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Interesting idea. It reminds me of the airport train in Dallas TX, not
really a train, more of a automated bus running on a hotwheels track. It is
a rough ride for sure.
jt
In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Derek Raycraft writes:
> A while back at a rtlToronto dinner a bunch of us were looking through
> new catalogs when we came across the new Racers sets. I think many in
> the group had a similar thought but Iain was the first to vocalize it.
> Wouldn't it be cool to make a train that ran on the new Racers track.
>
> After a long delay waiting for a BOGOHP sale at Zellers. Because you
> need two 4588 to make a full loop of racers track. I finally got around
> to building a train that runs on tires.
>
> Here it is:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=28279
>
> This is just a prototype. I wanted to see how well it would work and it
> turned out quite well.
>
> At first it was only two wheel drive and tended to get bogged down in
> the corners. I upped it to four wheel drive and it runs very smooth.
>
> I'm using a Code Pilot to power it. Its the only controller that fits
> in 6 wide, sort of, and still does more then a battery box. This train
> has a touch sensor on the side that engages the platform as the train
> goes around the loop. When the sensor releases the train stops lined up
> with the platform. If only I had put doors on the train people might
> have been able to get on and off. :-) Then after a delay the train
> starts around the loop again.
>
> From a geometry point of view the radius of the Racers track is such
> that it fits just inside the train track. So an offset of 8 studs to
> the inside.
>
> The switchs are interesting too. Y switch instead of branching off to
> one side. I haven't tried to fully implement a switch yet. We played
> around with it at rtl12 but the design of the train will have to be
> modified to clear a switch arm properly.
>
> It was a lot of fun putting this thing together. I'm not sure if we can
> fit it into Train4 but I'm sure I'll find a way to get it into a future
> train event.
>
> Derek
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| (...) Hmmm, The subway system in Paris France has trains that run on tires. I was rather supprised when I saw them. I don't remember exactly how they stayed on the track though. From what I understand the paris subway has several different styles of (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I thought that too, when I saw this creation. It is a very annoying ride. I came across two links that describes the new "Automated People Mover" at DFW: (2 URLs) refer to the new APM that DFW's building to connect the new terminals to the old (...) (24 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| "James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message news:H5F8uH.HHJ@lugnet.com... (...) is (...) I was actually really dissapointed with DFW's AirTrain. Certainly ahead of it's time, with more than 30 stations and trains following different (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| A while back at a rtlToronto dinner a bunch of us were looking through new catalogs when we came across the new Racers sets. I think many in the group had a similar thought but Iain was the first to vocalize it. Wouldn't it be cool to make a train (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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