 | | Missing R/C Trains on Lego.com and AFOL "Dream Train Set"
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Happy Holidays Everyone, Does anyone know what is going on with the R/C trains (7898& 7897) on LEGO.com? If you do a search for trains there is no mention of the R/C trains. You can only find them if you know the correct set number or search using (...) (18 years ago, 26-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Question for you knowledgeable Train-heads
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(...) Well, confession is good for the soul, but I'm curious as to what exactly you have learned from these sources, Dave! Some possiblities from "I've Been Working On The Railroad": "I've been working on the railroad, all the live-long day" (a job (...) (18 years ago, 26-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: From the TCLTC Proving Grounds....
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(...) Hello, Dean- Light sensors. We have found that a solution based on timing rarely works out in these applications because there are too many variables which muck it up. Check out these images to see how he did it: (2 URLs) Funky, indeed:-) JOHN (18 years ago, 26-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | Re: From the TCLTC Proving Grounds....
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(...) ABSolutely! First, just to be clear, I have nothing to do with the Mindstorming in our club-- it is all done by my son Ross (except acquisition;-) He made a couple of images for me to post that should help you see how he's doing it: (2 URLs) (...) (18 years ago, 26-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | Re: From the TCLTC Proving Grounds....
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(...) Funky. Is this done via input sensors or just timed output? (18 years ago, 25-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Super Chief Engine Available from S@H? // Wear + Friction on new wheel sets
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In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke wrote: snip (...) Ben, I ran a test ofthe old wheel set verse the new wheeel set. I built a simple box car and loaded it with eight train weights. It had one truck made of ald wheel sets and one truck made of (...) (18 years ago, 25-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Super Chief Engine Available from S@H? // Wear + Friction on new wheel sets
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(...) I received my two Super Chief sets from LEGO S@H the other day. It must have been some excess inventory they stumbled across, because everything looks like part of the original production run - old wheelsets, and 2002 dates on the boxes. So, (...) (18 years ago, 25-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Question for you knowledgeable Train-heads
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(...) No problem and I'm glad I could help. I was going through some old issues of Model Railroader the other week looking for some inspiration and came across a model of a Southern Pacific transfer caboose. I thought it looked neat so added it to (...) (18 years ago, 25-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Question for you knowledgeable Train-heads
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(...) At this point I am forced to admit that nearly everything I know about trains comes from "I've Been Working on the Railroad" and "The Little Red Caboose," with additional blanks filled in by Thomas the Tank Engine. I wouldn't even have known (...) (18 years ago, 25-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: From the TCLTC Proving Grounds....
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(...) Hey I really like that. any chance you will be sharing the details (eg code?) on how it all works so we can benefit from all your hard work? jon (18 years ago, 25-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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