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Re: motorized switching rails
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 15 Sep 1999 18:33:28 GMT
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G. Benedikt Rochow wrote:
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> In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > Another neat trick is that the turnout switches are color coded with
> > small bricks placed on the stands, and technic beams are used in the
> > module side fascia to let the tubing out. The beams are color coded to
> > match the switches so you know which lever throws which turnout.
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> Isn't that the only way to do it in Lego, anyway? :)
No, you could use numbers, if you had number bricks or number tiles (the
tile supply is limited so I think you're restricted to base 4 (0,1,2,
and 3) numbering. The 1x1 number bricks are rare nowadays.
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| (...) And in all these years of discussion about switch powering and modifications nobody ever noticed this before? I'm amazed... (I don't own any 9V trains myself, just 4.5V. Those switches are easy to control, apart from the difficulty of making a (...) (25 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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