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On this topic, has anyone ever tried cutting a bit out of the metal in one of the rails (just on one side) to stop a reversing loop from causing a short? I've been wondering about doing that, and wondering how difficult it is. Simon (URL)Track (...) (26 years ago, 25-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | My new diesel electric
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One again I have not tried to make a specific model of diesel electric; I just tried to make something that looks like a diesel electric. I have used some ideas from other models, but I have added a 7 stud wide cab, and a technic axel railing. (URL) (...) (26 years ago, 25-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Yet another PNTLC event
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John, LEGO Man has been spotted again and apparently he doesn't need a hospital just a little first aid.... (URL) It is kinda train related because the truck is driven by a train motor beneath the road and a magnet attached to the truck. (...) (26 years ago, 25-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Lego made a Caboose!
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(...) Speed Regulator! That's the name I was trying to remember! Thanks. Steve (26 years ago, 25-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Not a new creation. Just more pictures of the ol' slag car. There are four new images which show a little more detail as to the construction of the model. Go to (URL) either click on "What's New..." or follow the links through the "Train Creations". (...) (26 years ago, 25-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Dilemma: How best to honor Gary Louie
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Thanks all for your thoughts. I got some good offline suggestions as well, and what I'm seeing form as a consensus is to auction off whatever stuff ends up being donated (there's no need to actually send it to me, the donators can just send to the (...) (26 years ago, 25-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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Ben, Thanks Ben. I will try it out tonight. In question 2, I was just saying if I ran one train around track#1, and had the switch going to track#2 (and not having the controller on, all the trains would be switched off), would it cause a problem, (...) (26 years ago, 25-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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All, see my comments below prefixed with 'ben>>' (...) ben>> Lego trains seem pretty blow up proof, but I'll keep trying. If I find a way to blow them up using only Lego pieces, I'll let you know. (...) ben>> Yes. Simply be careful not to cause a (...) (26 years ago, 25-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Lego made a Caboose!
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power source? do you mean the black speed regulator? (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I think #3225 is a decent set I guess, (I looked over it a few more times since my initial post), but I wanted more train cars, and I bought #2126 instead, simply because I thought it was better for a good selection of different kinds of train cars. (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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That sounds great Matt, in regards to TD3! I guess my biggest concern involving the train situation is I would like to have one switch rail between two lines or different tracks, each having its own controller. I have a few questions regarding this (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 9V and 12V train speeds?
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If anyone has measured any of these or could easily do it, I'd be curious to know how fast both 9V and 12V engines are, in any load conditions, e.g. motor alone, engine alone, engine with any number of cars; to compare with 4.5V engines, which seem (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 3225 (was Re: Lego made a Caboose!)
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Matthew Bates writes: ... (...) around a circuit, (...) bridge support and (...) remember this (...) I had this problem at a recent train show I had a table at - my tipper car also rammed into a tunnel wall I had built, so it had to be re-routed an (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I don't think 3225 is Town, Jr. at all. Kind of a crappy design (I don't like mis-use of logwall bricks). It is *small*, and (I'm sure) not very prototypical (which isn't a problem for me). But it is a *cheaper* train than LEGO has ever (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Yet another PNTLC event
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Funny, that's not what happens in my movie clip-- he returns to the track and buys it again...and again...and again on continuous loop. Sometimes frame by frame! It's Bill Murray in some Legoan Punxsuwtawney thing... BTW, I have access to new in the (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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The rescue helicopter arrived on scene within a minute, but alas...there is no hospital. I thought he was finished, but the resilience of LEGO people alway astounds me. Miraculously when he was pulled from the helicopter he was unharmed! He returned (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 3225 (was Re: Lego made a Caboose!)
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(...) To beat Ben Fleskes to the punchline here, given the recent morbid fascination with wrecks on this group, is that a bug or a feature? :-) Agreed, though I think the tipper car in 2126, since it has two compartments, has a lower center of (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Track Designer will not detect shorts created by attaching more than one controller. It only detects shorts caused by reversing loops. However, that is a feature that I would eventually like to add to version 3, so that you can tell TD where (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 3225 (was Re: Lego made a Caboose!)
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(...) Actually, this set has grown on me since I got one for Christmas. It's quite cute as Larry says. I still think it could have been done better but all in all it's worth buying. I wish I had a few more. One annoying thing is that if you run it (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It is small and has fewer pieces than other train sets, but I don't think it is "juniorized" completely. It uses mostly regular pieces and I think its low piece count can be attributed to its low price more than anything else. Definitely worth (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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