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(...) Ok, partly the same here, but Pferde-Apfel (horse-apple) is by far more common.... [tan train windows] (...) I would suggest even a colour mix pack. I need more than tan windows, but in my eyes it is impossible to ask for 8 new train window (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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Little more info about the 2003 advents (...) it (...) Clip from the RLD Book LEGOLAND A Monster Model Making treat for LEGO Fans (...) A Fantastic day at LEGOLand for one child (aged between 8 and 16) and one 'observing' adult, including four hours (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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(...) carriages with clear panels and tan plates above and below (the dining car still does), but changed them over for the display. Can we persuade LD to make these as a service pack, do you think? Anyway, the structure of the RLD has changed for (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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(...) That's Tony Priestman's station. They're made from 1x4x3 clear panels bought in bulk 25 at a time. If you've ever tried to use them as train windows you'll know they tend to develop a slight inward curvature that misaligns the top studs, so I (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) [snip] (...) layout very much: the sparks: (URL) 'apples' (do you call them apples in English as well?) (URL) I 'hate' the red letter days in Windsor... I would love to have these tan windows myself. So far I only saw them in the German (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Wow, those are impressing pictures! I liked this joke most of all: (URL) ;-) Reminded me of the temperature test I did on some Lego-Bricks a while ago... (**) But there are some problems with the links on your pages: at least on page two the (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains)
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"Mike Walsh" <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:H5qI98.C9z@lugnet.com... (...) runway) (...) But Innovia is weird. It looks a bit like an unhappy toaster traversing a roadway made of biscuits. *sigh* and AirTrain used to be painted a (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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Excellent layout! I really like this train station: (URL) the roof made of? Robert Powell SCLTC (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: MOC: "Trolley", from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
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(...) King Friday says, "why does my robe smell like an odor-eater? -John (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Now, do you have some puppets and a sweater you can wear while it's running on the layout? (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Subject line says it all. Find it here: (URL) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains) !
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| | Re: New MOC: X2000 - the Swedish high speed train
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(...) Thanks for the kind words about my new model. Regarding the rods I don't have an certain answer. They are not found on the non-tilting engine so probably some kind of dampers as you suggest. Some people claim they got slightly see-sick when (...) (22 years ago, 17-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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"mattias martensson" <mattias.ma@telia.com> skrev i meddelandet news:H5onB9.DCs@lugnet.com... (...) Quite a good likeness! Except for the 'bulge' in the lower front - it looks a bit strange to me. With 'only' five units, perhaps you should call it (...) (22 years ago, 17-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Yesterday, 16:Nov, was the Great Western Lego Train Show (GWLTS). This was a display by the North British Lego train Club of a layout at STEAM the museum of the Great Western Railway in Swindon (UK). Our display received a lot of attention from (...) (22 years ago, 17-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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"Iain Hendry" <militaryduckjock@rogers.com> wrote in message news:H5pMAM.Dqw@lugnet.com... (...) of (...) routes (...) We (...) Which is exactly why they are building a new one. The new one (which you can see under construction really well from a (...) (22 years ago, 17-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) [snip] (...) Congrats! You created a really cool model. I like the details on the wheels + bogies most.... Thanks for sharing the link. Leg Godt! Ben (22 years ago, 17-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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I was in some later sets too, like (URL) is no image of this part but you can see it here: (URL) was hardly used after 1980, only in 7720 and 7722 AFAIK. BR S tim david <talltim@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:H5ny21.A4p@lugnet.com... (...) (...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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"Derek Raycraft" <derek.raycraft@sitraka.com> wrote in message news:3DCFDECA.704060...aka.com... (...) You are so good. Iain (22 years ago, 17-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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"Lewis Valentine" <lewisv@nitorco.com> wrote in message news:H5F9tK.KL5@lugnet.com... (...) rather (...) Load bearing tyres on a horizontal axis provide the support and motive traction; wheels pressing laterally against guide rails provide steering (...) (22 years ago, 17-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 (...) (22 years ago, 17-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3DD00B28.EB4662...ing.com... (...) Yes, many! Adtranz is a very common supplier, Matra has a VAL 256 at O'Hare, and a 206 at Orly in Paris. A few airports have Otis HOVAIR shuttles, including (...) (22 years ago, 17-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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"Ed McGlynn" <ejmcglynn@netzero.net> wrote in message news:H5H48q.1MD@lugnet.com... (...) DFW: (...) terminals (...) DFW is geting Adtranz's first Inovia shuttle. It's an updated of their very successful design based on the original Westinghouse (...) (22 years ago, 17-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | Thomas' Annie, Claribel; and some Troublesome Trucks
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With the advent of the new "Yoda" brown, a decent color finally exists to model the 2 cars Thomas the Tank Engine always pulls: Annie and Claribel. After scouring Bricklink for dozens of necessary 1x1s and the like (thanks, guys!), I present a (...) (22 years ago, 17-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A project idea for someone...
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(...) -you haven't heard the best part of this one (in full size). To get a cow to market, you needed two calfs as well. (that or 2 cows...). The cars had to be reasonably ballanced in order to work. So, your cow went on one side, the two calfs on (...) (22 years ago, 17-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <snip description> (...) Very nice. I second these comments. 9 to 8 wide: COOL. later, James Mathis (22 years ago, 17-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) For anyone who is thinking 12v Center (URL) as Pusher, Midline, and as Lead. Go nuts! (22 years ago, 17-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Here is an idea for a radical steam train monorail - it could easily be done using a single rail of old 4.5V track or possibly 12V center track: (URL) you will even be modeling real prototypes... -Matt :) ---...--- www.insidethevault.com - (...) (22 years ago, 17-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New MOC: X2000 - the Swedish high speed train
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(...) Thanks for sharing. What are the rods or tubes that go from the bodies to the truck centers? Are those somehow connecting with the tilt mechanism, or are they dampeners/stabilizers or ?? (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That's a beautiful looking train. Very nice detailing. Definitely looking forward to the LDRAW file. Thanks for sharing it. Play well. Tim Strutt (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi all I have put up some pictures of my latest MOC. (URL) is a model of the Swedish high speed train X2000. The original has a tilting mechanism to allow fast running through tight curves, but my model is only suitable for straight Lego track and (...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build) !!
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(...) They also came with 7720 and 7722 for attachment to the 4.5 volt battery boxes that ran in back of the 4.5 volt engines. Wayne (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It is a end of 70's/end of blue area thing. It fits under the wagon-bases and the train-plates with motor-cut-out. See for example: (URL) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It came in a number of early 70's train sets, like 725. Paul (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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what set is this part (URL) train single buffer from, I was browsing through looking for a uk speed regulator when I found it and I can't find it in any inventories. (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New MOC: 4-4-4 Steam Engine
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(...) Thanks for the feedback, James. Like I said, I tried to use as many standard pieces as possible. Besides the regular baseplate, it also uses one of the 4x6 truck plates with the central technic pin, and the front wheels can be adapted pretty (...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) running on it! Seriously, tell Ross not to try anything *too* spectacular ... I'm running out of black bricks, plates, and slopes, and I'm not sure I can keep up anymore. Every time he posts a new design, I run off with a dozen different (...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New MOC: 4-4-4 Steam Engine
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In lugnet.trains, Stefan Garcia writes: Thanks for the comments, Stefan. (...) Hmmm, methinks the tender is the Achilles tendon? ;) Actually, I spent very little time on the tender itself, throwing it together in about 90 minutes. All of your (...) (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I can't wait to see how those pistons work. Lookin' forward to those instructions! Great steamer! I've three suggestions though; a) the tender (IMO) would look better if it were slightly elongated and if the slopeback were given a bit more (...) (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Shaun, I really like how you used a standard train base plate for the foundation of this steam locomotive model. I love how you disguised this base plate at the piston/cylinders with the hinged panel; dropping it SNOT-wise at a slight angle to (...) (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Hey Shaun- Good idea, and nice MOC! It is a rare engine indeed that can both look the most detailed it can AND be highly functional as well. I am going to ask Ross to take on your challenge of modifying your design and see what he comes up with-- I (...) (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Switching yards that actually work
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(...) I'm glad to have been of service :-) Yes, you rendered it about right according to the instructions I gave. One of these days I'll get around to posting some of my TD doodles on Brickshelf. Maybe even today. --Bill. (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi All, In a massive departure from my usual modus operandi, I finished up my latest project last night; a 4-4-4 steam engine. The uncharted territory (for me at least) comes from the fact that (a) the steam engine is *6-wide*, and (b) it is not (...) (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains) !
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Now THIS is a very good switching yard (the 'to download' one). Great 'extra' advantage: there are pairs of L en R switches, the way we often have to buy these things! I'm definitely going to build it these days. Keep designing guys! I love this (...) (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Have a boo at my take on Bill's switching yard: (URL) did a TD from his instructions, as others here have, and then I modified it a bit so that the switches for the points are not overlapping the ties of adjacent tracks. Both layouts are shown (...) (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Darn it! Well, it works great in track designer :-) I wish track designer had a way of pointing out that kind of issue. It's a bug!! But the good news is that 2 switches can be replaced by two straights and a switch, you can replace two of the (...) (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Agreed. I have tried it and the part that sticks out for the switch arm will overlap part of the track beside it. Unfortunate, but that's the facts. Keep trying though, and let us know how you make out. Play well. Tim Strutt (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Sorry to disappoint you, but you can't connect switches like that. There has to be 1 piece of track between the switches, try it in real life, and wheep... Klaas H. Meijaard (...) (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <snip the very good text-list description> (...) Bill, You got me curious. I couldn't visualize the text description, so I built it up in Track Designer. Thanks for the very good construction description. Here's what I ended up with following (...) (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's close enough that TD considers it to be connected, and that's good enough for me. I used it for the yard design I just posted (q.v.) --Bill. (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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I've been dabbling with track designer, making switching yards. The latest thread on diagonal track layouts has given me some more tricks to get it to actually line up at the beginning and end with 8- or 16-stud intervals. The following issues make (...) (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I was not moderated due to technical difficulties. But they are there now. (URL) (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.trains)
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This has been an absolutely great thread, just packed with helpful ideas and findings (even some good track designs to get people thinking! Anyone want to volunteer to write up a summation and share it with Cary so it might get into the FAQ? Thanks (...) (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.faq)
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(...) Does it work perfectly or does it go over in length by at least a half a stud? I couldn't tell from Track Designer. -chris (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Here's some examples of non-standard connections I have played around with. All of these line up in Track Designer: (URL) if these links line-wrap. Folder is here when moderated, with TDL files: (URL) well. Tim Strutt (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) THANK YOU!!! This works perfectly! I just tested it in Track Designer.... --Bill. (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) John is correct; it's 1-13-3 that works. Blame my faulty memory, it's been a bit since I played in TD. (...) The 2-7-2 is close enough that it connects physically very soundly. The offset is roughly 1 stud. Easy enough to cover with slop, with (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 4537 and 7722 Train cars for trade
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(...) It is generally held to be, I believe. Posting for sale info isn't explicitly permitted in the header of the .trains group. I know that I'd be interesting in hearing more about your experiences in restoring these sets to their former glory (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Don't know whether this is off-topic.... If interested look here: (URL) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Getting diagonal track to line up properly?
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(...) I don't have an equation, but I think one curve, 12 straights, one curve will do a dog-leg that is eight 32-stud baseplates long and 88 studs wide (3 baseplates minus 4 studs each side). -chris (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) My Brickshelf directory is now moderated with pictures from the show: (URL) Brickshelf directory has lots of pictures too: (URL) still isn't moderated. :-( Play well. Tim Strutt (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Scales and Gauges (was Shay #5
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(...) Well, yes, saying merely "G" certainly opens up a can of worms since, as you mentioned, many scales utilize gauge 1 track. Scaling at 1:24 would simulate 30" I believe. But your point illustrates that, while there is much precision among some (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Scales and Gauges (was Shay #5
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) 3 (...) Now I'm nitpicking :-).... there is one good fit for 3 feet, which is TTN3 using the Brit scale for TT of 3mm to the foot: N gauge 9mm track fits perfectly. I used to build Isle of Man Railway to (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Noted and apology accepted. However for ME to know what you're talking about, it's first required for YOU to know what you're talking about. And that's a leap of faith I am not prepared to take without some supporting evidence. :-) (1) Next (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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G uses O, O uses HO, and HO uses N, (...) gauge). G uses what? G in this context is of metre gauge anyway...gauge 1 uses O (SM32), but not for 3' gauge. G is #3 scale, on #1 scale track (or 1/2" to the foot on 1.75" gauge...)-at least, that is what (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to 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 (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> Okay, okay. I was wrong thinking 0n3 meant 30" (dropping the "0"), but what fouled me up was your initial incorrect correction: Me: sort of like the popular scale On3, where you'd model in O scale (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Oops. That should be the long leg and the hypoteneuse. John (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) What does work is 1-13-3. It's close enough that Track Designer will consider it a closed loop. You can turn it into a triangle with a 5-13-7-12-4-5 pattern (starting with curves and alternating with straights). Then it's easy enough to see (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) No, John. If you'd pay attention you'd learn something. The 3 means 3 FEET or 36 inches. NOT 30. This would be the third or fourth time you've been told that, and not just by me either (Jeff C is exactly correct). (...) And subsequent ones... (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I thought that when numbers like this were used for narrow gauge they were in reference to the gauge of the rails in feet? As in On3 for 3 feet or 36" gauge while On2&1/2 was two and a half feet or 30" gauge. I've also heard of On2, but never (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ah, well, you lost me. I never said anything about 36"; the "3" in On3 is short for 30"... Actually, I was shooting from the hip in my initial post-- I just found that link after your post-- weren't you blathering something about HOn3? :-) (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Here is the write up for the Adelaide LEGO Users Group meeting #5 It can also be found at the AdeLUG's website: (URL) - AdeLUG's #5, Sunday 10 November 2002 THEME - Moonbase Project VENUE - Holdfast Bay Community Centre, Hove (about 20mins (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.au.sa.ade, lugnet.castle, lugnet.fabuland, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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Hi, Here is a page with some good prototype information: (URL) top of the page is the history of the system, the bottom shows the current implementation (including what happens if a tire runs flat...). Greetings, David (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) The 1-11-3 design isn't very close at all, according to Track Designer. Here's what I did: straight, curve right, 11 straights (5 switches and a straight, but that is equivalent), 3 curves right, cross-track. Then from the cross-track, a bunch (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This is very interesting... Is there a similar formula for a dog-leg? 1 curve, X straights, 1 curve the other way? What equations/formulae would you use to compute this? It's been way too many years since I studied trigonometry... --Bill. (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Hey that's really nice, I like the details. Eric (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Since a couple people commented on this one I figured I'd mention that over the weekend I came up with a "folded-figure-eight" that avoids the use of points on the inner loop but still fits on my table: (URL) it requires one more curved track (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think there are other airport transport systems which also use tired vehicles. (...) I seem to remember seeing pictures of the Paris subways with tires. If I'm recalling right, they had horizontal tires also which run against the walls of a (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I stand corrected. The shays at Cass are indeed standard guage. (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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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 (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Shay #5
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(...) One quibble on the above statement: Shays were also used on standard gauge, in fact, many of the larger shays ran on standard gauge. The Cass Scenic Railway is standard gauge. Frank (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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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 (...) (22 years ago, 11-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 (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Legoworld 2002 - a brief review (and a longer one)
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Hi Ben, When I red your story I can only say one sentence: I've missed a lot. This year I haven't visited the event after a more or less bad experience last year because of the entrance tickets. Maybe that was the reason I didn't showed up. Well, (...) (22 years ago, 10-Nov-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.be, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: NGLTC Greenberg show pictures
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(...) striping on the windshield as it worked out nicely! Digging those other two UP diesels too. One seems vaguely Alcoish (the one with the rounded cab roof and nose) while the other seems more EMDish (the one with the sloped cab roof and nose). (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Shay #5
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(...) while we're nitpicking, c /pouring/poring/ (1) (...) You need to read what you cite more carefully before you decide you should cite from it, because it pretty clearly says that what was once known as On2-1/2, and is NOW On30 is 30". Hence (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Shay #5
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(...) hehe scale is a fun thing:-) (...) Now technically speaking (no pun intended), to use regular LEGO track gauge as narrow gauge (say 30"), you'd have to assume a technic fig to be 5 feet high and you'd actually have to build 18 wide to achieve (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Nope. See: (URL) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Monorail MOC's - An Update
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Thanks to various BrickLink suppliers, these are now "rendered in ABS" (...) (URL)and to make a single chassis Airport Shuttle (URL) (22 years ago, 10-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think you meant 36", as 30" would be On2-1/2... (and is, I believe, what use of N gauge track in HO scale is called, HOn2-1/2) see: (URL) for more info on HOn2 1/2 or HOn30 as it it sometimes called) (22 years ago, 10-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You are correct, i really don't try to achieve "minfig scale" with just about any trains i build. I try to keep the train in scale with itself. This usually means using the wheels as my constant and working from there. (i am sure many of you (...) (22 years ago, 10-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | SCLTC at Cal Stewart Show in Pasadena, California!
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We've done another show! (And it's still happening!) On November 9-10, 2002, the Southern California LEGO Train Club displayed their mountain layout at the Cal Stewart show in Pasadena, California. (Wait a second... today's the 9th, so why am I (...) (22 years ago, 10-Nov-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la) !
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| | Metroliner stickers
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I have just obtained the new Metroliner stickers and they are different from the original Metroliner stickers. They come with 4 stickers of red/white/blue bands - maybe to stick on the grey doors. Has the new Metroliner just got grey doors with no (...) (22 years ago, 9-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Dream rails
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gianluca morelli <moebiusring@yahoo.it> wrote in message news:20021107225839....hoo.com... (...) [snip] (...) European cars are shorter than 26 meters, they go by the UIC-505 standard, which sets a maximum lenght of 24 meters (and standard height (...) (22 years ago, 9-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Wonderful MOC, Lewis-- great attention to details! As I was pouring over your pics, it struck me that you have cleverly built past minifig scale to around 1:29. Though you are 8 wide, Shays were a little over 9 feet wide. Also, Shays ran on (...) (22 years ago, 9-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Very cool to have ridden the real thing. later, James Mathis (22 years ago, 9-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Shay #5
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Here are some pictures to my new Shay #5 Shay #5 is modeled after Shay #5 at Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass West Virginia She is one of the oldest running shay engines, and still carries tourist half way up a mountain. I got to see her in person, did (...) (22 years ago, 9-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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| | Re: Dream rails
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(...) Jewler's saw, dremel, 5 min epoxy resin, small (18 watt Antax in my case) soldering iron, 60/40 solder, liquid flux, a largeish smoothish file (I use a 10" lathe file that is handy...you want a reasonably smooth file, not a bastard (1), a 2x8 (...) (22 years ago, 9-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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In (...) I _think_ that it can be done for rather less than what Lego is quoting, but it would require some special conversion pieces. IIRC, in the mid 80's, GEM (a UK model railway co) and the TT society made a track base mold for TT for ~1000 UKP. (...) (22 years ago, 9-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: I want to expand my track layout
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(...) Hello Jonathan- Personally, I enjoy watching a train run along the longest straight possible, so my advice would be to just keep adding as many straights as you have room. Currently, I am of the KISS mindset for train track layouts (Keep It (...) (22 years ago, 9-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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