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Re: Question for model RR gurus
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 18 Aug 2001 03:52:16 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, James Brown writes:
> Why is it that there is such a huge chunk of the MRR hobby (both Lego and
> traditional) that puts sooooo much time into automation? My personal
> suspicion is that it's just because automation is cool and fun, but I'm not
> sure.
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> A lot of the stuff that I see go by here (since I started paying attention,
> admittedly) is talking about automating switches, yards, roundhouses, or
> programmed routes through DCC or even more complicated automation. Maybe
> I'm seeing something that isn't there, but it seems like there's a stigma
> against doing things manually on a MRR, and that seems kinda odd to me.
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> My confusion, I'll confess is stemming from the fact that I work near a
> fairly large switch yard, and this is all stuff that gets done manually. If
> a track needs to be switched, a guy in orange coveralls jumps out of a truck
> and flips the big lever.
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> So am I out to lunch, or is everyone else? ;)
Well, it's about lunchtime here 8?)
I think this stems mostly from non-Lego MRR, where things like DCC have given
people a lot of neat ways to do things like that. I kinda like the idea of that
stuff, too, and if I still had all my HO stuff I reckon I'd be right into it,
but I doubt it'd carry over into my Lego building (if I had any time for
that!). But with Lego I guess I'm "old-school" - I like to use the parts as
they are. The only non-Lego I've used in MOCs is string & lead weight.
I think if you're happy modifying Lego to do this stuff, that's cool. But I
don't think I ever will. And I'd personally be disappointed to see Lego going
down the DCC path.
ROSCO
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