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Subject:	Re: Getting diagonal track to line up properly?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains
Date:	Wed, 13 Nov 2002 22:34:40 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Brian Kendig writes: > Are there any web pages which have a study of how to line up Lego train > layouts with diagonal track? > > That is, I want a little more freedom in my layout than forcing it to > always use ninety-degree curves and parallel/perpendicular tracks, but > I've found that if I try to be *too* freeform, nothing lines up and I > end up with two-inch gaps between the pieces I'm trying to connect. > > If someone else has already done the math for how to make curves using > one, two, or three pieces of standard 22.5-degree curved track and then > get the track to line up properly and snap together firmly without > having to rely on any 'wiggle room,' that would be a great help to me! > Thanks! Here's some examples of non-standard connections I have played around with. All of these line up in Track Designer: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/TD-Layouts/Alternate-Layouts/nonstandard_connections.gif http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/TD-Layouts/Alternate-Layouts/nonstandard_connections2.gif http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tstrutt/TD-Layouts/Alternate-Layouts/pinwheel_crossover.gif Sorry if these links line-wrap. Folder is here when moderated, with TDL files: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=28369 Play well. Tim Strutt

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		Getting diagonal track to line up properly?
Are there any web pages which have a study of how to line up Lego train layouts with diagonal track? That is, I want a little more freedom in my layout than forcing it to always use ninety-degree curves and parallel/perpendicular tracks, but I've (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)

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