why be disappointed if someone else gets what they want? As long as it doesn't detract from the rest of the offerings, why (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) What did I tell you, people! Some incredibly geeky and small thing in my answer would be incorrect and James would be the one to point it out. Do I know how to call them or what? :-) I have no idea how they grounded them... conductive rubber (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm just not interested in DCC in a Lego environment. Maybe that's cos train building is still pretty young around here - we haven't had any Lego train shows at all, that I'm aware of (although it's been suggested a couple of times). When (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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All that fuss and misunderstanding, and this morning it _IS_ online in the UK now... K10001: GBP112.00 'Backorders Accepted, will ship in 30 days' hmmm... different... Just Jono .oO "Lawrence Wilkes" <lawrence@thewilkesf...rve.co.uk> wrote in (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.at, lugnet.loc.be, lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.loc.ie, lugnet.loc.lu, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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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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