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(...) I don't have an equation, but I think one curve, 12 straights, one curve will do a dog-leg that is eight 32-stud baseplates long and 88 studs wide (3 baseplates minus 4 studs each side). -chris (23 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: SCLTC at Cal Stewart Show in Pasadena, California!
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(...) Thanks Steve! We really have a lot fun adding the details for each show. We are very excited about the SDMRM show, 6 weeks in one spot! No setup and tear down within 48 hrs. Robert Powell SCLTC (23 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc)
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(...) My Brickshelf directory is now moderated with pictures from the show: (URL) Brickshelf directory has lots of pictures too: (URL) still isn't moderated. :-( Play well. Tim Strutt (23 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks for the compliments, Larry. I really enjoyed building the Veranda Turbine a.k.a. "Big Blow". My inspiration for this model came from a new O scale model that was shown in the November 2002 Magazine "Classic Toy Trains" on page 136. (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) VLC did this for the first time last weekend, and the kids loved it. We'll make it a little easier next time, though, there were some things on there (eg the water cooler) that many kids didn't even know (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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To day local kindergarteners helped out the North Georgia LEGO Train Club by making ornaments to decorate our tree at this years Children's Healthcare of Atlanta's Festival of Trees. The children are students at Matt Elementary school in Forsyth (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) We find that people will spend quite a bit of time looking for everything on the list and will ask about things they can't find. The kids are especially excited to find Spiderman or Yoda. We also put some extra things on just for ourselves! (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Search and find in other ways as well: (URL) J-3 talks about his incorporation of a dragon head into the side of (you guessed it) Dragon Mountain... (J-3 to a tot: "Do you know *why* we call it "Dragon Mountain"?)-- just another fun little (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Well, yes, saying merely "G" certainly opens up a can of worms since, as you mentioned, many scales utilize gauge 1 track. Scaling at 1:24 would simulate 30" I believe. But your point illustrates that, while there is much precision among some (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) What is that one? Shaun makes a Guinness vanish? :-) Oh, you said TRUCK, not trick.... the #4 item threw me off a bit, what can I say? It should be noted that MichLTC has done these lists, for fun, the last couple of shows. We print them on (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains.org)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) 3 (...) Now I'm nitpicking :-).... there is one good fit for 3 feet, which is TTN3 using the Brit scale for TT of 3mm to the foot: N gauge 9mm track fits perfectly. I used to build Isle of Man Railway to (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Noted and apology accepted. However for ME to know what you're talking about, it's first required for YOU to know what you're talking about. And that's a leap of faith I am not prepared to take without some supporting evidence. :-) (1) Next (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: SCLTC at Cal Stewart Show in Pasadena, California!
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Again great layout guys! So much don't know where to start. I love that the base layout was created and now you guys are detailing. There's a lot of mileage in that approach. And the San Diego Model Railroad Museum (SDMRM) in San Diego’s Balboa Park (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc)
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G uses O, O uses HO, and HO uses N, (...) gauge). G uses what? G in this context is of metre gauge anyway...gauge 1 uses O (SM32), but not for 3' gauge. G is #3 scale, on #1 scale track (or 1/2" to the foot on 1.75" gauge...)-at least, that is what (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I thought that too, when I saw this creation. It is a very annoying ride. I came across two links that describes the new "Automated People Mover" at DFW: (2 URLs) refer to the new APM that DFW's building to connect the new terminals to the old (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> Okay, okay. I was wrong thinking 0n3 meant 30" (dropping the "0"), but what fouled me up was your initial incorrect correction: Me: sort of like the popular scale On3, where you'd model in O scale (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Oops. That should be the long leg and the hypoteneuse. John (23 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) What does work is 1-13-3. It's close enough that Track Designer will consider it a closed loop. You can turn it into a triangle with a 5-13-7-12-4-5 pattern (starting with curves and alternating with straights). Then it's easy enough to see (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) No, John. If you'd pay attention you'd learn something. The 3 means 3 FEET or 36 inches. NOT 30. This would be the third or fourth time you've been told that, and not just by me either (Jeff C is exactly correct). (...) And subsequent ones... (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I thought that when numbers like this were used for narrow gauge they were in reference to the gauge of the rails in feet? As in On3 for 3 feet or 36" gauge while On2&1/2 was two and a half feet or 30" gauge. I've also heard of On2, but never (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ah, well, you lost me. I never said anything about 36"; the "3" in On3 is short for 30"... Actually, I was shooting from the hip in my initial post-- I just found that link after your post-- weren't you blathering something about HOn3? :-) (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Here is the write up for the Adelaide LEGO Users Group meeting #5 It can also be found at the AdeLUG's website: (URL) - AdeLUG's #5, Sunday 10 November 2002 THEME - Moonbase Project VENUE - Holdfast Bay Community Centre, Hove (about 20mins (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.au.sa.ade, lugnet.castle, lugnet.fabuland, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) They were available in service packs, you'd get 8 concave (inner corner), 8 convex (outer corner), some top pieces (double sided slopes), and some regular slopes. These packes were great, too bad they don''t sell them anymore. As soon as they (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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"James Seibert" <james@vci.net> wrote in message news:H5G0AK.53D@lugnet.com... (...) in (...) [ ... snipped ... ] A couple of years ago LEGO released service pack 5216: (URL) was still available up until three or four months ago as I recall. I wish (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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After being inspired and awed by the train engines, I noticed the houses in the picture below. (URL) did you find all the black corner roof pieces for the houses in this picture? "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Hi, Here is a page with some good prototype information: (URL) top of the page is the history of the system, the bottom shows the current implementation (including what happens if a tire runs flat...). Greetings, David (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) The 1-11-3 design isn't very close at all, according to Track Designer. Here's what I did: straight, curve right, 11 straights (5 switches and a straight, but that is equivalent), 3 curves right, cross-track. Then from the cross-track, a bunch (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This is very interesting... Is there a similar formula for a dog-leg? 1 curve, X straights, 1 curve the other way? What equations/formulae would you use to compute this? It's been way too many years since I studied trigonometry... --Bill. (23 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Hey that's really nice, I like the details. Eric (23 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Since a couple people commented on this one I figured I'd mention that over the weekend I came up with a "folded-figure-eight" that avoids the use of points on the inner loop but still fits on my table: (URL) it requires one more curved track (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think there are other airport transport systems which also use tired vehicles. (...) I seem to remember seeing pictures of the Paris subways with tires. If I'm recalling right, they had horizontal tires also which run against the walls of a (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I stand corrected. The shays at Cass are indeed standard guage. (23 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Steve Barile wrote in message ... (...) oppisite (...) VLC was showing this weekend, too, at the local NMRA chapter yearly show (Trains 2002) in the Vancouver area. We haven't posted new pictures since it was the same layout as we showed at (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Hmmm, The subway system in Paris France has trains that run on tires. I was rather supprised when I saw them. I don't remember exactly how they stayed on the track though. From what I understand the paris subway has several different styles of (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) One quibble on the above statement: Shays were also used on standard gauge, in fact, many of the larger shays ran on standard gauge. The Cass Scenic Railway is standard gauge. Frank (23 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Interesting idea. It reminds me of the airport train in Dallas TX, not really a train, more of a automated bus running on a hotwheels track. It is a rough ride for sure. jt (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) offset in the gray-top of the nose: (URL) general, thanks for posting all the photos. Excellent pics of excellent MOCs. later, James Mathis (23 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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A while back at a rtlToronto dinner a bunch of us were looking through new catalogs when we came across the new Racers sets. I think many in the group had a similar thought but Iain was the first to vocalize it. Wouldn't it be cool to make a train (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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The second batch of pictures have been merged with the first, so you will need to go through all 125 of them to catch the 56 new ones posted on Sunday. Note the inner sanctum of the layout (picture 123) which is not visible from outside the layout (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc)
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(...) Umm... TWO in Canada- VLC also was displaying at Trains2002- I know, 'cause I was there! James P (23 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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