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(...) #3--with really good directions, so a newbie can make it work (without help from the computer kids;) Make it a good day. Louise Belles (26 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Most of the times on the railroad that I work for (Norfolk Southern), if one is referring to the points of a switch, we call them points, as in to make sure there is nothing fouling the points before throwing a switch, i.e. something that fell (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Put me down as a 3. I assume that DCC decoders are cheap enough that I could equip ~15 motors and not choke at the expense. (Forgive my naivete about model railroading - I haven't bought a non-Lego train since the mid '70s.) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <UI deleted> And where's the fun in that? Jasper (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Put me down as a 3 and I'd probably get 5 or 6 units if the price were reasonable. (300-400 total for 5 units and the interface to my PC) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Crossover. This typically will mark the beginning or end of a block in CTC territory. It typically did not require an interlocking tower. (...) A crossing. There is no implication of connection from one track to the other. However, since the (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Matt, Put me down as 4 and maybe 5.... Thanks Jim (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That's one reason I was reluctant to work on it before Christmas, with the lack of any new trains for 2 years and with all the electronic gizmos Lego have been making I was worried that maybe they had been busy working on a DCC [1] system of (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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It's a great idea. One Lego should have come up with by now. (3). Perhaps Lego will copy your design and make their own, the same way they stole your crossing track;) BTW, can it be Mac compatible? -John (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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