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| This says Kentucky/West Virginia to me in a major way. Very nice. Why black, though? Dark or light grey seems more the color. All you need is some triple rear axle dump truck with sideboard extenders hauling butt down a hill to dump into the tipple, (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Jim, I concurr with others' opinions - nice job on the design of the structure. I'm curious on how you managed the black crossbream effect on the front of the plant. By the way, I noticed Learningsmith (at least in my area) has Mindstorms kits (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Forget about the old 4.5v and 12v stuff. If anyone still has that in any quantity I would be mildly suprised. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Lets put it this way, there are -many- different ways for it to go wrong :) I have a working unloader, rotary type, with mindstorms controlling it. I really must try and finish the program, then video it in action. 5 Pnumatic cylinders, 1 (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| James, Thanks! The tripple loads the hoppers by moving back and opening the trap door. I'm planing on automating the pickup and delivery. I was thinking of putting a sensor in the cart at the top so when it is full it whould stop and only start when (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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