 | | Permanent outdoor train
|
|
As I get closer to actually buying a house, I've been doing some more thinking about a future garden railroad. How well suited to a permanent outdoor setup is the Lego track? If it isn't suitable, is the guage close enough to any model railroad (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: Permanent outdoor train
|
|
Frank Filz wrote in message <377B9AD9.2620@minds...ng.com>... (...) LEGO tracks are not fit for outside usage and as far as I know there is no standard gauge close enough to use instead. Duplo trains will do better though :-) Eric (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: Permanent outdoor train
|
|
(...) Eric, is this hard earned experence? Please, share the details. I'd think that they would be OK outside...what happenes? do they rust? I don't think that they'd melt/distort too much over a year or so...Anyone got any real experence? All that (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: Permanent outdoor train
|
|
James Powell wrote in message ... (...) over (...) Sorry, no actual experience. I just *expect* them to rust from rain and distort from sun heat. If you don't care wasting your track over a year or so it may do ofcourse. Eric (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: Permanent outdoor train
|
|
You could do what LL USA did-- lay your own track. Make it the same gauge as 9v, and use O scale rails. Points might get tricky, but I think that would be the way to go. -John (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: Permanent outdoor train
|
|
In article <FEEoGy.50y@lugnet.com>, Eric Brok <brok@fcjsvc.hvu.nl> writes (...) I also have no experience of outdoor models, but I think the main problem is the plastic, and the rail joints. The plastic will suffer in the sun, and the joints will be (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Purity and Re: Permanent outdoor train
|
|
I'm sure this has been brought up before, but this brings up an important point: is anything/method that any LL does to display a model considered "pure"? It seems unlikely that in laying track in LL Carlsbad that TLG actually made track but rather (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Purity and Re: Permanent outdoor train
|
|
(...) be (...) no (...) On thing that might deture you from using your LEGO trains outside. Is that the motor might get gunked up. In other words get a lot of dirt in the motor. If you look this site (URL) it mentions that they used 12v trains but (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Permanent outdoor train
|
|
(...) I heard although can't be sure that LEGOLAND Windsor used G-Scale Track for their trains - therefore it may be possible that their track width may be a different size to the size they sell in sets. I'm currently trying to finish my OO layout (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: Permanent outdoor train
|
|
(...) I measure a skosh over 1.5". BTW, do you mean "Piko"? -John (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: Permanent outdoor train
|
|
(...) Both are valid names in the MR bizgame. (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: Permanent outdoor train
|
|
(...) from PNLTC's show experience, I can attest that one can operate with loops of 90 feet or more using one set of track leads -- all with no noticeable drop in performance. Does this qualify as a "horse's mouth" answer? :) dan parker, PNLTC (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: Permanent outdoor train
|
|
Dan Parker wrote in message ... (...) of (...) in (...) Hm, that's interesting, because I had noticed trains slowing down on the other side of my 4'x6' table. But maybe I'm imagining things, or maybe it's not level enough. Was that with a single (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: Permanent outdoor train
|
|
(...) I have to side with Frank on this one... run a 25 car train with 2 2 motor engines and you will see a speed drop on the far side of a 20 foot loop. (see my apt pictures to see the layout I'm talking about, it's not that big). Perhaps PNLTC is (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: Permanent outdoor train
|
|
In article <378946E9.C506EA83@v...ager.net>, Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> writes (...) Yes. My model railway experience was that multiple feeds work better. And with outdoor (semi)permanent track there are other factors, such as the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: Permanent outdoor train
|
|
(...) Well Peco is British and has invented many of the model railway standards. (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: Permanent outdoor train
|
|
(...) c /many of the /some of the less important / and I agree. :-) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: Permanent outdoor train
|
|
Carbon 60 wrote in message <37925E49.E0FC6D5D@b...ot.com>... (...) Not only that, but its the good stuff! Lot better than that Lego stuff. Oops, wrong group! -- Have fun! John AUCTION Page (15 Sealed Space sets sold - more soon!) (URL) Page (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: Permanent outdoor train
|
|
(...) 'I don't get it.' Back to the subject - the track width is 1.5 inches which puts it between O Gauge and 1 Gauge so you will have to make your own track or modify ready-made track and turnouts. (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: Permanent outdoor train
|
|
(...) Peco invented OO, no? How important is that, really? I'd say HO, N, Mantua couplers, Kaydee couplers and command control are all more important. Peco invented none of those, I don't think. (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: Permanent outdoor train
|
|
(...) Um? By volume, OO is bigger than HO. They Invented 2 different types of OO couplers, and were the first with a large (mass produced) scale track system. (which is a standard throughout the world...go into most good hobbyshops and you will see (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: Permanent outdoor train
|
|
(...) Um, what are you talking about when you say by volume? Are you saying that the number of OO modelers is larger than the number of HO modelers, or what? I don't think so. HO is used everywhere except in the UK and has thousands of different (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
