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Hi all! I have been working with an update of my pages, and added 3 pictures to my gallery. (URL) are from Knud's layout in Denmark, then pictures are from a weekly magasine. It says that he has app 100 square meters layout on the roof of his barn, (...) (24 years ago, 22-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) Wow those are some great pictures.I love all those classic train sets! (...) (24 years ago, 22-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) move the light up one? (...) I wish I had it! (...) Josh (24 years ago, 22-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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Looks great...now if I only had a barn...heck just a basement would suit me right now :) -- James J. Trobaugh North Georgia LEGO Train Club (URL) Jensen <sonnich@hot.ee> wrote in message news:GC7Fov.7sK@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 23-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) Charles River Bridge between Cambridge and Boston that 95 will use, I believe. ++Lar (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) Yeah, nice bridge, but as far as table top layouts go, I think the PNLTC is all over him... -John (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) No, it is Lillebaeltsbroen in Denmark between Funen and Jutland. The arcticle says that it is not glue, but only due to the construction it can carry its own wight. Still, a lor of bridges might look like this one. Also the red engine (pic3) (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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"Sonnich Jensen" <sonnich@hot.ee> wrote in message news:GC7Fov.7sK@lugnet.com... (...) I would really like to see the trackdesigner plan for this layout! I was planning to build a big layout too (I have access to a attic 7 x 13m) and I have been (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) That is an awesome bridge! A builder after my own heart. :-) SRC StRuCtures (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Love the bridges, Sonnich! Interesting that you used slopes for the cable-stay supports - I wouldn't have even attempted that! And here's poor old me with just one 4561..... Regards, ROSCO (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) -I'd like to see one too! I was (...) I've had some smallish (by that standards!) layouts. The biggest took up my entire living room (not just trains, but cityscape too), as well as running through my dining room and into the bedroom (and (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) When you do get around to building it, Frank, I hope that you decide to build it modular. That way you could transport it to a show or to some event some day. Permanent layouts are nice, but can only be fully appreciated by a few. Pics on the (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I have a fairly good size layout in my basement with the following Track Designer image: (URL) it's primarily a town display that happens to include trains, but I felt the overall placement of the loops worked well. Arrange well, Andreas (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) Andreas,Quick which of those plates in that design were mine :-) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) 8 curves and 6 straights from the top-most curvy road. :) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) Sounds like a fun layout! I really like the kind of tracks where the train _really_ travels some distance and you have to move to keep the train in view :-) Trains running from one room to another are big fun! :-) (...) I'm thinking of (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I agree with that! Models can only be appreciated to the fullest by seeing the stuff in all three dimensions :-) However, the layout I have in mind requires at lot of wooden structures to support the scenary, I have uploaded my initial design (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's not aware as to where it is, that _can_ be done, but I haven't investigated far enough to tell _how_ to do it. (You can cornfield meet 2 trains with DCC easy...its much harder to do so with regular train wiring) DCC is primarily intended (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I hope you get around to building it too! This is a great layout. It's rather difficult to create a large layout, doubly difficult to make it interesting (and not just look like a double loop). I always find it particularly diffucult to resist the (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) A nice layout, but why didn't you make it possible for trains to switch from one loop to the other - why the isolation? SRC L#765 StRuCtures (24 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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"Steve Chapple" <LEGOArches@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:GCrxBw.Mx2@lugnet.com... (...) The main reason is that I want to have multiple trains on the track and I'm not sure what would happen if two transformers behave when accidently get (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I was in charge of powering the train for the 3000+' attempt at PNLTC's G2K World Record attempt. We used 10 or 12 power supplies on a single very long track. As long as the polarity is set right, we detected no ill effects. The train speed (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) A simple examination of the electronics says that there is almost no possibility of a problem if the two controllers are set to the same polarity. (24 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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