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Re: Monorail roll call
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lugnet.space, lugnet.trains
Date: 
Tue, 8 Oct 2002 04:32:51 GMT
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"Jason Spears" <spearjr@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:H3n5vI.598@lugnet.com...
In lugnet.space, Cary Clark writes:
I have to hop about my home layout quite a bit whenever visiting kids • insist
that I run two monorail trains at a time. I can't imagine the gymnastics • I'd
require to run four at once.

As many a Michlugger can attest to, running 3 monorails at one time is a
surefire accident in the works.  We frequently run 2 or 3 at our shows, • and
eventually 1 or 2 will end up off the track and on the layout. We try to • look
out for it, and sometimes will grab the slower one and put it behind the • faster
one, but we don't always catch it in time. It's expected now.


Why not automate the monorail start/stops?

I made pretty small switcher for our upcoming layout, if anyone's interested
I'll post the pics.

Dean



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  Re: Monorail roll call
 
(...) Please do! -Rob. (22 years ago, 8-Oct-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)

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  Re: Monorail roll call
 
(...) As many a Michlugger can attest to, running 3 monorails at one time is a surefire accident in the works. We frequently run 2 or 3 at our shows, and eventually 1 or 2 will end up off the track and on the layout. We try to look out for it, and (...) (22 years ago, 8-Oct-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)

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