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Re: Parts I wish TLC made
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Mon, 5 May 2003 10:48:51 GMT
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Congrats on the 20,000th post to .trains! Wow, 20,000 posts! That's a lot of
info.
In lugnet.trains, Jeff Christner writes:
> In lugnet.trains, David Laswell writes:
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> > Now, if they made a switching track that had three full ties removed
> > from the switched track, you'd still be able to pull off the same half-loop
> > shape by adding in one more section of curved track, but I don't think you'd
> > still be able to link two switching tracks together to make a parallel
> > siding anymore, since it'd have the effect of removing one full tie from
> > each set of jumper tracks on your custom setup. The extension plate for the
> > switch mechanism sticks out far enough that it might conflict with the ties
> > on the opposite track, and even if it doesn't, it'd put the throw switch
> > awfully close to any trains running down the opposite tracks.
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> If I understand the concern above correctly, using the switches like this
> does not effect the usage of regular switches to make sidings and such if
> the switches that are modified are used together to make a true crossover. I
> hope it's ok to post this link to an auction I ran, it's already closed,
> with no bids, or interest it seems.
I think it is OK to post such a link (to a closed auction) since it's for
information use and you don't have a conventional site. In future if you do
auction these again, I hope I see your announcement of it in market.auction,
I must have missed it before... I would probably have bid, your starting bid
seems quite reasonable to me.
> The auction was for 4 switches that were
> permanently attached together to make two crossovers, one left hand and one
> right hand. Anyway it shows a few more examples of layouts you can make when
> you use modified switches. Included is a photo of a siding with a regular
> switch on one end and a custom one on the other end.
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> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3118455898
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> I first used switches modified like this on my Nova Township switching
> layout in mid 1998. My site is no longer around, but I did give permission
> to a website, whose URL I don't know, to host a few pictures and such from
> it since I used Kadee couplers too. It generated some interest on RTL since
> it was a true switching layout, though I think I scared the LEGO purists
> with my modified switches and Kadee couplers glued to regular LEGO elements.
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> Jeff Christner
Thanks for sharing. One thing I could not quite tell from the pics was, are
the rail ends lined up in these? That is, if you add one straight to the end
of the crossover unit, does it end exactly at the same horizontal distance
as the other track? The picture with one crossovers used as a yard lead,
with a conventional switch at the other end of the runaround/passing track
suggests that it's close but may not be exact (the switch is slightly off
parallel in the pic)
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| (...) I would also have bid, had I known about these. Unfortunately, I don't check market.auction very regularly. Would it have been permissible (TOS-wise) to say in .trains, "I just built these new custom switches. Also, I'll be auctioning them (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Wow, I didn't even notice that, cool. (...) I did post about it in market.auction, but the only people who contacted me about the track did so after the auction ended. I sort of wanted to get a base price for what people were willing to pay (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) If I understand the concern above correctly, using the switches like this does not effect the usage of regular switches to make sidings and such if the switches that are modified are used together to make a true crossover. I hope it's ok to (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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