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  Re: What happened to Matt's Train Depot?
 
How about "subcontracting" some of the work? ----- Original Message ----- From: Reinhard "Ben" Beneke <r.beneke@tu-bs.de> To: <lugnet.trains@lugnet.com> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 10:40 AM Subject: Re: What happened to Matt's Train Depot? (...) (24 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: What happened to Matt's Train Depot?
 
(...) Dear Matt, what about a just small update of your set reference? One of my German friends has drawned further small pictures (in the same style than yours) and he would be willing to share them. Your site with the pictorial list is still one (...) (24 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: MOC update CP Royal Hudson 4-6-4
 
Steve, Thanks, I missed that detail (the tongue). Chris (...) -- PGP public key available upon request. (24 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: exterior ducting on SD40-2's?
 
(...) Thank you, thank you, thank you for clearing that up. I'll move my minifig to the correct side right away! Chris (24 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: exterior ducting on SD40-2's?
 
(...) On a Conrail unit running short hood foward, the engineer is on the right hand side, the fireman is on the left. NS units being part of the N&W and Southern, famous for long hood foward operation, if you were running long hood foward, the (...) (24 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: MOC update CP Royal Hudson 4-6-4
 
Chris, You're absolutely right. Ben Fleskes figured this out early on. The driver wheel assembaly is pinned on both ends. The back is pinned to the rear power truck that pivots and translates up and down and the front to a "tounge" that pivots and (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: MOC update CP Royal Hudson 4-6-4
 
(...) Hey Steve, Very cool model. I notice that all of the wheels are linked together, and the wheels are attached to the front and the back of the engine. This isn't a problem when the train goes through curves? If you pin down the ends, doesn't (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: exterior ducting on SD40-2's?
 
(...) Jeff, Just trying to get this straight in my head. With the short hood forward, the engineer's side is the left side, and the fireman's side is the right side. With the long hood forward, the sides are reversed; kinda like driving your car (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Funicular conclusion
 
(...) Simple...Sideways/Locharbar(sp) rack...need I say more? James (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: What happened to Matt's Train Depot?
 
(...) That's understandable,i now have 3 kids old enough to build with myself.By the way ,i agree with you when you say the airport shuttle is the best town set ever made! (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: What happened to Matt's Train Depot?
 
I do. I simply don't have time to update it any more. Now that my kids are old enough to play with Lego, I build stuff with them rather than spend time updating my website. Matt (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Funicular conclusion
 
(...) I've tried this one with a Technic motor driving a cogwheel and carrying its own battery pack. It worked fairly well but I was disappointed to discover that it was outperformed (in terms of maximum incline) by an old 4.5V train motor using (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: MOC update CP Royal Hudson 4-6-4
 
Gosh, Thanks Steve! Imitation is surely one form of praise. However, what you've done is taken a few of my ideas and taken them a few steps further with your own innovations. Notably the use of 4x4 round bricks with half of a 4x4 turntable (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: MOC update CP Royal Hudson 4-6-4
 
Nice! I love to see steam engines. Nice use of purple too. The original autotrain used purple, and I am always reminded of it when I see purple trains. "sebarile-MOBL" <steve.e.barile@intel.com> wrote in message news:G04s58.IB6@lugnet.com... (...) (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Funicular conclusion
 
(...) Or skip the Lego train motor altogether and use batteries. If you need more control, build in an RCX. /Eric McC/ (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Funicular conclusion
 
(snip) (...) I'd use a extension cord aproach, instead. It lets you get away with a weird width, and would eliminate using a extra motor as dead ballast weight to pull up and down. I'm now trying to think how to make a real funicular using lego and (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Funicular conclusion
 
(...) <snip> (...) Well, if you're willing to use 9v track and a regular train motor, I'd observe that there is a power connection on top of the train motor, noramlly used for lights. So even though the train motor is slipping, it can provide (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: MOC update CP Royal Hudson 4-6-4
 
Thank guys! It's always an encouragement to get positve comments from the masters! Not to mention both of you guys have been a tremendous inspiration for me and I'm sure all of lugnet.train guys. It's really great to have the web and lugnet to share (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Funicular conclusion
 
So far we have seen some examples of a funicular railways, let take a look at them the first one - don't know how i drives (if at all) how can they drive: * 2 tracks and a chain - can probably be done with a wire in Lego * tooth railway (coqwheel (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Just bought a digital camera
 
(...) all of our pictures ((URL) were taken with a mavica 88 (I think that's the model - not the 83, not the 91)... I love it - I like the macro capabilities on it, and I love the floppy disks :) Dan (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)


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