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(...) You can test this for yourself. Measure the voltage of a 9v battery with your voltmeter, then measure it again in series with a 10K resistor. It's still 9V! Now, think of all those track pieces (and joints) as tiny little resistors... :-) Mark (21 years ago, 14-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Thomas, wow, that layout rocks with massive models and finest nifty details! I love the rounded shapes of the hotel and the train station roof! Leg Godt! Ben (21 years ago, 14-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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(...) Hi Peter! But that is only measured without electric load. Even if you have a really high resitance in the joints of the track, you still will have the 9V at any given point of the track as long as you have no parallel load on the track. A (...) (21 years ago, 14-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(URL) Hello! I just discovered your brilliant pics from the train show. Your display is just great, I love it, so many details! Each picture must be seen. I wonder how the containers' side walls are build and what the exact size of these containers (...) (21 years ago, 14-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.qc, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon, lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.town, FTX)
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Looks pretty good, now I'll have to send my buddy over there to snap a few pics (been trying to get him interested in Lego trains, and to wean him off that expen$ive brass stuff. -HRH (21 years ago, 14-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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(...) Alcohol contains water, which corrodes the metal rail (and the joints between the track sections as well) (...) Do not use steel wool on your track, as it scratches the surface of the rail and leaves pits where more dirt can collect. What do I (...) (21 years ago, 14-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hmm... I actually LIKED the garden fence pieces as grids. one thing I would have done if I had more time was to turn them sideways but I think they add a lot!!! What I had there before was more of the gray grille/ribbed 1x2 bricks but they (...) (21 years ago, 14-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You can thank Tom, Clark & I (well Toms freind also...) for the Restaurant, & thank tom for the 300 some odd cats swarming the layout;-)... Josh I recognize a lot from old shows, and a lot of things seem (...) (21 years ago, 14-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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I figured Thomas needed a few more picures to show off: (URL) the display via pictures, if there's something I don't have,. it'll get there! Ask me for more close-up os what you wanna see... I'm also going to catalog the find-its, so everyone can (...) (21 years ago, 14-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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(...) Maybe I should have stated a few facts first =). All eight elevators go up and down, and distinctly stop at floors on their automated routines. Many thanks go to Jeff Elliott, our newest club member, for writing the software to make them work. (...) (21 years ago, 14-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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