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Re: Did I miss something? What is so intresting about a 1/2-track segment???
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 13 Jul 2003 16:17:26 GMT
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"John" <John@TCLTC.org> wrote in message news:HHxwno.1508@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.trains, Jeroen de Haan wrote:
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> > Why would one want a half straight track?
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> lol Jeroen, you've been building {virtually} for too long;-)
True, I should get out more...
> In the real world, and especially when creating a large train layout, you • want
> the track to go where {you} want it to go, not where {it} wants to go. I • guess
> that there would never be a problem if you laid out your track first and • then
> built around it, but I for one do the exact opposite, and often things • don't
> work out so nicely. "Shorties" come in really handy (you cut out the • middle
> half of a straight section and throw it away, keeping the good ends and
> attaching them together with bricks).
All very well, but I don't see the pro's of half a track; bigger radius and
better switches, yes.
Well, it is very personal. My "set-up" is very modest (I can't even place my
second engine-shed :-( ) and half a straight wouldn't enhance things.
> By the same token, I'd like to see a section of track that equals 3 or 4
> straights as well...
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> [JOHN]
Jeroen (from the garden with a nice glass of wine...)
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