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As promised to John I have scanned and uploaded an article about the making of the Thomas the Tank Engine series. It can be found at (URL) once moderated Deep links: Page 1: (URL) 2: (URL) 3: (URL) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Has anyone made an American 4-4-0 with BBB wheels?
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(...) Thanks for the exclamation point, and, yep, you got the piston thing right. I wanted a round cylinder. In the picture that I was using, the cylinder looked like a cylinder with a box on top. I choose to emphasize the cylinder instead of the (...) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Has anyone made an American 4-4-0 with BBB wheels?
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Nice work Chris! Can you explain a little about your driver links. It looks like the piston rod is static and that technic element slides along it...??? SteveB PS I just finished a 2-6-0 Mogul in Rio Grande Bumblebee livery (Med Orange, Black & (...) (20 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Grade Crossing Signal Thingy...
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(...) Yeah, I am not too crazy about modding LEGO either, but there are some mods that are fine by me. Chris's read switches are just such a mod. His crossing gates are awesome, and the read switches that control them work very well. I just I (...) (20 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: How do I power a long track?
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(...) Good thought, Patrick. Thanks. I didn't build the framework that the track rides on--it was in the house when I bought it, so I didn't think to check how level it was. Mark (20 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hello, Just something I thought of that may be worth bringing up as trouble shooting your problem would be making sure that your layout around the perimeter of your son's room is level all around. Sure it sounds like a power issue in the far (...) (20 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: How do I power a long track?
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(...) Thanks for the info, Mark. The train I am running is one of the Large Locomotives (Item#: KT105). I have 5 passenger cars (Item#: 10015), and 1 caboose (Item#: 10014). Total of 1 motor. I was thinking that maybe I had too many cars on it, but (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: How do I power a long track?
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(...) What sort of trains are you running? The advice depends on this as it specifies the power requirement. My layout has a circuit of 106 pieces of track and I use parallel-connected feed wires, one at each end, so that the through-sidings on each (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) [SNIP] (...) Hi Chris, we have used even more than 3 controllers on one long loop at FGLTC shows. The controllers have not even been put to the same speed level. No problems occured, since the LEGO equipment is really sturdy and kid proof. I (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: How do I power a long track?
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(...) Hey John, Thanks for the advice. I don't have any pictures posted yet, sorry. If I ever get that done, I'll post something about it. I kind of liked the idea suggested earlier about simply running two power lines from the same regulator to (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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