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Re: motorized switching rails
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Wed, 15 Sep 1999 19:32:33 GMT
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Frank Filz wrote in message <37DFEB31.63DE@mindspring.com>...
Larry Pieniazek wrote:

G. Benedikt Rochow wrote:

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.

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.

Well, you could use those DACTA letter & number tiles. Those are
actually DUPLO I think.


Lego had white 1x1 bricks in the 60s with blue printed numbers (0-9).  I
think there was also a pack with letters.  The number pack is 237 - I
believe a pack was just sold on eBay.  I have one of these packs, so it must
not be too terribly rare.
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  Re: motorized switching rails
 
(...) Well, you could use those DACTA letter & number tiles. Those are actually DUPLO I think. (25 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)

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