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Re: Lego train article in Garden Railways magazine
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 31 Aug 2001 18:51:40 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Frank Filz writes:
> The track is strips of metal set vertcally in
> concrete (no ties, nowhere near the shape of real rail) and doesn't have
> working turnouts (points).
Hmmmm..... I don't have the magazine with me at work today but I recall the
pictures I saw, had what looked like aluminium (or nickel) rails with wood
ties. There definately were ties set in what looked like gravel/dirt. I
don't remember off hand if any of the pictures showed points.
Katie
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 | | Re: Lego train article in Garden Railways magazine
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| (...) You're both right. In built up areas the rails are attached directly to concrete (very unprototypical) and in countryside settings, they rest on ties as you describe, But the ties are offscale, too large and too widely spaced. Frank's (...) (23 years ago, 1-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Lego train article in Garden Railways magazine
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| (...) Sadly, the Legoland (at least California) train framework (track and trucks) is pretty lame. The track is strips of metal set vertcally in concrete (no ties, nowhere near the shape of real rail) and doesn't have working turnouts (points). The (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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