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Re: A4 Class Locomotive teaser & Wheel count designations
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 26 May 1999 18:37:20 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
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> > The ludicrous extreme is a wagon plate that is equal in length to the • diameter
> > of a LEGO train circle!
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> Easy there, cowboy! I have built some 8 stud wide coaches (built over *2* • wagon
> plates) that practically *do* equal the length of the diameter of the circle.
Sorry 'bout that. I can't think that big. Those are monster coaches! Wow!
> *Looks* goofy going around the circle, and prototypically an engine could • never
> negotiate such a tight radius (at least a "C" config one), but they sure look • cool
> sitting on the track. I'm holding my breath for TLG to introduce flex track, • so
> that the angle of the curve is determined by the builder. Look, I'm turning • blue
> already;-)
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> -John
If not flex track, I'd like to see the addition of a different (larger) radius
of curve so that two tracks can maintain smooth parallel curves side by side.
later,
James Mathis
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| <snip> (...) Easy there, cowboy! I have built some 8 stud wide coaches (built over *2* wagon plates) that practically *do* equal the length of the diameter of the circle. *Looks* goofy going around the circle, and prototypically an engine could (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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