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Subject:	Re: A challenge for seasoned Lego Trainers...
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.build
Date:	Fri, 30 Jul 1999 22:32:42 GMT
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Does it stick up between ties then sessior open? Does it need to use the 12v coupler "pins" ? BTW some of us have 3/8 plywood under our tracks ;D Was there a thread on this? SteveB In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes: > In lugnet.trains, Steven Barile writes: > > We (the PNLTC guys) have been thinking about this for a while. How to • remotely > > uncouple cars. great challange. > > Think out of the box. Upward motion is the wrong direction. GMLTC staffer John > Gerlach prototyped a working all LEGO device that pushes two cars apart almost > 2 months ago. > > The first working version is about the size of two RCX bricks stacked on top • of > each other and sits completely below the track. It can be made smaller. > > -Lar

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		Re: A challenge for seasoned Lego Trainers...
(...) This question does not parse. It does stick up between ties and it does lever the two cars apart, was that what you were asking? if sessior == scissor, then the answer is no, it's not exactly a scissor action. (...) No. (...) That is a (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.build)

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		Re: A challenge for seasoned Lego Trainers...
(...) Think out of the box. Upward motion is the wrong direction. GMLTC staffer John Gerlach prototyped a working all LEGO device that pushes two cars apart almost 2 months ago. The first working version is about the size of two RCX bricks stacked (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.build)

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