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I would have to go with a #4. I am just guessing that #3 would be too exspensive for me. Chris (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I am new to this news group and DCC Lego Trains sounds good to me. put me down for a 3 or 4, sorry about the late reply. Robin P.S. 39 days untill the H & R Train Show (St. Petersburg, Florida) See my web page for info: (URL) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Matt: Great idea with the RCX built into a boxcar. I recently built a coaltender to hide the controller from the barcode reader (same size). I have it programmed to do the chug/chug sound slowly while at speed 0, then to increase the speed of the (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Matt, Sorry I am late replying to your survey, I haven't had computer access for about a week. Put me down for number 3 or 4. In one of the recent model train magazines they were advertising a voltage regulator, which could limit DCC output to (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I am new in this meter but I never sow something to stop the trains like a red or green light ( I do not know the name in English) LEGO built this type of parts.Francesco (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I am Italian and is very difficult to find same trains sets in my country I would like to have the set number 4558 and the 3225 same of you have same suggestion for me where I can find it .Francesco (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: DCC Project Survey
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I'm either a 2 or a 4, depending on how complicated #4 is. Steve (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | DCC Survey Results [DAT]
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Not exactly a huge response, but here are the results... Level[1] Replies 0 0 1 0 2 2 3 8 4 6 5 3 19 total There is certainly some interest but maybe not enough to justify getting a batch of PCBs commercially manufactured for the encoder/controller, (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Larry, I think they used those rails on the Launch and Load Seaport (6542) (I have 2!) as well. I never saw a shorter version however. Scott Sanburn (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <snipped nothing important. Really, not important.> You know, if you take a hacksaw and a 4.5V real segment... Jasper (26 years ago, 14-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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i am trying to model the red front with the windows from several 9v locomotives in ldraw (a program for making lego on your computer) but... i need someone with a digital camera who has this part to please take a photo of the back view. also i need (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Steve Barile dropped me a note, said he's having trouble posting, and wanted to make this comment: (...) I did know that they were using the small train wheels but missed that the wheels were riding on tiles. Bizzare. There is something funny going (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Matthew, You can put me down for No.3 as well, provided the final product is as durable as Lego and comes with a replacement warranty. Mark H. (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks for the insight. Just dreaming for future Lego creations. Maybe some person will come up with the motorization schematic? I have a wish that 9v would have more to offer. I was sort of disappointed in the recent catalogue. Kurt :-) (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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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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| | Re: Track combinations using two ovals
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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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