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Re: Brit-Rail APT (Advanced Passenger Train)
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 30 May 2001 21:40:33 GMT
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"James Mathis" <thakius@nmt.edu> wrote in message
news:GE5Mwy.49r@lugnet.com...
> I've been working on a pendular mechanism to tilt train cars through • curves.
> A fun project! :-)
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> There are quite a few train sets now that employ some type of pendular • scheme,
> now; but, for me the Brit-Rail APT was my first introduction to a tilting
> train. (Was it the first to carry ticket-paying passengers?) So, it • seems
> appropriate to outfit an APT with my first pendular mechanism.
James, that is a stunning model -- PLEASE keep the DAT up to date as you
refine it and share it with us all!
Huw
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| (...) Huw: I will try to keep the APT dat up to date. It is easy to do for now, for I only build this APT in MLCad for the moment. I am in the process of securing many critical elements that I do not have in my dwindling train-specific parts (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| I've been working on a pendular mechanism to tilt train cars through curves. A fun project! :-) There are quite a few train sets now that employ some type of pendular scheme, now; but, for me the Brit-Rail APT was my first introduction to a tilting (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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