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| | | Whoops... hit send a bit early) (...) This sentence should finish " to allow running trains without interfering with main show loop operations". We think we may want to add more local loops in future shows to increase the amount of motion (23 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Remote Turnouts and Decouplers —Frank Filz
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| | | | (...) I also feel local loops are a good thing. PNLTC has been running several local loops also haven't they? Of course I'm doing local loops using 12v so I can do automated turnouts and block control without nearly so much work :-) (and I may one (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | More Loops at shows... —Steven Barile
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| | | | We found that at shows the more train running the better. We originally started with the concept of two main lines, but as the layout got bigger it took longer for the trains to come round! So we started adding local loops. Now we think in terms of (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: More Loops at shows... —John Gerlach
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| | | | (...) Minor nit: Just because you don't have trains moving doesn't mean it has to be a 'static' display. Other animations are crowd-pleasers, too! In our previous layout, people would comment on how the windmill on the farm scene was turning. I (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: More Loops at shows... —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | (...) I really liked (I think?) Calum's lighthouse at rtlToronto Train1, with it's rotating light (URL) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: More Loops at shows... —Jeff Van Winden
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| | | | | | (...) Actually that was my Lighthouse, we put it in Calum's area because he had a sea port.... I'm glad you liked it. Jeff VW (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: More Loops at shows... —Tony Hafner
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| | | | | (...) Yes, anything that moves is good. We've also had moving playground equipment, carnival rides, the rising of the great pumpkin, and other little details. Unfortunately, we've only posted still images on the site. I've got to make sure to (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: More Loops at shows... —Chris Leach
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| | | | | (...) I love my flashing lighted fire trucks.In our show this past weekend instead of my normal building on fire seen I did a firefighter funeral seen with the fire trucks leading the caisson down the street in front of griswold place.We had ALOT of (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: More Loops at shows... —Steven Barile
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| | | | Great point John, we totally agree. We use the generic term "eye-candy". SteveB (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: More Loops at shows... —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Yes. And even static things can be eye candy... Little jokes like the landspeeder parked at the info booth, and little more somber tableax like the firemans funeral, or the pirate skeleton below the lighthouse rocks are all crowd pleasers. (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | Re: More Loops at shows... —Tony Hafner
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| | | | | (...) Yes- some bits that stand out at the moment in my mind (I can't mention them all!) are: a fairy blessing a rock monster in a cave a window washer rescue where the washer guy is hanging by a rope from his mobile scaffold construction worker (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | Re: More Loops at shows... —Andreas Stabno
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| | | | | (...) A few months ago when a class of 5th graders visited my home, I created a scavenger hunt of several things to look for in my home layout. It removes some of the impromptu "Oh, look at that", but certainly gave the kids a sense of (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | Re: More Loops at shows... —Scott Lyttle
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| | | | <snip> (...) I know that the NGLTC (not to step on toes, James) has some that I thought were hilarious when I joined NGLTC a few months ago. -Sometimes, on a little side track, there is a damsel tied to the tracks with a man in black and a top hat (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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