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Re: Canadian National SD40-2 Diesel Engine V2
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Wed, 9 Oct 2002 15:50:07 GMT
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Dean,
I'm guessing that you are pulling the electrical power for the lights from
the track (thus allowing you to turn on only the direction needed), do you
have an detail shots of how the lights are mounted?
Looks good, congrats on the award.
jt
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James J. Trobaugh
North Georgia LEGO Train Club
http://www.ngltc.org
In lugnet.trains, Dean Husby writes:
> I am very pleased to announce the completion of my Canadian National SD40-2
> Diesel engine.
> http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm/trains/CNv2engine/index.html
> (This gallery includes comments on each page)
>
> Voted "Best Train" of the show at the Northwest BrickCon!
>
> The special features of this engine are as follows
> 4 White 3mm LED's located 2 in the nose and two in the tail. They light up
> depending on the direction of the engine.
> 3 Spinning exhaust fans located in the rear.
> HO & O scale decals from MicroScale Decals
> The front and rear couplers are custom and are not attached to the motors.
> DCC Ready
>
> Special Thanks must go to the following people:
> My wife Xandria for her support and listening to me worry and complain about
> it for the last 2 years!
> Jacob McKee for inspiration on the front and rear couplers. (He has a
> LEGOized version of a similar engine at
> http://www.bricksonthebrain.com/botbrail/ )
> All the people that voted for my engine (Best Train award) at the NWBrickCon
> 2002
> Larger images available upon request.
>
> You can see my main train site at http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm/trains/
>
> I look forward to your comments.
>
> Dean
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| "James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message news:H3q1BJ.J1z@lugnet.com... (...) Yes, pulling power from the electrical AUX connector, splitting it to the motor and the lighting system. I can get you some pics of the rear and a quick (...) (23 years ago, 9-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains)
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