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Photos of the first stage (URL) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Convenient (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sometimes my english, plays against me..... My idea was to use the metallic wheels of the motor in a standard boggie, for testing purposes, if this works, the following step was to make a copy of the wheels with a lathe, but Larry and Dean (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If you ar going to "sacrifice" a motor for the wheels, why not use its power pickups. Lester (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) There are wifi stuff already out. G scale commonly uses radio control. The main issue is, of course, the battery... It's a pain in the butt... DCC works very well. It seems able to buffer a small amount of power to reduce brownouts by bad (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Actually the weighths were a pre-emptive strike. I figured with the length and height and the tight LEGO curves it would be best. Thanks for the feedback. Mike (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <snip> (...) I've thought about this and don't see any long term potential. Power pickup from tracks is one of the most challenging aspects of the model railroading. The lego solution is one of the best I've seen, LGB actually runs contacts on (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Mike Kollross wrote: Wow... um... wow. That looks super. Did you really have problems with excessive roll? I know, silly question. If you didn't have problems with the center of gravity, then you wouldn't have added the weights. "I think it turned (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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You are right they are different. What I will do is to try and get someone to make a collar (like a ring) to put over the wheel in order to adjust it.The collar should be thin and of a conductive metal. Tomorrow I´ll have more news....keep you (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Andrew, Do you mean the train posters created by Jeroen, (URL) , or some official posters put out by the LEGO® group? If you mean the former, then you can go to Jeroen's site. If you mean the latter, then I think you have to deal with iltco (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hey, quick question. Any idea why ILTCO didn't get pictures of the subway car set? (URL) the one that seems most train-relevant at first glance. Bruce (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) To Mike , Your train looks Great !! So many great details and building ideas. Are you going to Brickfest PDX ? I would love to see your train there. I have almost finished my new steam train .It's a 10 wide and 86 long,this includes the tender (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <snipped all the deep links> (...) Wow, that is just lovely. So many nice details, good shape, *love* the door in the nose... The use of the 1x4 wedge pieces for the (radiator?)(dynamic brake?) in the back is great, it matches the angle on the (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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My latest project. A GE C40-8W. While I was researching the loco I came across this pic on railpictures.net (URL) color scheme intrigued me so I did some digging. The locomotive shown started its life as a Conrail locomotive as part of a LMSX (Lease (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains) !!
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(...) They are different and I'm sure you'd have to do some modding and remove the gear bit. It might work. The hard part would be making a brush that rubs on the wheel. But if it worked you could do the complete power pickup in one wheelset. And (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Will that work? I thought the wheels from the motor mounted differently... if it does, neato! (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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"L. Andrew Reynolds" <andrew_reynolds@uhc.com> wrote in message news:Hso9MH.xwn@lugnet.com... (...) member? Unfortunately, you can't. The Train Posters were a collaborative effort between ILTCO and LTC and have been made available to ILTCO members (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Well, I would like to test, maybe the next weekend, the metal wheels of the motor box in the standard boggie, and install something to make contact with the wheels to send energy to the car, if that idea works, I ask if someone can make the metal (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks also to Ralph! Chris (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Larry and Dean Thanks for the details guys. I think I will have to read the information from the webpages suggested before I begin soldering anything. But it is interesting to hear that basically anything is possible and that a solution to most (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, I'm sure your right. I do plan on making up a page detailing my DCC related mods. But it's still too early to put it up as I'm still learning myself. :) Dean (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks! I've just posted (to town, and to loc.us.oh) more pics of the skyscrapers, including some pics of the inner structures of 3 of them. Paul (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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(...) Gee, when I saw your name as a responder I was looking for some kind of big announcement here :) Chris (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's probably good to say it anyway... some of us on here don't know what end of the soldering iron to pick up (ouch! did you know soldering paste is NOT a good burn salve?) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well yes, that goes without saying. You need to protect your DCC function output from exceeding it's milliamp limit. With the Zenner it just makes your resistance required to be far less. As an example 50 ohms as apposed to 200 ohms. Dean (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well that is currently the only way to pass power. But it's very inconvenient. Hence the call for something new. Dean (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Just remember to limit the current through the Zener diode when dropping the voltage... If you have a 12V supply and try to put a 9V zener without a dropping resistor, it will simply burn out. A zener diode is really a clamping device. Better (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If you modify the motor to pass the rail signals through to the power port on the top of the motor, can't you just use standard LEGO wires and connectors between the loco and the cars? Ralph (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I've done onboard RCX to modified train motor before. I had it read barcodes along the track to know what station to go to. (URL) motor now powers my DCC CN engine. One thing I would suggest is to get a 4.5 volt Zenner diode and put it in into (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This was my plan if I destroy any of my motors. I haven't done this yet though. Also the motor pack is just too large to be able to work into some cars. (...) I have a friends friend that might be able to copy the plastic wheel in a light (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hey, Although I do not have an answer to your question perhaps I can help. E-mail your question here... (URL) ... and see if they E-mail you back:] Sorry if I was no further help Happy Building Erik Bush (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's made of carbon lattice.... (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello... Can any one answer this? (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Consider also conductive paint on plastic wheels. It may not be a good permanent solution but would allow for experimentation before commissioning tooling to create metal wheels. (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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I hope I'm not stealing any thunder but... (URL) was dying laughing at some of these. Especially the trans white one. I guess I'm just easily amused. (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Dean I'was thinking the same idea this weekend... I'm imagining several possibilities, that are: Motorless box (Ben's solutions).. (too expensive for a passanger car) Metal wheel in standard boggies,what you mentioned.. but we need to work in detail (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Dean Husby wrote: <snip> (...) I've tried removing the 9v motor from inside a 9v train motor. Works pretty well. Without the motor inside, it has a lot less friction. I'm currently using this technique to power the rails on my (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Wow, those skyscrapers are huge, I love them! And the rest of the layout looks great too, super job. jt (21 years ago, 8-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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I would like to say "hi" and introduce myself as a LEGO Train newbie. I only have the old 7720 set and a load of track. Each time I think of upgrading and buying a new train set LEGO releases something new, usually Star Wars, which catches my eye (...) (21 years ago, 8-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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I've been racking my brain trying to think of an easy way to get power from the track to a non motored car. For things like lights or movements etc. I think I have something that might work. If we take two standard wheels sets and replace one wheel (...) (21 years ago, 8-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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