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This is exactly what happened to me!! Last night I followed the link, saw a bunch of reference photos and a yellow model, Clicked on yellow model, liked it but was confused because excitement was supposed to be over a steam engine (and Shaun was (...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) (URL) an index of print (mostly) resources: (URL) here's a page on a UK switching game, Inglenook Sidings: (URL) Yes, typically that is how it is graded, however, I recently learned that (...) I think that's the article I dug out when I looked (...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) There is an online game available for those who wish to practice ahead of time, sans brick. The instructions are here (Nashville Music News?): (URL) the Operate link to play. -Rob. (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Cool! I'll have to pry him away from "the pile";-) -John (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Better start letting him read LUGNET(tm)... :-) it's there. Thanks!!! (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I would strongly favor counting moves as uncoupling really could take a fair bit of variable time. I also would not penalise someone for accidentally recoupling right after uncoupling, it is SO easy with these speed regs to go in the wrong (...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Yes, typically that is how it is graded, however, I recently learned that the original article in the 1972 (I think) Model Railroader magazine called for it to be timed. So I think we can use whatever method works best. (...) I agree, the (...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Congrats. Tom sent me (as curator) an offline note about holding train related BrickFest discussions here, in the root of the trains.org hierarchy, asking my opinion. I wanted to say publicly that I think it's a good fit and we ought to (...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Note (to the uninitiated, everyone that knows who John Allen is already knows this) TimeSaver is a bit of a misnomer, it's really MOVEsaver, as in you are judged on total number of moves to solve the puzzle, not the elapsed time. A move is a (...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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As part of the Train activities for BrickFest, I am planning a switching puzzle game based on John Allen's TimeSaver layout. One attempt at a LEGO track plan is: (URL) you are interested, please take a look, and let me know what you think. (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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