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(...) I might just add that while this was a bit over my head it work extremely well and the sensor itself was very small and unobtrusive. It was a non-LEGO solution but I loved it and recommend it. I think with some reworking it may even be (...) (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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| | "No Contact" Homebrew Train Sensor for Mindstorms
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As has already been reported by others, I built an automated railroad crossing for the NELUG train display at last weekend's Greenberg show. I wanted to take a moment to describe the "homebrew" sensor that I used to detect an approaching train so (...) (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NELUG participates in December 2nd and 3rd Greenberg Show.
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(...) We kept some trains on tails of track, mostly running two at a time. But there was a short train we occasionally ran on the outside loop with the commuter rail... when it was parked, there was an engineer climbing into the locomotive. When it (...) (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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Don't know if anyone has already posted something about this but noticed just now that these are now available through shop.lego.com. I only check the online shop for my own country, so who knows they might have been available in other countries for (...) (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Is there still a 2585 set in LOCO software?
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"Jim Bonczyk" <jbonczyk@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3a2c5825.413650...net.com... (...) They had a very limited supply. A single call in order depleted their stock entirely. Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) When I was vacationing at Walt Disney World in Florida last October, the Lego Imagination store in Downtown Disney was selling this small set separately. 'jim (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: NELUG participates in December 2nd and 3rd Greenberg Show.
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(...) I think most of the stygma comes from what people either remember building when they were kids or what their own kids build with what is probably a much smaller assortment of parts then what most of us have to work with. For some reason the (...) (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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| | Re: NELUG participates in December 2nd and 3rd Greenberg Show.
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(...) blast! It's great to hear that so many people were interested in your layout and the whole LEGO Train theme as well. LEGO has been making trains for decades and it's funny how few people know about it, especially model railroad fans. On an (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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| | Re: motorized points - finally got it!
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Here's some pics on brickshelf. Sorry that they are blurry, the digi-cam I have dosen't seem to do well at close range. (URL) No modifications where made on the switch! (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NELUG participates in December 2nd and 3rd Greenberg Show.
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(...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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