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(...) In Britain all railway lines are designated up or down - then fast or slow. All lines go 'up' to London - how they work out lines parallel to London I don't know. Is a goat a shunter, a bit like 7760? Carbon 60 (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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(...) Yes. There will be no new trains this year. Usually, we get new train sets every two to three years. (...) 4565 is not selling-off. It is still in the 2000 line-up. (...) I would say so. (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I have not been keeping up with this group since the great April Fools joke, so excuse me if this question is redundant. Have we seen the entire lot of new mid-year release Lego sets? Don't they release new train sets every year? I have not seen any (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Query (was Re: Yards)
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James B. wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> Yes please!. Industries are always neat to see track plans for. I know of books written on industrial railways (INCO for one, a fairly hefty book, but they had _a lot_ of track for quite a long time) (...) If (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Query (was Re: Yards)
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(...) <mondo snippage> I've been following this thread with vague interest, since I think railyards are neat, and was wondering... I work at a major industrial plant, which ships upwards of 70%(1) of it's product via rail and there is a large rail (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) "please" assumed since, after all, it's Jonathan we're dealing with. you need to avoid shorting. Standard ways, discussed here already: - Use a sticker to insulate - leave a gap of a stud between the tracks so they don't actually connect. (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Oh, and here's something I DON'T quite agree with (...) A lead track often runs down parallel to the main. It is usually connected to the main by a crossover that faces the opposite way you'd expect and is at the opposite end you'd expect Something (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| | Re: Find of the decade?
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Ever heard of The Boy Who Cried Wolf? "Kid" (lie) enough around here, and people aren't going to believe a thing you say after a while. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I have this set that I picked up in a large lot, does this set interest anyone? I am afraid it does not really fit anything I am doing currently. Steven (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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The Union Pacific yard in Portland OR uses a heavy-duty fork-type loader to lift trailers onto and off of spline cars. -Cheese (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It is actually possible, you just need to have the legs come in on a straight so you can make an electrical gap by leaving a 1 stud space between two pieces of track. (C) (A) ----\---...---x--/----- -> main -----\ /-----x-- || || / | (B) The (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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What is the general method of unloading spline cars as in this pic? (URL) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Frank Filz wrote: <frank's excellent description sniiped for space> Thanks for your insights... I might try to make a wye. I think we may be able to get around some of the polarity issues because we use DCC to run our layout. And as I stated in my (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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Thanks for the ideas, I should be able to incorporate a lead of at least five feet into the layout plan without two much difficulty. -chris (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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Since reading some of the other peoples ideas (Thanks Dean!...I stole your track plan :) and so on, having been in the process of rebuilding the trackage on my layout anyway, I decided to make a signal box. The points are easy enough...first I have (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) back (...) ;^) OK - I won't say it! Slam-o-rama, but it's not as bad as it sounds. The RCX ramps down the engine speed when it's backing down a siding, until it clicks on a car and bumps into a buffer that's got a touch sensor embedded within. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm using a borrowed design prototype from another post here - don't recall enough to credit them right now - but it's a motorized technic beam jutting out perpendicular to the track, intercepting the two magnets and forcing them apart. Wait - (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Now tell me how to make one without using anything that is not lego and without modifying any lego :) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) touch (...) counters (...) OK. You've got my attention now. I'm very interested. How does the train trip the touch sensor? (Please don't say it rams into it). Scott A (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) A wye is a method of reversing the direction of a engine, so that it faces the other way, like a turntable. (crude artwork ---...---(connetion to mainline, or could be mainline) ` ' ` ' y | One leg of it must be insulated, so that you can (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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