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The updating continues. 1. I'm not sure what I did, but I noticed that I had deleted pics of my SOL green building. There some new pics of that. 2. I reshot a few of my tan building. 3. I took some new ones of my engine shed. I thought that it would (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains)
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| | Captain Blackhole of the Blackstar
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Pictures here: (URL) is a shot of the captain, his crew, his (stolen) droids, his treasure and the T3000 supercomputer he "appropriated" from the "grain hauler" he looted a few years back. blackskull1, blackskull2 and blackskull3 are pictures of (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Virtual Southwestern-style Train Station
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(...) You know, if you ever want to move to Minneapolis I'm sure we could find room for you in our little group... What do you think about the occasional -40 degree temperatures in the middle of January? ;-) JohnG, GMLTC (22 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ha. But, I can't really build this, and I'm small-town compared to you Big-time Builders. All you makers of huge-o-mongous layouts, sculptures, and scenery. Yeah, all you Train Club folks, you're Big-Town Players! I really admire your (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Chris, thanks for the reply and link. that is exactly what I am looking to do. I found your study of ballast as well. (URL) didn't know it was called ballast....(townie factor) Thanks for the compliments & thanks again for pointing me in (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Jonathan... (URL) the track by one plate. i tend to use 1x8 plates on the track ends and then add 2 1x2 plates in the center of the track section span. fill in with very light gray and lt gray pieces from the mosiac set, placing them in a (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Sorry, forgot to put the link to the new images. (URL) tower idea is there, as well. later, James Mathis (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If only the part was available in massive quantities. (...) Thanks for the link to photos. I've now posted some revisions to the station. I've also rendered images of the modules that could be compiled to make a variety of building layouts (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello, Due to 3 break in's last summer, I felt it was time for me to move. I had to dismantle my Urban Landscape and elevated subway (URL) box it up while I lived in smaller (but safer)apartments. I am now ready to start building a new town and have (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New site
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I've seen the pictures in Sonnichs brickshelf site but this shows the layout is quite magnificent, pass on the congrats I was interested in (URL) assume this is a danish IC3, I have a soft spot for these and would like to medel one sometime. In HO (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Deutsche Reichsbahn Freight Car G10
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(...) Hello Dirk, as already meantioned in the 1000steine set: this waggon (and its steering system) are brillant! In my eyes the best oldfashioned waggon-MOC I have ever seen. (No, I will not go into 8-wide now....) Leg Godt! Ben (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Interlocking lever frame (was: Working Signal Box and Signals)
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(...) 8?) Or maybe New York subway... ROSCO (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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(...) later, James Mathis (22 years ago, 13-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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You should move your page to www.ozbricks.com It is free and 50 megs. They want Lego content. Your page is shutting down due to heavy traffic. -- Bob Fay THE SHOP (URL) Meier" <dirk.meier@surfeu.de> wrote in message news:Gxnrvt.Ato@lugnet.com... (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Deutsche Reichsbahn Freight Car G10
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Hi train heads, I've just finished my new freight car. It's a Deutsche Reichsbahn G10 type. I could buy 4 LEGO® Studio Sets 1352 for only 40 Euro. And so I got enough 1x4 and 1x6 yellow tiles. I've used 130 snot (lamp) bricks!!! See (URL) freight (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi! A friend of mine opened his new page: www.sitecenter.dk/le...ljernbane/ Earlier he had these pictures: (URL) (22 years ago, 13-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Now that is a beauty! Esp. love that roof style, well done! Your station reminds me much of one I was at about a month ago in Southern CA, the Fullerton train station. Found a link for some pics: (URL) one note: photos are iPIX, so they could take (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Interlocking lever frame (was: Working Signal Box and Signals)
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(...) What, you mean like this? (URL) half-wondered if it was possible when I wrote the original post, but when I saw your reply, I knew I'd have to have a go. It's drawn in MLCAD, but it works, the locking table has been built and added on to my (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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| | Kadee Couplers & Legos
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Jeff Christner once had a webpage up talking about how he used Kadee couplers to do train switching on his layout. That webpage is no longer up but after talking to him I have reposted the information so all to see just in case you missed it. here (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Virtual Southwestern-style Train Station
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(...) really like the idea of this as a possible set like creation. Having the whole thing interchangeable. Also its great to see the 2x2 slope start to grow into a very usfull peice. And I am sure a soon to be in high demand part aswell. (I think I (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Bricks on the Brain Building Instructions Portal live!
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All, Several years ago, I had a vision of a link portal that would be a one stop destination for all finding all the fan created building instructions on the Web. For a number of reasons, this project kept getting moved to the back burner, and never (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jun-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad) !!
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| | Re: Virtual Southwestern-style Train Station
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(...) <snip> Oh James, must you continue to make the rest of us look bad? <grin> Lovely, just lovely. But shouldn't there be a SuperChief parked in front of it? JohnG, GMLTC (22 years ago, 12-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Virtual Southwestern-style Train Station
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More tinkering with the new 2x2 curved slope element has led me to try a start to a virtual train station. This 2x2 curved slope, used in massive virtual quantities, seems to approximate the Spanish roof tiles. This 2x2 curved slope has become a CAD (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains) !
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| | S@H Train Shed @ lego.com
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Check out www.LEGO.com/trains, under the workshop section. Lego has put up builindg tips on how to build the train shed they had in their S@H ctalogs a while back. Thanks Jake for the info... -Ahui www.ozbricks.com/jediagh/ (22 years ago, 12-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Who's cars are these?
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(...) Those happen to be my favorite elements, along with their 4 stud long version. I have been collecting them for *years* (which meant literary fighting for them in auctions:-) Here is a pic of one of my first 8 wide cars, taken in 1998: (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO Loco
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(...) I have no idea if he is still active in his hobby, but Robin Koppelmann (from Brunswick/Germany like me) has a homepage dedicated to Lego® Loco and in the past he has organized a few online meetings to play Loco via www. Check out his page (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This is the group for LEGO Loco: (URL) I admit, that area needs an overhaul.. -Suz (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.games.lego.loco)
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Yes, those gray curved pieces are hard to come by. Most BrickLink seller's have them for $1.00+. Ugh. I really like those passenger cars you created. Do you have any more pictures? Bryan "tom cook" <tomjcook@directvinternet.com> wrote in message (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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I have no idea if this is the right newsgroup for this, but I received LEGO Loco, the software game for Christmas last year and have been dabbling with it. I made a few maps and was wondering if people share their maps, and where one would do so. (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Yes, they are mine, thanks, both the passenger cars and the freight cars. I just wish I had more gray curved topped bricks to build more :( (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Who's cars are these?
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Those are Tom Cook's passenger cars. Pretty spiffy. KL (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Johnny Thunder, Gold, US Cavalry, and Old Steamer #27!!
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I was wandering through the Lego trains pages today, & came across the Johnny Thunder building challange, so here is my scene... (URL) Thunder was to deliver the gold to the US Cavalry, they met, here in the woods. Old Loco #27, a 2-4-0 steamer, (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | More track count for train sets
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(...) Ok, I got several helpful answers from some guys in the German cummunity and i have added the sets 150 to 159. Those are extremely confusing: 150, 151 and 155 have been released in two different versions (as I had known in the back of my head, (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Track count for train sets
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So far I have been asked several times, how much track comes with a certein train set. Now I have made up a table, that contains all train sets with track count. Take a look at it here: (URL) there are still some entries missing: I would appreciate (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Working Signal Box and Signals
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(...) Very neat! And I see no reason why these couldn't run over fairly long distances! And for your next project, some mechanical interlocking on that signal box would be *really* neat 8?) ROSCO (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Micromotor Point Switcher (!)
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(...) Or just have a separate controller for the siding 8?) ROSCO (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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I really like these passenger cars - anyone know who built them? They are from Kevin Loch's coverage of the Manassas Railway Festival. (URL) suspect they are Kevin's, but I'm just curious. Bryan (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Working Signal Box and Signals
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I *like* it! True model railway wire in tube actuation. By strange coincidence, I ordered a pile of flex bits at the weekend. I think I'll have a go. The lighting doesn't show up very well, but the concept is magnificent. I think I'll have a go at (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| | Call for automated 9v train switches at Brickfest 2002
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All, To an observer like myself, it seems the state-of-the-art of MOC automated 9v train switches has matured over the last 12-18 months. A lot of people have posted their ideas, pics, and in many cases instructions, on their version of automated 9v (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains) !
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| | Re: New Interactive Game on LEGO.trains
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(...) Hey! I'm a minifig! :) Steve (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.games, lugnet.trains)
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| | Working Signal Box and Signals
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My first MOC, using flex parts to work a signal from a lever frame in the signal box, and lighting the red and green aspects with a lamp: (URL) to read the 'motorized switch' debate on lugnet.trains, perhaps this offers some other ideas, although I (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| | Centralized control of remote switches
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Our group, NALUG, is intending to automate the switches at our next layout. As this is our first forray into this field, we were hoping to pick other peoples brains. Have other clubs automated ALL their switches, or do you select the switches in the (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: sliding knife switch
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Very nice Steve. Its simple and doesnt take up to much space. I am sure it could be easly hiddne in a new by building. Dave PS. Its nice to see you build something for a change. j/k ;) (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | sliding knife switch
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Hi All, Here's a concept of a sliding knife switch (multipole). My original idea for this was to use this to energize the rails in a round house, thus guarenteeing never more then one hot. I think it might apply to a yard as well. The slide (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Corrugated Tank Car
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OK, I think it every time James posts but finally I've got round to saying it WHY HASN'T HE BEEN HEADHUNTED BY LEGO YET !!?!!!?!!! Tim (22 years ago, 8-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Great use of the part James. Its nice to see a whole car built out of the part instead of just a bumper. By the way that particular part comes in many colors. Some do have print on them but they mainly come in the small LEGO Racer sets. (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Micromotor Point Switcher (!)
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(...) This would allow you to controll the power to the siding (forward, reverse or off) much like a real model railroder would do. (22 years ago, 8-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Corrugated Tank Car
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"James Mathis" <thakius@nmt.edu> wrote in message news:GxCuu8.4L4@lugnet.com... (...) Very cool design. You can just see the inventory for this part on BrickLink evaporating. What was once a marginally useful part now becomes a part in demand in a (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) AWSOME idea, I'll HAVE to try that! IS that 8 wide!?!? Looks to be, sweet if it is! Josh (22 years ago, 8-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Micromotor Point Switcher (!)
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I've played with Rick's solution first hand and I think it is one of the most elegant solutions out there. Ricks' writeup doesn't give himself enough credit for his ingenious design. I especially like how the spear piece is fitted in the slot in the (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I love this design, but I shudder at the thought of how difficult it would be to assemble all of those curved slopes. I think I have a grand total of one (from the Star Wars set with Yoda). Bruce (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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That's cool. ;-) Franklin (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks to Dave VinZant for showcasing his construction of putting the new 2x2 curves slopes nose-to-nose: (URL) put together a CAD design study of tank car using this technique: (URL) loads of this new 2x2 curved slope. later, James Mathis (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Rail Racers at Brickfest 2002
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(...) How about two divisions, "stock Metroliner" and "custom"? Could the Rail Racer's specs be used for the custom division? Frank (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I wonder if a train could be made that wouldn't tip over in any curve. You'd have to use some heavy duty tilting method, but still it would be tough to engineer. Sounds like something I'll have to add to my list of things to make. jt (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains)
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| | Micromotor Point Switcher (!)
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I've been looking for a new way to do remote point switching. I wanted a system that met the following criteria: 1. Uses an unmodified point. 2. Smaller and more unobtrusive than existing designs. 3. Simple and reliable. 4. Won't tear itself apart (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains) !!
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John & All, (...) Yes, it is fun. It reminds me of the Choose Your Own Adventure books that I read when I was younger. : ) Scott S. -- (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.games, lugnet.trains)
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(...) The current thought is to use two identical "stock" locos, maybe Metroliners. The reason is to ensure that the locos actually will tip over and not just zoom around any curve. But I'm open to any ideas. (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains)
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I just came across a fun new game you might want to check out: (URL) slick, and it even worked using my Mac:-) -John (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.games, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Oooooh, can we bring our own trains for the Grand Prix? Are there any standards or regulations on the types of trains? jt (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Rail Racers at Brickfest 2002
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Related to James' straight drag race, we will have a dual "Grand Prix" course. This will involve two identical track plans (with crossings and curves) where two people race against each other without crashing or derailing. (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Rail Racers at Brickfest 2002
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The course is a straight drag race, so no need to make the train handle curves. Just make it fast...and look cool :) jt (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Rail Racers at Brickfest 2002
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(...) You know, I'd never looked into actually finding out what "Rail Racers" were until this post. I have to say, this is pretty cool! I'll definitely try and put an entertaining design together :) Is the course straight, or does it involve curves? (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Motorized Switch
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"James Brown" <galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote in message news:GxCEMC.Ayo@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) Hey! That's me!... (...) (NALUG) (...) Mario Ferrari built a sensorless version of my switch that worked well enough. I had to use the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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| | Rail Racers at Brickfest 2002
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(...) It's Rail Racers at Brickfest 2002!!! This is your chance to show the LEGO world what you are made of. We will be holding a head to head competition of Rail Racers at this year's Brickfest. You will be racing your finest built rail racer (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: Motorized Switch
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(...) I've had a couple people say that now. :) (...) Normally the switch won't even have it stalled for a few seconds; it takes less than a second of power to flip the switch over. Just tapping the button isn't *quite* enough time, but it's not (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Motorized Switch
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(...) I had looked at that thread a while ago for ideas, but skipped a lot of the suggestions because they involved sensors or complex-seeming technic assemblies. Looking through it again, I find that my switch is *very* similar to Carlo Ottolina's (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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(...) The instructions are updated: (URL) moved the completed model back to the top of the .mpd, although that makes the instructions feel backwards to me. thanks, James (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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(...) 20 minutes?!?! Yikes! I've stalled my motors often, but only for a few seconds. I imagined that would be the same situation for your switch. Leaving it on for 20 min- you're boldly going where no Technic-head has gone before... ;-) TJ p.s. I (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Take a look at this thread: (URL) Jürgen Stuber <stuber@loria.fr> (URL) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Motorized Switch
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(...) Yes, I'll update it tomorrow; I don't have MLCAD installed at home. Sorry about the poor .mpd; this is not just my first motorized switch, it's my first time using MCLAD. :) (...) Thanks! I owe a lot to other people who have done these in the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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<SNIP> troubleshooting time on this assembly. (...) Will you be posting a new .mpd file to your brickshelf account showing the changes? BTW the othe .mpd file was *not* right. What I mean by that is that usually when one creates a .mpd file the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Well, some good, some bad. The good is that leaving the motor going in one direction for 20 minutes causes no separations and no apparent stress to any parts. The bad is that it did overheat the motor, which wouldn't run again until it cooled (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Hmm, Ok. Since it sounds like I'm not risking the motor, and I have lots of 8 tooth gears, I'm going to experiment by leaving the motor on for a while, and seeing what happens. thanks very much for the information, guys! This is exactly the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yep, and with this one using an 8-tooth gear straight on the rack, even with a solid structure you'd be very likely to break the gear. If you can supply an accurately timed "pulse", that would reduce the risk, but with the geared motors, it (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I've always been hard on my motors, stalling them often. It's never seem to affect their performance, or even damage them. The difficult part of stalling a geared motor is containing the large forces generated on the structure surrounding the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Ok, I guess I see that, although I could only find a couple designs, and they seemed much more complicated that necessary. (...) Hmm. Is motor damage likely to occur? The intention with this would be for either an operator or an RCX to briefly (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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(...) It's not that, it's just this has been gone over several times before, and I'm afraid it will take a major revolution to get a new design noticed. Your's is a neat and simple design, and a new way of gripping the slider. But, it's not a very (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I realize .trains is a little slow right now, but I'm still a little surprised that this sank without even making a ripple in the surface. I know at least a couple people have gone to look at it, with 300+ views on the folder... I was hoping (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 12v Trains at BrickFest! (was Re: BrickFest tentative Train agenda)
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(...) Ok folks, it's time to start really planning this. I'd like to see a huge 12v layout created which can run several trains at once. I plan on bringing at least as much track as I brought to BricksWest, which was enough for a loop with a siding (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: No wonder they call it a Bullet train...
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(...) Here's a good link: (URL)Now check out this link he provides to real-life pics of the Shinkansen: (...) tinkering with are CAD-only concepts. I haven't real-brick built any of them, nor any parts of them. I think my JR 500 Series model still (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That bracket is actually an actuator. :) There are 3 joints in it; the bottom of the V is fixed to the frame, the others are just a joint in the arms about halfway. You can see about 1/3 of the way up on the left that there is an arm attached (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Correct. They discharge over track that has an opening (elevated or not)... (...) Not sure about that part. (...) Yes, it is a "handbrake". It's used when the car is not coupled to train air to set the brakes manually. The wheel is called a (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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I went for a bike ride last weekend in a town that had a railroad. There were a bunch of hoppers lined up by the road at one point, so I took some pics. I hope to model a hooper in LEGO, but I have some general questions about how they work first. (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) "In an unscientific way" one could say that the 18 sets of the 10,000 that are registered by MN members of the GMLTC makes us .018% of LEGO Direct's Train market. I don't know the roll calls of all the other train clubs but I'm sure someone (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks. I do wonder when the gravy train will run empty ;-) Just having fun using pieces I don't have... Virtual models, ick. I'd rather build with real bricks, but CAD is a really nice tool to get these models out of my swelling iching brain (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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I have been doing some experimenting with electrical wiring, and found a need to connect wires to the track more cheaply than with LEGO track connectors. I found two solutions which I believe to be excellent, and so I offer them to the community. (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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I just noticed these pictures a few minutes ago on Brickshelf, James never seems to run out of good ideas for making good looking trains! jt (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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I was just poking around Brickshelf and noticed that James Mathis is as busy as ever, although this time he's dabbling in 8 wide again, and with astonishing results... Check out his 8 wide Shinkansen: (URL) check out this link he provides to (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Dang "back slashes", thanks John. I had the image references using forward slashes and not back slashes. It should work fine now. jt (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) JT- I like the idea, however, there might be some problems with the pics uploading. I had trouble with NS 6.2 AND IE 5.0. Also, is the first engine a GP35 (typo?) or GP38? -John (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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The NGLTC has added a new section to their club web site designed to showcase club MOCs, starting with MOC engines. Here you will find a wide selection of steam and diesel models, along with the builder's name and a brief description of the engines. (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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For NALUG's upcoming show in September, I volunteered to design a motorized switch, and here is the result: (URL) very straightforward, and doesn't use much in the way of rare parts; excepting the motors, I could build a dozen of these fairly (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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I have finished my Lego train show at Glenrothes. My layout was voted the second most interesting one by the visitors. I always enjoy speaking to the people, it's always a surprise to meet someone else who has Lego trains: I met one happy Busy Bee (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks for saying so, Chris. I'll pass along the compliments to Ross. He has been extremely gratified by everyone's kind praise! As far as encouragement goes, that's an interesting topic. I have a daughter who is 2 years older than Ross whom I (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I noticed you are using the hinge/panel step arrangement. I had some serious clearance issues with that design. OK, mine kept getting knocked off when the train went by the power connectors. The constant abuse also weakened the trucks, and (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) John, Wow! I cannot say enough about those engines! The rest of Ross's brickself gallery--the cubed bricks, the name tags, the 3 wide trains--are also extremely impressive. Thanks for sharing them with us, and thanks for encouraging[1] Ross. (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | NILTC to display at Train Collector's Association National Convention
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The Northern Illinois LEGO® Train Club will display a 16'x16' layout, complete with two loops of running trains, rail yard with functional transfer table/engine shed and intermodal container system, Chicago-style architecture, a kids' play area, and (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jun-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.in)
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Well you know Eric did it for the NYU cover: (URL) doesn't mention if LEGO had any input on him doing this. jt (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.animation)
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(...) Charlie multiple posted instead of crossposted. As usual, doing so causes a bit of a mess for readers and replying posters. Can I suggest that all further discussion talking about this be confined to one group? Or at least crossposted instead (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.animation)
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