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Has anyone tried making isolating rails? By this I mean a purposely modified section of track with a cut in one or both rails (can be done with a modelling grinder etc.). All the postings I have read refer to using 1 stud gaps between the rail ends (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If you put a wagon plate on a 2 axle bogie which utilizes a bogie plate then you will be 4 bricks high as it stands on the track. The LEGO platforms which come with the train station are 2 bricks high. You could stack 2 ramp platforms and (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | How high are train cars.
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I'm building a train station with passenger platforms and I'm wondering how high to make the platforms. Currently I only have two axle train cars, but I'm plaining to get some of the dual boggy cars in the future. I'd like the platform to be the (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Lego layout from the seventies
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(...) Hmmmm - towards the bottom left of that picture is a small house with a red roof and an arrangement of black and white tiles in front. Anyone happen to know what set number it is? It's one of my favourite sets from the seventies - but I've so (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Three more 8w train pics
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(...) Gianluca, Thanks for posting these photos of your creations. They're wonderful. I particularly like the stud-up and stud-down orientation of the arches used on the side of the EMD f7 locomotive. What a nice circular hole of good proportion. (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm sorry,no informations are available. Yes,it was on an italian encyclopedia at the voice "toys". It seems to feature official Lego sets,so maybe it's an official Lego picture. Bye Gianluca (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Do you have more information as to the source of the picture? Do you mean it was pictured in an encyclopedia (like Brittanica)? (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) That's so cool. Check out that mountain! How many pieces in that??? And the station's a winner too!!! Some of the older stuff is really good, as it predated this morbid facination of juniorisation that TLC has developed. With less specialised (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Lego layout from the seventies
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Hi all,I've put this old pic (I'm very fond of it) on brickshelf gallery. www.brickshelf.com/g...pedia0.jpg It is a lego train layout from the seventies,that was on an old encyclopedia of mine (since its name) . I really like it,because it's like I (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Three more 8w train pics
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Hi all,I have put 3 more pics of my trains (pics 17,18,19) in pic 17 you can see the front of Santa Fe EMD f7.I'm sorry it is a bit fuzzy,so it will be a little difficult for you to understand how it was built. www.brickshelf.com/g...rain17.jpg In (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Pictures of my 8-wide trains on brickshelf
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(...) Hi,John first of all thanks for your "excellent work" (and,of course thanks to all who appreciated my trains!) My first lego train was a metroliner,in 1993. I soon got bored of it,because it was so small and light.... About in 1994 I had this (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.it)
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(...) Non apprezzo particolarmente la parte ferroviaria Lego ... pero' ... ... Complimenti !!!! Visto che sei di Torino posso portarti in pellegrinaggio un amico a cui piace il genere 8-)))) CiaoCiaoSergio (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.it)
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| | GE Diesel Locomotive - MOC
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I have uploaded some (not very good) pictures of a MOC GE Diesel Locomotive I built. (URL) based this model on an actual engine ((URL) owned by the New Hope Valley RailRoad ((URL) which operates a train museum out of Bonsall, North Carolina (not too (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug)
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| | Re: Pictures of my 8-wide trains on brickshelf
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(...) I think your models deserve better photographs Gianluca, they all look superb and we wan't to see more! The photograph showing the end of the 'Metroliner' coach really emphasises the profile shape available with 8-wide. I would love to see (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Copy of my April hoax train
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Somebody has done a quite cool copy of my April fool jokes "Rheingold Express" but in a different colour scheme. Take a look on under the URL: (URL) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) you can just ignore the trains.htm part and then follow the links, or (URL) follow the links .com should work same as co.uk which shortens it by 2 regards lawrence (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Pictures of my 8-wide trains on brickshelf
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Bravo, Gianluca! Another disciple;-) Welcome to the 8 wide side{:^D You've built almost as many 8 wides as I have! I especially enjoyed your Santa Fe Warbonnet. I would be interested in hearing your experiences in building 8 wide, as I'm sure would (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.it)
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Hey those look great. I'd love to see some more close ups of the box car. I like the "wood slat" look that it has. jt gianluca morelli wrote in message <20000504150630.7885...oo.com>... (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Pictures of my 8-wide trains on brickshelf
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Hi all, I've put some pics of my 8-wide trains on brickshelf's gallery. First of all I'm sorry because they are a bit fuzzy,but I'm not an expert photographer... You can see them on www.brickshelf.com click on "members" and then on "Gianluca (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: 4555 Freight Loading Station available at S@H
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No one buy any (smirk). Call every Monday morning to see if they have gone on special and then start buying. Chris P.S. Wouldn't it be really nice if LEGO gave a discount on large purchases of track? But I am sure we have all thought this before. (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains)
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Chris, Thanks, It looked like a good size. Big enough to get a bunch of different things in it, but not so big as to make it to big for a room in a house. Have fun at the show. Chris (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <snipped description> Thanks for sharing your experiance... Hopefully it won't rain here that weekend. Also the show is on;y one day so there shouldn't be any security problems. -chris (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: 4555 Freight Loading Station available at S@H
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(...) indicated (...) I spoke with someone at S@H last week and she said that the "train stuff" never goes on special because they have no problems selling it... I guess it depends on who you talk to. Ryan (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains)
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Lego S@H has a limited # of sets available for $73.00. The person indicated that because this set is discontinued, it might become a S@H special on Monday. The quantity available was just less than 100 sets. Hope everyone that needs one gets one! (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Yards
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Outside events? Experiences to share? Well, since you ask, yes. When PNLTC did our layout with the LEGO 25th Anniversary truck tour in Portland back in 1998, we were setup underneath a tent right next to the cab of the LEGO truck. Our layout was (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Various MOC's metamorphosed from Sets
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(...) unable to find it. (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Various MOC's metamorphosed from Sets
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I picked up a large box of miscellaneous train parts at a sale. Much of it duplicated sets I already had, though the sets in the box were incomplete. So I threw these parts together with my complete sets to create some MOCs that have evolved from (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Outside show
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hello I know Reinhard "Ben" Beneke did a show outside at a garden show here in germany, with ponds and bridges and the workd, i also know he had different experiences with it, if you ask him, i know he will be glad to help you with info on outdoors (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Yards
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(...) Sorry, forgot to post that. June 3rd. We'll post more info when we get it about location and times for anyone who would like to come down for it. The show supplies the tent. I hope the poles don't interfere witht the layout. Good luck on your (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Yards
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Well the NGLTC will be doing it's first outside layout this month at the North Georgia Premium Outlet Mall, I'm a bit nervous about the weather since we won't have a tent. We do have some covered walkways to set up in if we have to, but if the (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Whist not a show as such, I set up my train stuff outside before leaving victoria for VictoriaLUG. Did it right onto the ground, and a grand time was had by all of us there at the time (included a bunch of kids). I now have more track, so (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Yards
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(...) It's 10 by ~17 feet. This is WAMALUG's layout at the Sixth Annual Manassas Railway Festival in VA. There will be several layouts in all the major scales and even 'real' trains. Virginia Railway Express(a local commuter line) will be sponsoring (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: News from EJLTC (@Shiri Dori, now off-topic)
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(...) Monorail has been part of town and space as you can see on the numbering too. (...) addressed to Mike, but of course it's more an open letter to be read by anyone interested. Just some kidding..... (...) Be sure: the monorail hoax will not be (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | GFLTC at the Enviro Fair...
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The Greater Florida LEGO Train Club will have a small (3ft X 10ft) LEGO Train display at the Largo Enviro Fair Saturday, May 6th... ~~~...~~~ ENVIRO FAIR Find out how fun and easy it is to be green! Participate in demonstrations, seminars and (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Yards
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Chris, Just tool a look at your layout. After a few minutes I thought, "Wow, that is a pretty big layout." So, how big is it? Thanks, Chris (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| | Re: News from EJLTC
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(...) Uh... Ben? Did you intend to send this post to lugnet, or to Mike personally...? (URL) <snicker> <burst out laughing> Well, I'll be VERY excited when the monorail 2001 comes out... <grin, duck and run> -Shiri XFUT .off-topic.fun (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Black & White Metroliner-like Train
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I uploaded some pictures of a black and white Metroliner-like train I have been working on lately. It is basically finished although I would like to add one more Club Car to it. Unfortunately I am out of white train doors. ;-( (URL) Walsh - (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug)
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| | Re: News from EJLTC
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In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes: . In fact I have the plan to complete (...) 3 (...) Does that include all the faked sets too Ben? When you aquire the missing sets I think you will have the most desirable Lego collection of all time (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp)
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| | Gratitude! Excitement!
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"AMIGOoooo! ! AMIGOoooo! ! " Nice to meet you! I am Masaki"INOSUKE"Kikuchi of Japan. Mr.Todd! Mr.Paul! Thank you for the word to mysterious "the crystal train" of Japan! Give the feeling valve although my sentence is useless translation English (^^; (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Yards
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Thanks to everyone who gave me suggestions on designing a yard. Here is the current plan for the layout. (URL) 20 baseplates by 12 baseplates. Ignore the roadplates under the rails on the righthand side, they are just placeholders for the table (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| | Re: News from EJLTC
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(...) Notice: this is no hoax mail! I realy do not own a single set or even rail from any of the Lego®-monorail sets. Personally I do not like them too much, and I have enough stuff of the "real" Lego® trains to fill my appartement. In fact I have (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp)
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| | Re: News from EJLTC
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(...) Definitely "No"! But I fear with telling you this, you might expect to see them even more.... So let me tell you: I have a georgeous plan for an April fool hoax which will be based on the theme monorail. That's the only reason, why there is no (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp)
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| | Re: Mecanical Interlocking
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This sounds like just what train-heads love, especially the organised clubs struggling to grt recognition amongst the conventional railway modelling fraternity. (...) trackage (...) You could also build them so that a passing train mechanically (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: News from EJLTC
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Reinhard "Ben" Beneke <r.beneke@tu-bs.de> wrote in message news:Ftw6K5.7JG@lugnet.com... (...) for my (...) Does this mean we will be seeing the "New 2001 Monorail Sets" soon? Mike (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp)
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| | Re: News from EJLTC
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(...) Congratulations to you and your friends of the EJLTC! I loved to surf through all your pictures and got a lot of inspirations for my future work on Lego trains. Leg Godt! Ben (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp)
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| | Re: automating switching rails
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(...) touch (...) end (...) RCX, (...) reset (...) I've posted a listing of the RCX program I use to control a 9v train around a closed loop. It's an example of what's possible, but it's simplified. I left out the uncoupler logic and hardware for (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Train set 127
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This train has a new home, thank you for all inquires. Steven (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Find of the decade?
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) :-) (...) Reminds me of the OLFoF queue at PKI. (...) I guess I don't believe it's a fake, because I can't understand how you'd get the boxes in different perspectives like that unless you actually owned (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: News from EJLTC
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) Now THAT is a brilliant train. Sheer genius. SUGOOOOOOEIIII!!!...!!! "As for the LEGO train way of playing, is more colorful and more attractive in comparison with other railroad models and railroad toy. "I (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: News from EJLTC
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Dear Kevin: I can understand what you wanna say (^^); (...) OK,here is an explanation: The owner of the transparent train models is Mr.INOSUKE who is one of my best friends. To tell the truth,he is NOT good at English and the English commentary (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp)
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Dear James: Unfortunately the pictures of the monorails are not ready yet. The owner of the monorails is Mr,Kotaro Ono but he is really busy recently so I can't have a enough time to meet him and take his monorail's picture. I will catch up with (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp)
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| | Re: News from EJLTC
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(...) Thanks. later, James Mathis (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp)
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Pardon me, but I'm dizzy! I just got off the monorail!!! What a ride! Bravo to the camera on-board the monorails. What a ride!!!! Just awesome. And the monorail designs look GREAT, too!! Too much fun. :-) :-) Thank you!! later, James Mathis (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp)
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| | Re: new Lego Train sets?
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(...) It is available here in New Zealand. It is shown in the catalogue and on the retailer's price list. Grahame (24 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) but the English commentary is the most delightfully garbled I've ever seen. (Not a criticism, understand - my Japanese is non-existent!) Kevin (24 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp)
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| | Re: News from EJLTC
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(...) --Todd (24 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: new Lego Train sets?
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(...) of (...) It is also in the 2000 German catalouge. (24 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: new Lego Train sets?
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(...) Here's something I've always wondered. What determines if something is "part of the lineup"? Just being (or not being) in S@H catalog isn't definitive. ++Lar (24 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | News from EJLTC
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Dear all train lovers: East Japan LEGO Train Club official web site has been updated. Now we have a gallery page of our creations: (URL) interesting update is a page of some movies at latest event OLEGO LAND Vol.1 at Akihabara ,Tokyo. (URL) last (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp) !!
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| | Lego Train club info
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I'm interested in joining or starting a lego train club in the south central region of Pennsylvania.If anybody has a club in this region or would be interested in starting one please send me an e-mail.Thanks,Jack Reyer (24 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: new Lego Train sets?
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(...) Maybe not in Finland, but it still part of the 2000 line-up in the US. (24 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, according to the Lego Finland it is not. And I haven't seen it in any of the 2000 catalogs. Mika (24 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Yards
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(...) roads (...) In the US the yard goat is whatever power has yard duty. Yardmaster's whim, to a certain extent. Sometimes it's a relatively small engine, like a SW (which I modeled). Almost never would it be a rigid frame like, you only see those (...) (24 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| | Re: Yards
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(...) No, it is a smallish animal, somewhat larger than a dog that eats grass...but, in a railway context, it would be about eq. to a 08 or such like (if not a 2x class engine in the UK, american ones tend to be 1500 HP and up. James (24 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| | Re: Yards
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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 (24 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| | Re: new Lego Train sets?
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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. (...) (24 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | new Lego Train sets?
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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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Yards
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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. (24 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Yards
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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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Train set 127
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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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| | Re: Spline Cars
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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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| | Re: Yards
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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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| | Re: Yards
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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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| | Mecanical Interlocking
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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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(...) Can someone please tell me what a wye is? (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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In lugnet.trains, James Powell writes: <snip> James makes a number of excellent suggestions. Here's what I feel the most important is (and it's one that non RR's don't know to do), if you plan to do actual switching, that is, this yard is more than (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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(...) Unfortuanately, it can't be done without using something to create isolated blocks. Too see the problem, note that the outside rails of the turnouts are always connected. The inside rails are switched depending on the turnouts position. What (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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(...) I've been playing with that as well. I have about 4' by 10' for my entire layout. (Plus a little L shape on the end 2.5') I've been trying to build a yard that is small but useful. It's been tough. I've got an idea in the track designer have (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) What about yours? (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Near the roundhouse. Not in the yard (...) Usually yes, there would be. (...) No, make it single ended, you don't have enough lenght to make it double ended (...) As many as you can cram into the space you have, + a few more :) Need more info. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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I am trying to design a yard for the next WAMALUG display and I haven't come up with a decent design yet. Our previous yards were ok, but they were lacking in the function department(the switcher couldn't do anything without crossing the mainline). (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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Ed, Please hurry with the details, I like to here more about how you are "un-coupling" the train cars with the RCX. jt Ed McGlynn wrote in message ... (...) touch (...) counters (...) just (...) back (...) switching (...) this. (...) using (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Scott - Surely I left out a lot of detail regarding the RCX! The RCX is running the train around a circuit in a loop, with inputs from touch and light sensors to determine train passage and location. Randomized counters keep the program from (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Maybe (...) Oops, I mistyped yet again. : ) I was thinking of a train / LEGO club or something for around here. Like MATLUG or something. I think I am still subscribed to loc.us.mi. Scott S. -- Scott E. Sanburn Systems Administrator-Affiliated (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Like lugnet.loc.us.mi? Steve Bliss "Lowell, it's near Grand Rapids, just a few miles past the soap factory" (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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"Ed McGlynn" <ejmcglynn@juno.com> wrote in message news:FtoCwJ.314@lugnet.com... (...) manual (...) Does the train trip the RCX? If so, how? Scott A (...) the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) right. From my ScaleFour book: Switch Rails is the bit you are looking for (all are UK terms) Closure rails are the bits leading into the frog, the straight rail out of the frog is the point rail, the curved one is the splice rail, wing rails (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Dan Boger and I have been working on automating some of the points on the WAMALUG layout. We came up with one nifty solution that doesn't require modification to the points nor high torque motors. Our system uses micromotors and rubber bands to turn (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Also see my thoughts on this: (URL) use an RCX for most situations, but I also use a polarity switch for manual applications and for the kids to operate the switch. Ed (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) There are some schemes on the Leo & Lego site for automated points using the polarity switches: (URL) Buiting Visit the LEGO Lexicon: (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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