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Subject:	Re: Moonbase: Starting to put up the rail standard
Newsgroups:	lugnet.space, lugnet.trains
Date:	Tue, 16 Sep 2003 16:53:28 GMT
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"Xanthra47" <jmantor@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message news:HLBF8K.800@lugnet.com... > Yeah. I'll retract those two rules. They are too limiting. I tried to > build a sample train/corridor model and it just doesn't fit : ( > I think if we're going to do trains we need to revisit the corridor > height/setback again. Even the new 10 brick height spec isn't enough > for a metroliner-ish train to clear : ( I think we need 12 bricks high > and 6 studs of setback. That'd let us run 8 or 10 wide trains between > modules with no problems. Check out this pic to see what I mean. > > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/xanthra47/moonbase/traincar.jpg Now that I disagree with. I don't think the standard should bend because we need tall trains. Just make em short. Like Larry said, even some mining carts are only 48" tall. -- [ j o n ] http://zemi.net

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		Re: Moonbase: Starting to put up the rail standard
(...) Agreed...I have a couple sets of train wheels...(but no motors or modern track) maybe I'll make a sample train car. --Bram (21 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)

		Re: Moonbase: Starting to put up the rail standard
(...) That's great and all but most people don't commute to work in mining carts : P We can live with the height, I guess, but what about the width ? An eight stud wide road isn't even wide enough to get realistic cargo containers through : ( 10 (...) (21 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)

		Re: Moonbase: Starting to put up the rail standard
OK, I guess I'll just have to live with "dwarf" space trains. I've been playing with some ideas in MLCAD and it does work out with the current specs if you use articulated truck cars like this one that I designed to ride as low as possible, but be (...) (21 years ago, 21-Sep-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)

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		Re: Moonbase: Starting to put up the rail standard
Yeah. I'll retract those two rules. They are too limiting. I tried to build a sample train/corridor model and it just doesn't fit : ( I think if we're going to do trains we need to revisit the corridor height/setback again. Even the new 10 brick (...) (21 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)

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