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Re: Track geometry in real life - need resources
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 1 Nov 2002 02:31:28 GMT
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> > Full size plans are rather hard to come by. Best idea is to visit stations
> > that are like what you intend on modeling.
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> :-(
> That is the tough part... all the (few) train stations near my home have a
> relatively simple design. Which in itself is probably good, but not for my
> present study.
The last set I bought (OS 25"/mile maps) cost me ~$120 CDN (50 UKP). For a
relatively simple station, the maps were expensive (they are reprints, of
respectively, a 1865 and a 1905 map of Long Marton, on the S&C Railway)
> If you have ever seen a photo of the aproaches to newcastle (UK), the diamonds
> are all on 2 curves,and each frog in them is unique as regards angles.
http://davekane.tripod.com/centralstation.html
(finally dug up a photo...)
> I do understand that "true" track has a lot more flexibility than LEGO track
> - although I did not take part in the recent poll about new possible
> geometries, I did follow results with interest! :-)
I think that most of us here want a more flexable lego track system...
> Right now what is causing me the biggest headache is the way to make
> *ramps*, to build overhead crossings. Regretably, none of the solutions that
> looks good on paper is achievable with LEGO :-(
As in track crossings? A good but expensive way that is somewhat prototypical
is 1x12x3 arches & mounds of black bricks...red ones would be great, along with
1/2 stud inset walls to simulate brick filled arches. (Then build buildings
into the arches...). The big problem is distance required. For a 13 brick
height, you need at least 20 lenghts of straight track, or 39 lenghts of curve.
I have worked up to 50+ brick height with lego pure solutions (except for in
the hole in the wall...), but it is somewhat extravagant in bricks. A rather
cheaper way is technic bridges (or it was, when the giant robot set was
availabe for $20 CDN). Other options consist of pillars of 2x4 bricks
James Powell
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