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Why is the monorail motor so special?
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 2 Aug 2001 22:47:02 GMT
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Can anyone elaborate on BradJ's comment (at brickfest) that the monorail
could not come back because they couldn't get the motor. Please! Being an
electrical engineer, in the power field, I can not imagine any technical
reason why a motor could not be made anymore. Does anyone have any more info
about this?
Rose
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Why is the monorail motor so special?
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| (...) No info, only speculation... but it's a complex assembly, there is a motor, it goes into a plastic housing, there is a press on gear, some electric switches, etc. Even if you had all the molds in good shape for the 3-5 pieces that go to make (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Why is the monorail motor so special?
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| (...) The rumor I heard was that the moulds to produce the motor housing were no longer available. I'm sure LEGO or someone else could reproduce the electric motor itself, but without the housing it just wouldn't work very well - or look very good! (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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