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Subject:	Re: First Third Party product for the LEGO(r) Trains market?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains
Date:	Mon, 28 Apr 2003 04:35:25 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mark Riley writes: > It's true the power comes from the inside top corner of the rail, > but if you look closer at the wheels on your train motor, you'll > see that there is a rubber O-ring which makes contact with the > *top* of the rail. I think most of the tractive force comes from > this O-ring pressing down on the tracks and if there's oil (think > finger prints, etc...) on the track, there could be a loss of traction. > Seems like it would make sense to clean the O-rings, as well. But wouldn't a piece of clothing and water-soap do the trick? 104$ for a gadget that will probably take more time cleaning the track than what you'd take to wide it clean with a cloth, it seems expansive to me. Furthemore, isn't it a waste of energy? Ok, ok, it's a detail, but it does use electricity for cleaning, right? I don't really see the use of wasting electricity, even so little, to make a 104$ machine do something we could do by hand in less time. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this thing looks to me like a waste of energy (in the way that it's useless to develop it IMHO) Anyway, good luck to you guys with it. If you can make money out of this, I'll be happy for you. Terry

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		Re: First Third Party product for the LEGO(r) Trains market?
(...) You haven't tried to clean a club layout at a train show. A double-loop, 15'x 30' layout is going to be over 180 running feet of track. Actually, since you have to do each rail separately, it's closer to 360 feet of track. That's not including (...) (22 years ago, 28-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)

		Re: First Third Party product for the LEGO(r) Trains market?
(...) "you" in this context being Centerline(tm) (1), not Zonker (or any of the posters to this thread). What is most significant about this is that Centerline decided to offer this, not (believe it or not) whether it actually works or is a good (...) (22 years ago, 28-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)

		Re: First Third Party product for the LEGO(r) Trains market?
My first post. after re-reading it, sounds a bit too harsh. What I meant to say is that I don't, personnally, see the use of the cleaner for personnal uses. But as I said, maybe it didn't come out right, I wish good luck to the people who created (...) (22 years ago, 28-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)

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		Re: First Third Party product for the LEGO(r) Trains market?
It's true the power comes from the inside top corner of the rail, but if you look closer at the wheels on your train motor, you'll see that there is a rubber O-ring which makes contact with the top of the rail. I think most of the tractive force (...) (22 years ago, 28-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)

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