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Re: A few pieces of railroad equipment I designed...
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Fri, 8 Jun 2001 14:00:07 GMT
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> Seth,
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> That is a neat way to design you site.
Thanks! I really appreciate it. I want to add some more elements, the page
is a bit Spartan.
> I wasn't too fond of your HP series,
Neither am I. The thing with those is that they were created when I was
basically getting my legs with MLCAD, just feeling around. I think I'm going
to scrap that design anyway. I want to design a more sleek and longer
locomotive, one somewhat similar to the TGV and the new GE locomotives for
the Long Island Railroad. Plus those scenes are too... boring.
> but I liked your SW and D models. The rendered scenery is a nice touch that adds
> to the display of your models.
Thanks! I keep running out of memory when I do it, unfortunately. I wanted
to have a few more buildings behind the D-27, and more station detail, but
it didn't work out.
There are some more drawings of a large railway station in the
http://www.svamcentral.org/lego/ directory, BTW.
> I do have a few questions for you. Are those the actual weights?
Nope, never built these models. They may be, but I sure don't know, I really
don't have the pieces to build these. It's a blind guess, really.
> How did you
> determine the tractive efforts (assuming that they are actual numbers)?
Another wild guess, just a guesstimation, if you will.
> Also,
> the book I have lists tractive efforts as forces (lbs or kN) but you are listing
> tractive effort as work (or energy, J)? Which is the right way to express
> tractive effort?
I honestly don't remember... I last took Physics in 11th grade, some 6 years
ago. Now, I do recall that one of my railroad books mentioned tractive
effort, which I thought was how powerful the train is in pulling its load
along a route, or something like that.
> Oh yeah, there isn't a "Products" link. There is a "Model" link.
Ooopsie...
Thanks, Chris. I think my memory is going.
Talk to ya later,
-Seth
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