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hey Shaun, thanks for the cudos. I have to say that I've been wanting to build train for real ever since seeing the article where lego gave you props for that awsome steamer you made. So know that you had a great hand in the inspiration of this MOC. (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Even more Wow!! for your buck!!! was Re: Woo Hoo!!!!! (part deux...)
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(...) Yep--Larry hit it on the head--the isolated section is so there isn't one set of wheels on one polarity, and the other set of wheels on the reverse polarity-- (see if this font is really courier ;) ) ###...### Track TTTTT O O ###...### Track (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Even more Wow!! for your buck!!! was Re: Woo Hoo!!!!! (part deux...)
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(...) The latter I think... by having a truck long gap, the motor coasts across the gap but never shorts out from one wheel set to the other, once it hits the powered side again (even though the polarity is reversed) it just continues on. This is (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yeah, I hadn't thought about that. And I made a slight error in my observation; I kept thinking your observation was closed-end, not open end. In which case the manufacturer would be K-Line for O gauge. They have the same effect though. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Cool inspection car! Definitely captures the look of the original, especially with the use of the curved wedges. It's hard to use those in a prototypical model, but you definitely got it. As for powering it, I don't know where you could stuff the (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) yes I would ... and be happy to do so ... and how do I? .. or who do I send it to? (...) yes I did ... but it crashed into all the scenery!!! Only half-kidding ... but even long engines like my Alco PA-1 have clearance problems ... but I have (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Even more Wow!! for your buck!!! was Re: Woo Hoo!!!!! (part deux...)
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(...) Okay, yeah, my memory of what I too used to do years ago got cross-wired. Then I guess I don't understand the set-up that is causing his need for a gap to be crossed. Is it a DCC related issue or simply him not reversing the polarity of the (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Heya Travis, I saw the pictures of this on Brickshelf even before you posted, and I was blown away. I would love to see some sort of automation added to this, so that it could tool around, even if it had to be slowly, on some small (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10028 Level Crossing Sneak Peek!
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(...) I couldn't follow the paragraph either and I wrote it. I was taking a break from writing a research paper and analyzing a SPSS data set, and wrote a lightning quick idiotic post. I hope you read my apology that followed. (...) Do you need any (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Even more Wow!! for your buck!!! was Re: Woo Hoo!!!!! (part deux...)
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(...) That diagram is divided into two blocks. One for the approaches, and one for the reverse loop itself. That's standard wiring, been done that way since I was a wee lad, there's no need to divide the reverse loop itself into two blocks. With (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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