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I'm not a LEGO trainbuilder, but I've been into model trains for years. and this is an idea I got from some modeltrain book: forget about ramps. What? Forget about ramps. Think Moses, mountain.... If it's hard to raise the level of your track, lower (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Well maybe not between two tables but certainly between two LEGO hillsides? Oooo, but I imagine I'll be ordering a lot of 2x4 and 2x8 green bricks from LD. Adrian "Duq" <Duq@nlgateway.net> wrote in message news:GCMFrq.3F7@lugnet.com... (...) and (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) i've been pondering building a draw bridge between two tables. i was wondering if anyone else has tried that. it would be easy for 4.5v but i imagine you would have to custom make some rails to get the electrical conncetion for 9v or 12v. (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) something like this? (URL) was built by Jennifer and I for the WAMALUG layouts... We thought of trying to build a drawbridge, or a liftbridge, but never got to it... yet :) Dan (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hmm...lift bridges that I know of: Mine Ben Fleskes GMLTC(?) I am sure other people have made lift bridges, which are far easier than a draw bridge in Lego. (at least, I think they are easier...I haven't built a draw bridge). Fixed bridges (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Nope. Just embed connectors somewhere in the bridge and leave a one stud gap between rail ends. At least that is what I did. That is not the hard part. I htink your big problem with a two table draw bridge is keeping the alignment. (...) I've (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The GMLTC had a bascule bridge on our last layout: (URL) is a vertical lift bridge behind it, but that one didn't work very well... :-( ) I don't have a picture of the bascule in the 'up' position, but I can explain it pretty easily. Pivot (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The counterweight should also create a great obstruction to protect from one side. Josh (23 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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"John Gerlach" <john.gerlach@bestbu...om.nospam> wrote in message news:GCo6oJ.5v5@lugnet.com... <snip> The GMLTC had a bascule bridge on our last layout: (...) </snip> That's a very unusual design for bridge.... Is it modelled after an existing (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Its real, I live near a large one: (URL) are some great pictures of it (The bottom of the page there is a panaramic shot of my hometown, Hancock, the bricge is on the right.) Josh (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Indeed. We always have multiple bridges connecting tables at all PNLTC shows. Another, similar idea is to build a table lower than the adjacent table, creating an opportunity for a rampless bridge. Any good model railroading book will confirm (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) We found a picture in a book on bridges. There was only the one picture, in the 'down' position. We took a pencil and drew arcs on the picture (from all the pivot points) to figure out how all the moving pieces worked. It was a very popular (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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