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(...) You expect me to actually read your stuff??? (...) I got a pair of brand new unopened switches, still in the box. I'll bring them to BF 2004 PDX and we can test it all out there, what do you say? Deal? (21 years ago, 19-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Yes, that would be feature #3: Works with unmodified switches. :-) Though, to be honest, I don't know whether I have the new stiffer switches or not, so I'm not 100% on that. (Still waiting for someone who knows they have the stiff switches to try (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Does that require switch modification? The rtlToronto gang(1) had not one but TWO boffo powered points designs (using clutch gears) that did not require internal switch modification, they had torque to burn and easily threw unmodified switches (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Ludo, thanks for doing this posting about this orange train. Although you made me loosing a bet (luckiely for me the bet was just about being right or wrong). We were talking about your nice train creations yesterday at late afternoon in (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Ludo Soete wrote: [snip] (...) (URL) typical case of forgetting to copy the second link, and so pasting the first link twice. It happened to all of us. (...) Can't you use, at least partially, Brick 2 x 3 with Curved Top also? (the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Jeroen, You made also a nice version of this kind of train (type R06). Note that the second car's different from the first one in real live! I notice also the use of the curved track in your rendering, great! Now i see someone who use it, (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Ludo, As it happens, I finished my (LDraw) version last month but hadn't posted on Brickshelf yet. I made it after this picture (URL) and this is the first result: (URL) did rotate the first car as second car and didn't place pantographs (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That was always one of my favorite things about working at the LEGO Imagination Center. Families would look at the big displays, Mom & Dad would say something like "that's impossible", kids would look at the same displays and say "If *I* had (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.boats)
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Hi folks, Here's a link to a picture from a commutertrain i created after a real model from the Belgian Railways. (URL) The blue 1*2 plates içn the door are changed to neon-green transparent plates, but should be clear transparent ones. On this link (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Very cool ... and I'd like to see the 6 wide version too ... which reminds me I've been thinking of modelling the trams here in Brussels too ....I only need more time ... SteveH BeLUG (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-03, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(...) If I had done it "in" victoria, rather than ~30 km from downtown, then, yes, I would have a chance to dig a few out of the woodwork. But, this was mostly self indulgent to display :), I just have a grand time doing the unusual. (...) Yep, big (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Jonathan Wilson wrote: ... (...) ... IMO, that's a pretty amusing statement. Without you having seen either the source to Track Designer or TrackDraw, I think it is a reach to say which would be easier to port to Linux. TrackDraw (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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(...) With displays like this you should be able to dig a few AFOLs out of the woodwork. Either that or cause a few to consider moving to the Victoria area. (...) Sounds incredible. How long did it take you to set it up? Do you have any suggestions (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I was unaware that was the point you were making. But if it is, (I was confused, your post read like a multiplatform rant rather than a request to get the source available) why yes, I agree. It's been a year since the community last tried to (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Track Designer is written in Visual C++ and probobly makes heavy use of windows GDI and user calls to make it work. However, there are Open Source libraries available that essentially provide these calls and map them to similar calls on a (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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I've just got back from doing another solo gig- isn't living in a AFOL shy area great? Anyway, I had 30' by 30-120" to play with, including the debut of two new features for me, a pond (canal) system, and "Bricstol Temple Meads". The pond kind of (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.boats)
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(...) I'm not sure which you are referring to, Track Designer or Track Draw... As for Track Designer, even with the source, I expect it would be a very hard port to any non Windows platform. I believe it was written in Visual Basic or Visual C++ (I (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:HJpp7t.166s@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) all (...) more, (...) Larry is right, while usefule TD's time has come and I expect Cary's TrackDraw application will be far (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Actually, depending on how well its written, it might be possible to port it to linux or something. I know that there is some stuff for doing .NET on linux but: 1.its not finished and doesnt do everything microsoft version does 2.its likely (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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Browsing through Myer Melbourne (dept store) for LEGO bargains, I came across the following sculpture, and kinda liked it so I went back later with my camera: (URL) W2 class tram>> Here's a pic of the real thing: (URL) W2 class tram>> There's some (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-03, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(...) Can' wait to see some more detailed pictures of this model. Sounds by far more complicated as it seemed to be on the first view.... Ben (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) A bit of trickery there... :-) The cab is 6 wide at the top (the hinged part) but the stationary part is only 5 wide, using tiles to handle the mismatch. The stationary part sits on a 6 wide plate base which is offset 1/2 stud from the frame, (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I agree it would be nice, but with the advent of TrackDraw (coming soon we all hope, the demo that Cary gave at BF was amazing) it's not as important any more, except as a way to determine what the format of .tdl files are so that an importer (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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(...) No, actually all these pictures came from different pages, where the amount of horsepower was given in picture underlines.... (...) I will try to have a clloser look at the 3-d picture right now. Thanks for pointing this out - I simply was (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Mornin' Larry, [width of combine) (...) Ok, from the 1024x768 poster I was not too sure about it: I just saw the 6-wide cabin and the 2 studs mudgear on each side of it. Obviously these are wider than the body of the machinery. In this case I (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hey, no problem! :) (...) Thanks. The front is better designed in your model, I've used SNOT, but it doesn't looks too good. My "Ludmila" is longer - 38 studs. shgg.dt (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) OK, digging up an old thread here... WE WANT TD SOURCE CODE!!!!!!!! Matt? Leonardo? Anyone? I know this is an old thread (maybe dead) but I have to ask for the ten thousanth time for fellow trainheads (and myself). May we (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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(...) I am sorry that I didn't notice the posting of your locomotive. Your model is very well done. Proper 3-axle wheel sets, and better stacking of the fence vents. Very nice. Thanks for announcing it. later, James Mathis (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: That's horsepower! ( was Re: New poster by Larry Pieniazek/MTW
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If you stare at the picture in just a way that it makes a third image between the two (try looking up "parallel viewing" or "cross viewing" on Google), then you can see the 3d effect without using a card. Rob "Larry Pieniazek" (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, it's funny, I've made a model of the same locomotive few weeks ago... take a look at: (URL) shgg.dt (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | That's horsepower! ( was Re: New poster by Larry Pieniazek/MTW
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(...) Wow. Thanks for those links. That's some horsepower. Did you count them to determine 33 or 38 or whatever? If so, you have far better eyes than me, all those horses kinda blur together and I doze off trying to count them. (...) That last pic (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I have a few authors I have to get permissions (I THOUGHT I remembered to ask permission in advance but I forget if I did or not) and final copies from and then they will all be going up into the ILTCO library. Please be patient a bit longer (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That's OK... I love splitting hairs! (...) Rather LESS! :-) The combine body, when loaded on the drop center flat has to fit through the same tunnel on my layout that my previous MTW-1004 Transformer on Drop Center model has to fit through. So (...) (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Especially the LDCC!!!! -Rob (ppt - PowerPoint presentation) (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) After a second trial google came up with these links with up to 38 horses: (URL) (16 horses) (URL) (33 horses) (URL) (33 horses again) (URL) (38 horses) Leg Godt! Ben (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Larry, I do not want to split hairs, but a - more or less - 10wide combine on a 6-wide car?! That would mean a 5 meters combine on a 3 meters train car. Are American combines that big?! Ok, the main body might measure only 8 wide and that (...) (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:HJoJHH.I1A@lugnet.com... (...) Man, do I need a holiday now... ;-) Jeroen (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The credit all goes to Jeroen, all I did was kvetch about how he had stuff placed from the sidelines. :-) (...) Na... (nice try, though). It's a 6 wide model that just happens to overhang its carrier car. Completely prototypical for something (...) (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I don't think so, but I have been poking around on the web and found some real picture. What a good looking LEGO model that would make! Thanks, now I going to have to build one to go with my dash 9s... Robin W GFLTC (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You are surly right Niels, but a google search gave me several hits, where both engines V120/220 and 232 have been called Taigatrommel. Obviously lots of people haven't noticed the design change and used that name on all USSR diesels in (...) (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) [snip] (...) [snip2] Ihis is indeed a great Poster Jeroen and Larry! As usual I am more thrilled by the farm equipment as by the trainstuff. This huge commbine harvestor is really great - although it might fit because of its from its own (...) (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes... except for the warbonnet doodlebug. Absent a good supply of red train doors that one will never see production. (...) XFUT lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Great poster ... but can't help notice some discrepancy between the poster and the MTW shop. Those items on the poster but not in the shop - are they teasers? As an avid MTW collector I'd like to know!!!!! SteveH BeLUG (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) LOL! Love the P-o-meter! (And the poster is good too!) ROSCO (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Wow James! I really love the lines of the new double-deckers. Much better than the previous ones, in my mind. Only, I think the upper windows seems to be a bit oversized? And of course - I wish they came in Danish DSB colours instead! ;-) (...) (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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'ello! has anyone ever done some BNSF engines? other then the dash 9 seen at shows from brickshelf? im working on a b23-7 with similar looks to that engine. (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Jeff Christner (contact info will be in the presentation about his crossover) is thinking about putting together step by step instructions, stay tuned. Ben might do so too, who knows. Kevin Salm did a set too, and he used a very (...) (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The short should not affect the motors or decoders. A short will suck most of the current through the short instead of the proper load. Of course an intermitent short might cause voltage spikes that could damage the decoder (but would be (...) (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I saw a couple of crossover modifications at BrickFest and was wondering if anyone has step by step instructions available. Thanks in advance, Brian (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) But electric engines lack a soul... Besides, compared to the old Dutch classes 2200 and 2400 Ludmilla isn't too bad. One of them recently came through my town while the main line Amersfoort-Apeldoorn was closed , see (URL) for some shots. (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi all, I am proud to announce a new poster with some fine models by Larry Pieniazek. Please point your browser at (URL) and click the MOC poster item. De groeten, Jeroen (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce) !!
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I came, I saw, I built! Here are my pictures and comments from BrickFest 2003! •General Pics and folders to the rest (after moderation): (URL) of my favorites: (URL) story behind this is that they had a bubblegum machine that you could put four (...) (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.general)
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(...) I think the RCXs are okay, as they're internally protected against shorts. Don't know what a brief short might do to a decoder/motor, though. The current has to get through the decoder before it can get to the motors, and the decoder regulates (...) (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ah! There's a thought. I might swap it for a sand blue one, so at least it's all legit. The round brick can sit between four studs, but because it's placed between the slopes it doesn't grip so well on its own. Thanks. Jason Railton (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Is it possible we may have in some manner damaged the RCX, the motors or the decoders when we had the steel wool flame-up? Prior to placing my train on the track the track was cleaned with steel wool and the power to the track was accidently (...) (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Being a trainhead, I have to correct you on this one. The nickname "Taigatrommel" does NOT correspond with this class. The "Taigatrommel" is a class BR 220 (former DR class V120), the more rounded predecessor of this class BR 232. Nicknames (...) (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Snip (...) Yes, I have experienced this. I'd suspect overheating- what were the room conditions? I had it happen at LLCA in 2000- ~30C (reasonably hot), and largish trains (5-10 cars). The best solution I could come up with was not to run the (...) (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Whoops, forgot to post to these groups! (FUT'd back to NWBC) (...) -Grand Admiral and Keeper of Fleebnorks (URL) "Adopt a fleebnork. They're DYING!" -Sally Struthers (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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"Brian B. Alano" <throwaway@insightbb.com> wrote in message news:HJKpvH.1IqC@lugnet.com... (...) over-heating. Also the bottoms of 10025 and 10022 seem to rub. I've had to replace some plates so i made them tiles... Randall Lee Crabtree (...) (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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(...) The track was powered by a RCX. Also we only had 1 engine running and experienced this problem. mark (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) What was supplying the power to the track? An RCX or a commercial DCC controller? If an RCX running LDCC, it may have been the RCX over heating. ROSCO (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Glad to hear it. I'll be working on the website tonight with Mark Neumann. -Grand Admiral and Keeper of Fleebnorks (URL) "Adopt a fleebnork. They're DYING!" -Sally Struthers (21 years ago, 13-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke wrote: Snip a bit of intro (...) Thank you and others for the nice compliments to the BR 252 model-- now I know its number designator. (...) I learn more from you, again. I didn't know this. (...) Anton tells (...) (21 years ago, 13-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I'll be dropping in to spread my diseased presence as well. Hoping the site gets up soon enough for pre-reg. Will bring... um... stuff. Lots of stuff :) Take care, Soren (URL) (21 years ago, 13-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Dear James, once again you have amazed me with a briliant LEGO® model after an existing design. I have not been too familiar with this kind of loco (in fact I have never seen a BR 232 in in real life, although I live near a bigger train line). (...) (21 years ago, 13-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Thanks for the reply, Mark. (...) Both motors had Digitrax DN121 decoders (...) I don't think the DN121 has this. (...) Both had the factory default speed tables. We ran both motors without loads (okay, 1 had a bumper on it) around the loop, and the (...) (21 years ago, 13-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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Perhaps the speed of the two motors was mismatched for one reason or another. This would cause the two motors to generate more heat (because they're pushing or pulling against one another) and lead to a possible overheating situation. I've read (...) (21 years ago, 13-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: BrickFest 2003 impressions and comments
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(...) Yes thank you for pulling off another wonderful weekend. (...) So am I, however I think I am driving so I can bring more stuff! (...) YES what a novel idea. This was a big issue. Not even my short boxcar and engine could make it around the (...) (21 years ago, 13-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I say it's the overheating. When rtlToronto did NMRA a few weeks back, there were a few engines running for most of the weekend. I got stupid and put 8-10 cars behind one of my locos and, after about an hour, it started slowing down and then (...) (21 years ago, 13-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Never mind the GP-38's, James, I just saw the reference picture you worked from, it has your Santa Fe diesel v5 locomotive up front, just re-color your ready model and use that with this UP car and a few more ones in between the loc(s) and (...) (21 years ago, 13-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Neat car. That technic piece is perfect for capturing the look of the rear-lights. The SNOT windows are nice. They make the car look longer. -Stefan- (21 years ago, 13-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Were you running any cars with gray wheelsets behind your locomotive? The gray wheelsets have a few known problems, and can make a train come to a halt after a few runs around a track. It normally takes a few hours, but the heavier the cars, the (...) (21 years ago, 13-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New German Diesel Locomotive
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(...) Jeroen is right, James, that UP car is awesome too and most definetely needs other cars AND a locomotive! A bunch of GP-38's...? :-) Greetz, Anton (21 years ago, 13-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This is indeed a great train, both the real thing and James' model are very impressive. Instead of half tracks I would love Lego to make 3 axle motors (again), doesn't have to be a driven axle althrough that would help the traction for some (...) (21 years ago, 13-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New try at German Double Decker Commuter Train
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(...) Well done James, extremely well done! Next I see you doing an 111-electric locomotive in white/orange livery... ;-) Greetz, Anton (21 years ago, 13-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Very well done, James, I may find myself building this model too, we have the real thing running by the house (oh well, about 500 yards away that is) a few times a day, very well done representation of the real locomotive that is rented by (...) (21 years ago, 13-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I have a question abuot DCC. I was first exposed to DCC at our last LUG meeting where some of the motors had been modified. They were running 2 motors on the track on different channels. Then we placed the two motors on the same channel and placed (...) (21 years ago, 13-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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This (URL) Union Pacific executive car> is inspired by (URL) photo> from Jeroen's collection of photographs. Not much to say, except to notice perhaps the SNOT-wise 1/4-curved brick element on the mid-section under carriage and the rear high-mount (...) (21 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Inspired by (URL) picture of a German diesel locomotive> from Jeroen's assembly of cool train pictures, I have tried an (URL) model>. The model intends to have working three-point headlamps. I believe that a (URL) Steve Barile custom beveled brick> (...) (21 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I have revisited this train design a few times since the original back in 1997 or 1998, I think. Here it is, an attempt to model a (URL) German double decker commuter train>, revised one more time. Viw (URL) Prior versions> for comparison. This (...) (21 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Caledonian OF-Class 0-4-0 for the hard of recognising...
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(...) Haven't seen them! Maersk Blue (well, not any more, and never in a set), Sand Blue (Count Dooku's speeder bike) and ordinary blue, but not medium blue yet... Alastair (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | BrickFest 2003 impressions and comments
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I'm still trying to recover from three days of BrickFest! So many MOCs, so many great people, so much fun. If you've never been to an AFOL event like this, I'd highly recommend it. It was a treat to meet so many .trains folks. I had several people (...) (21 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Formula-1 racer on track
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The evening before the Cleveland leg of the Lego Raod Show, I build a small racecar to run on the track. I thought that it would be something else than trains, and it could be fast. Not having it given any test runs, I soon found out it wouldn't (...) (21 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Get your space!
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Ladies and Gents If you are planning on coming to NWBrickCon please let us know what you are bringing and what you want to do. We're planning space for classes, an animation festival, gaming, and of course, MOC display. So please, if you think you (...) (21 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Wheelchair MOC
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(...) No peg-legged, hook-handed, eye-patched pirate captains? (...) First of all, for the current design, I notice that you have the wheels mounted via a pair of 1x2 Technic bricks with two holes. If you put a #2 pin in the other set of holes, it (...) (21 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Wheelchair MOC
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(...) Very nice job! Joe (21 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Wheelchair MOC
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I was working on a train station with handicap accessible ramps when I realized that I didn't have any handicapped minifigs. I put together this minifig scale wheelchair to test the ramps. (URL) chair is a bit bulky, so I'm working on something (...) (21 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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After seeing pics of a tower in a train mag I decided to give it a shot. The railings took the longest to figure out and I think they work pretty well. (URL) (21 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | New Train MOC: Maintenance crane
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Hi all! As a part of my exhibition next week, I finally built this maintenance crane: (URL) is based on the real one, but not an exact model. It is primary used for changing sleepers. To answer the question how it passes under bridges, I can tell (...) (21 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Three 8 wide freight cars, & a fire engine!
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(...) Nice job on all the models, Josh. I especially like the Fire truck...it looks great in the red and orange paint scheme. Joe (21 years ago, 9-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Three 8 wide freight cars, & a fire engine!
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(...) Sounds good I hadn't thought of that! Josh (21 years ago, 9-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Got the 10128 Train Level Crossing today...
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Hi, The Level crossing is now shipping(in Denmark), and I got mine today. A few thoughts: It's a little juniorized and it's a shame the stairs for the pedestrian walkover doesn't have handrails. But overall I really like this new set. It's my first (...) (21 years ago, 8-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: NWBrickCon 2003
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(...) At this time we are planning this event annually. So when you come out to Seattle look us up! SeaLUG is always happy for more members and we love our NWBC! Mark Neumann (21 years ago, 8-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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| | New Yorks Flatiron building
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Here is one of my latest. (URL) (21 years ago, 8-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains) !!
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| | Re: NWBrickCon 2003
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Is this going to be every year? I live out side of Spokane right now but in the fall of 2005 I will be moving to Seattle to finish up the last two years of college for my four year degree. Hopefully it will still be going on so I go to it then. (21 years ago, 8-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Review of new Grand Central Station (4513) set
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That is a very detailed review. I have two questions though. 1. I looked in at a Scan from a German Catalog (I think) and it showed this station (not the prototype). It is yellow but it has something different. In the middle of the 2nd floor, (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.trains)
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| | announcing TrackDraw (BrickFest preview)
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I've been working on TrackDraw, a replacement for Track Designer, for six months or so. I'll talk about it at BrickFest on Saturday. You can read a little about it, and see the BrickFest PowerPoint slides here: (URL) not ready to release the program (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.cad.dev) !
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| | Re: Three 8 wide freight cars, & a fire engine!
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(...) The new 7468 Saturn V set comes with two flat 8 x 8 round tiles with the 4 studs in the center, like the radar dish, in black that would work in a pinch. Lawrence (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Announcing Full Throttle - Control LDCC From Windows
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In lugnet.trains, Chris Phillips wrote: <snip> (...) Now I want to take the rest of the week off from work and play with this! I can't wait to get home tonight and give it a shot! Thanks Chris! I'll let you know how it goes on my layout. Keep up the (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: New style rail tank car
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That looks pretty neat. I had been thinking of using those for a tank car myself, though on 8-wides. It doesn't look like they're quite big enough tho. :^\ There's a lot of possiblities for those nonetheless. Cool stuff! -Stefan- (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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