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Warning, pedant alert. (...) Of thinwalls. Window count is none, I think. :-) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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While we are on the subject of stopping rail cars... Does anyone have any ideas for a pneumatic powered retarder for use in WAMALUGs new hump yard(1)? In real life, retarders are hydralic powered machines that grab the wheels of freight cars was (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes. I believe this is how derails used to be done a long time ago. But doing it this way requires actual trackwork, in that a section of rail needs to be removed, and some very precise relaying of track (with plates below to support the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, the cybermaster touch sensors have resistors in parallel to the switch, while the RIS touch sensor doesn't. The cybermaster uses the resistors to find out which touch sensor is connected to which switch. If you put them in _series_ and (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, that's correct. The odd 1x4x3 is behind the engineer. Rich -- Have Fun! C-Ya! Legoman34 ***** Legoman34 (Richard W. Schamus)... (No, I don't work for TLC, but I want to...) Card carrying LUGNET MEMBER: #70 Visit (URL) & (URL) wait is (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Is this a correct count: 25 1x4x3 trans-light-blue 16 1x2x3 trans-light-blue (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I looked at your "site" the other day - I was very impressed with the design. By "steerable bogies" do you mean the train 'decides' which way to go at points? If not, what to you mean. Scott A (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Scott A wrote in message ... (...) While I'm still rather new to trains (even though I recieved the 7722 in December if 1989), my first train project in a *long* time was a model of the VAL Metro in Lille/Toulouse (either one, both are lovely). I (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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"Oliver Giesen" <ogiesen@mdsintl.com> wrote in message news:Fr3tvq.Hn7@lugnet.com... (...) news:Fr3rqn.4rp@lugnet.com... (...) Is there a difference between a cybermaster touch switche & the RIS touch sensor? Scott A x to .robotics (...) a (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains)
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"Scott A" <s.arthur@hw.ac.uk> wrote in message news:Fr3rqn.4rp@lugnet.com... <snip> This is what the RCX was developed for ! ;) Couple of light sensors for train detection, and a couple of cybermaster touch switches for manual speed control. Cheers (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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"Dean Husby" <nntp@akasa.bc.ca> wrote in message news:38C581C4.DA5407...a.bc.ca... (...) Not 100% related to this post, but I've been think of somehow getting a train do the following when it reaches the end of a line: 1. Slow Down 2. Stop 3. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Larry Pieniazek (<Fr34wr.101@lugnet.com>) wrote at 04:10:03 (...) I have an image in my mind of a thing like a switch, but it's just a break in one rail, so that if it's open, the stock will fall off, but if it's closed, it just (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I dug up a photo, but Geocities was stupid last night. (URL) should give you a idea of what I am talking about :) Brownie points...the use of the name has changed, it used to be a bad thing, now it is a good thing...I guess it changed 70's or (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I made some spring loaded buffer stops years ago. Check out my Trainspotters Photos page for photos at the below URL. Allan (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) To the chappie who exulted that I wasn't able to solve this: Mine lasts for 10 strikes. Real ones last for 2. Tell me again how I failed? :-) (...) to (...) Right. US stations (passenger, subway, etc) have these as well. However what actually (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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ps. i'll post instructions when I have the time (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That would be me, like Jenn said they use the spring things from 4559. They hold up pretty well. They DID stop my GP-35 at full throttle(1). Important Safety Tip: Only try this on a carpeted floor. At the WAMALUG show they successfully stopped (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Actually, they are quite prototypical...just not typical installation on the end of a siding. They are used in places where you _cannot_ allow the train to procede onwards, such as dead end stations. Take a look at a photo of say Euston (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, I don't feel so bad now. If the Great Larry has difficulty with the stoppers... Seriously though, I have seen stoppers with springs in RL. I don't expect it to take HUGE amounts of punishment. Just the kind when it's rolling to a stop (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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You could use the 2 x 2 x 2 shock absorber pieces that come in black on several sets, including the BTII vechicle, the aquanauts crystal crawler and at least 1 train set. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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