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Hi All, Although this could be called a MOC, I use the word concept because it's just a throw together to flush out a technique... I was looking at James Matis's Tan & White coach yesterday on brickshelf and wanted to try a new relief technique that (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: F40PH Instructions on Brickshelf
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I would love to see a CD full of quality instructions... Sort of a "Best of the LUGNET Trains Community" type CD. But yes, even with a CD based book, the time and effort organizing it would be considerable. Did the LDRAW folks get their CD finished? (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Cascades Mono Coupler Details Now Showing
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(...) One source about the Amtrak Cascade is Amtrak. Another is the Washington State Department of Transportation. Here are some links I've found: (URL) is a nice review of the Cascade written by a passenger in 1999: (URL) best photographs I've (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: F40PH Instructions on Brickshelf
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My feeling is the bottom line is that it takes a lot of time and effort. Printing costs I believe are quite high especially on small runs. Although I was thinking about a CD based "book" with browsable images and then much larger printable images. (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Cascades Mono Coupler Details Now Showing
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"James Mathis" <thakius@nmt.edu> wrote in message news:G565GG.G88@lugnet.com... (...) James, that is a beautiful train. Now some questions. :) What is the Cascade? I've never heard of this train type before! I can't tell, is it very new, or very (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: "No Contact" Homebrew Train Sensor for Mindstorms
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(...) No, there is no apparent decline in the sensitivity of the reed switch when it is encased in LEGO. In fact, the switch that I bought from Radio Shack was originally enclosed in a plastic housing, which I removed to reduce the bulk of the (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: F40PH Instructions on Brickshelf
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Whatever happened to the idea of a custom lugnet.trains Idea Book? I know there was a tread about this a while ago... Bryan "sebarile-MOBL" <steve.e.barile@intel.com> wrote in message news:G56BsM.7AC@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: F40PH Instructions on Brickshelf
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Bob, These instructions are great. Thanks for sharing. I plan to print them out on quality paper and make into a nice, custom booklet for my own reference. Bryan "Bob Hayes" <bobhayes1@aol.com> wrote in message news:G55Kz7.CAy@lugnet.com... (...) (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: End of 9V train line?!
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Frank, Thanks for your input on this. It seems that a new transformer could be the "backbone" of an expanded 9-volt line with automated everything... Bryan "Frank Buiting" <frank.buiting@infopulse.nl> wrote in message news:G575zq.J4C@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: End of 9V train line?!
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There might be a pretty good reason for this: The current points switch the current as well, and for an automated layout it is not very usefull; so new points which DO NOT switch the current are needed. Maybe things make sence anyway. We can dicuss (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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