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Re: My TGV
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Date: 
Sat, 25 Sep 1999 14:29:34 GMT
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Matthew Bates:

Here's my interpretation of the TGV

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/train_depot/new.htm

Nice. I like the way the cars just rest on the bogie. Why use magnets for the
coupling? It looks like it takes much more space, and I don't think the TGV can
be split anyway.

Has anybody tried to model the X2000? I got a good look at it while I was
travelling in Sweden summer, and I believe it should be possible to model most
of it's features in LEGO.

Play well,

Jacob

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(...) can (...) I didn't do it for realism, I did it because it works well and makes the train much easier to assemble on the track. But my main goal was zero clearance between the coaches when travelling on a straight and that it achieves. Actually (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)

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  My TGV
 
Here's my interpretation of the TGV (URL) could still do with a bit of work and some better photos but Steve Barile was dying to see my progress. It uses my spring-loaded close-coupled articulation that Steve mentioned. Matt (25 years ago, 24-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)

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