 | | Update on the PNLTC display at the Western Washington Fair
|
|
Posted as an aid for Dan Parker (He's spending nearly full time at the show!) Kim (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: motorized switching rails
|
|
I recall someone talking about removing the friction from a switch rail. Do you know how to open up the rail without damaging it? Eric (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: motorized switching rails
|
|
There are a couple here: (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | motorized switching rails
|
|
Hello all. Can someone please point me to a page or two that has examples of how to motorize a switching rail. The end I want to achieve is to sit with a controller or two or three to open and close the rails. (Using a pure Lego method of course.) (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: hills and grades
|
|
(...) For some more ideas, check out this site: (URL) could get a bunch of the 4.5volt plastic rails and do the same thing... JG (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: hills and grades
|
|
Jacob, THANK YOU!!!! That pointer to the Train Depot is pure gold!! For a roller coaster, I actually need a much more severe angle than the method Matt outlines, but there's a lot there to explore, and I like the drawings of the support pillars he (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: Train Idea Book?
|
|
There are two Train ideas books - 7777 (82 pages of the 12volt trains, my favorite) and 242 (100 pages of older trains). They are both tough to find and expensive, like most Train related Lego products, but there are scans of 7777 on (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: Train Idea Book?
|
|
7777 springs to mind. I found scans of this book a while back, it's a treat. I have *once* seen a paper copy. It is hard to find in the flesh, if someone had a copy they were itching to sell, it would be swell if they contacted me... Try this URL: (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: Train Idea Book?
|
|
Not an Idea book, but this site will stimulate your creative juices. (URL) Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) Ferrari <giuliof@iol.it> wrote in message news:37DCE7A6.F13471...@iol.it... (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: Train Idea Book?
|
|
Here is a spot for tracks. (URL) Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) Ferrari <giuliof@iol.it> wrote in message news:37DCE7A6.F13471...@iol.it... (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
