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Subject:	Re: Moonbase: Starting to put up the rail standard
Newsgroups:	lugnet.space, lugnet.trains
Date:	Tue, 16 Sep 2003 18:52:08 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Jason S. Mantor wrote: > Jon Palmer wrote: > > 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. > > 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 would be workable, but 12 would be better. This is going to be impossible to nail down until an actual layout is done at NWBrickCon (hope I spelled that right). Some modules don't have connectors on all sides. I think that someone should take track at NWBC and use it to eyeball trouble spots for a train, and see how easy it would be to avoid those areas in a future layout. I ALSO think we should scrap trains for NWBC and concentrate on monorail & moonways; these two travel options are less space-intensive (SPACE). Let's get some measurements & logistics worked out. We shouldn't compromise the integrity of the MB standards much more to accomodate bigger train cars. If trains can't adhere to a 6-wide standard with some spillover greebling, our MB's get smaller & smaller. It should ALWAYS be about the MoonBase, not the accessories. -nk

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		Re: Moonbase: Starting to put up the rail standard
(...) This I have to agree with. If you've got a train that doesn't meet specs, well, you build space (SPACE!) for it to run. I have a 6-wide monorail (8-wide with protrusions) with a lot of overhang at the ends. There was no way it was going to run (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)

		Re: Moonbase: Starting to put up the rail standard
(...) Yeah, I'll do that. And I'll experiment with reasonably-constructed trains to see what can fit under the new connectors. Being a spacehead also heavily invested in trains, I have experience using both. (...) The NWBC layout should be huge, so (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)

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		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)

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