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One of the MOC's I plan on displaying at BrickFest this year is my train The Ghostline Express. I had planned on eventually building an orange colored "Pumpkin Coach" for the train but the appearance of the new curved slopes in medium-orange-yellow (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Modified LEGO race train motor (it's a screamer)
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Whoa. What YOU describe is even more radical. My hypothetical is powered by the 9V supplied by the rails. It just uses some other sort of 9V motor, transmitting motion to the rails some other way than a train motor body/gearing. YOUR hypothetical is (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Modified LEGO race train motor (it's a screamer)
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Awwww, I got ya. When you were saying "power to the track" before I kept thinking electrical power, but now I understand what you are thinking. Very interesting concept and I agree with you that maybe there should be an unlimited division to include (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Modified LEGO race train motor (it's a screamer)
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(...) What exactly is a "modified train motor" ?? Here's a hypothetical to make it clearer what I am asking. Suppose I construct something that can get 9v power from the track (wipers, a gutted 9V motor perhaps, whatever) and mount a large electric (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Modified LEGO race train motor (it's a screamer)
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MSE allows the racer to modify the standard LEGO train engine pretty much anyway that they want. The track will not be modified and will still only supply the standard 9volt current. So the racer must keep that in mind and design his/her (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Modified LEGO race train motor (it's a screamer)
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(...) MSE rules are what? ANY mechanism for transmitting power to the rails is OK as long as it's powered by 9V supplied by the rails, and as long as there is no more than one electric motor involved? Or just that you can modify existing train motor (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Modified LEGO race train motor (it's a screamer)
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Cool! Sounds like we have our first MSE race, this could get interesting. jt (...) apart and switch the wiring. (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Modified LEGO race train motor (it's a screamer)
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(...) Tim, There really isn't a rule for the length of the track since each club could be dealing with different space requirements. The track we use is 15' approx 35 pieces of track for each side. jt (22 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Modified LEGO race train motor (it's a screamer)
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Dang, now you've got me getting back into the mood of making the modified class. Challenge accepted. See you at Brickfest... -Rob www.msltc.org "James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message news:GyLrFq.9AG@lugnet.com... (...) engine. (...) (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Train Station Update - Less than 2 Weeks to go before Grand Rapids Michigan GATS Show!
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To All, I decided to post on my continuing project to build a 3 brick high module for my train station, since it was at GATS in Novi Michigan back in January. This project is for the July GATS show in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as part of the MichLTC (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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| | Re: Modified LEGO race train motor (it's a screamer)
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(...) Good luck with the race. With a motor like that, it looks like you could be sweeping the competition. We were chatting about Railracers at our last club meeting, and I perused the site, but I couldn't find any info on the length of the (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | What about track/layout modelling?
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Hi, For now I have seen some great engine/cars models made by the train community. I am wondering why there is so little on modelling of track and realistic layout. I want to make a somewhat permanent railroad/layout (which should be operated by (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Modified LEGO race train motor (it's a screamer)
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I finally found a victim to be a part of my mad scientist scheme to become the first modified class Rail Racer(TM)[ (URL) ] engine. I have taken a 9V train motor and removed the standard electric motor inside and replaced it with an oversized (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | BI Portal going offline temporarily
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All, Just a quick note to let you know that the Building Instructions Portal (www.bricksonthebrai...tructions) is going to be going offline for 24-48 hours, as I upload and test the major overhaul of the site. When it comes back on, be sure to look (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.trains, lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: A train's simple wish...
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"Kyle Keppler" <kindustries@attbi.com> wrote in message news:GyK1Ez.73C@lugnet.com... (...) Thats a riot. This is actually the first thing I said to Tim when he messaged me earlier. Ha ha ha, 'train humor'...so silly. -Jon (space.) -- | The Shipyard (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.fun, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: New MOCs, Santa Fe FP45 and Alco RS-3
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(...) Cool models Robin (+ great pictures KK)! Details that caught my eyes have been the bufferless front end of the Santa Fe. And another really great idea is the exhaust in SNOT of the Alco engine. Simple but very effective. These have been my (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A train's simple wish...
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What it's really trying to say is "I'd rather be a spaceship". Space. (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.fun, lugnet.space)
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| | A train's simple wish...
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Info is coming on the latest NILTC show this past weekend soon, but until then, one of our trains had an all too common wish: www.zacktron.com/tem...therbe.jpg :-D -Tim (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.fun)
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| | Re: Rio Grande SD40 MOC version 3 (and then there were two)
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Wow, James they look great! Super job on the cab design of these units, I will have to play with this idea. Build on... Robin Werner GFLTC (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | New MOCs, Santa Fe FP45 and Alco RS-3
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Here are some pictures of my Santa Fe FP45 Cowl Unit and Alco RS-3. If your in the south Florida area, you can see them in action at the NMRA National Train Show. Special thanks to KK Quah for taking the pictures: (URL) me know what you think... (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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