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Re: GO-Transit Commuter Rail Car
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 22 Oct 2001 20:22:54 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Tony Hafner writes:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=62509
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> Wow, that's quite a beauty. Very nice cars.
Thanks, I'm currently working on making them look less boxie and more rounded
like the real cars.
I'm also trying to talk the others in the group into modifying the corners on
our layout so this train can actually run around the track. :-)
> I poked around the directory a little more and was also very impressed with
> the monorail built on 4.5 blue tracks- I've been toying with this concept
> for a while, though I haven't actually attempted anything. Whoever executed
> it did a very nice job.
Thanks, this was mine as well. It was really only a proof of concept, I didn't
put much effort into the car designs. I just wanted to see if I could make
something run.
It runs, although it is a little slow, and the 9v battery doesn't last very
long. The next step is to improve stability so I can use a AA battery pack.
If you are currious about the drive mechanism here is a picture of the
underside:
http://peach.mie.utoronto.ca/events/lego/lego-081101-derekmonorail.jpg
Its from the rtlToronto web site, under the Train2 link on the right:
http://peach.mie.utoronto.ca/events/lego/
Derek
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| (...) Hm, yes. From the pic, it looks like they're 50 studs long by 8 studs wide. I've got a passenger train with cars ranging from 42 to 50 studs long and I've had surprisingly good luck running it. At LLCA a couple of months back, it was able to (...) (23 years ago, 22-Oct-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I poked around the directory a little more and was also very impressed with the monorail built on 4.5 blue tracks- I've been toying with this concept for a while, though I haven't actually attempted anything. Whoever executed it did a very (...) (23 years ago, 18-Oct-01, to lugnet.trains)
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