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Distance? Doesn't every LTC have at least *one* Mindstorms little speed/distance computer, built into a train car? :-) Remember the PNLTC Guinness World Record event in 2000? I guess, from now on, we'll have to build up a car to measure the (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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"Bill Ward" <bill@wards.net> wrote in message news:I01Cus.1vIB@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) history (...) operating it (...) it up (...) minuts (...) what (...) We (NCLTC) have done two Christmas layouts at a local mall. The first year (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm lazy too, let's get that straight, but I am also a numbers man.. a very, very, extremely, conservative estimate would be 600 miles. More realistic is 1400 miles. This is based on number of show days (40+), minimals hours/day (5), and (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) ...mmm... ...bridges... Bridges need to have lights on top for aircraft avoidance, and if they're across navigable channels, marker lights at the span bottom for the ship traffic to know where the channels are, and streetlights if they're road (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) BayLTC is currently in the midst of a month-long display at a local history museum that is running a special exhibit on trains. Since we are operating it five days a week, much of that unattended except by museum docents, we set it up on a (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I'm definitely not going to look at normal "mods" with the same enthusiasm now. You're right... (...) It took a month of drilling and wiring working on it about 5-6 hours a week. I'd say there are about 100 elements that have been touched by (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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rtlTers: Sorry for the cross post to rtlT but you'll see why! (...) "The Plastic Dust is Normal"...(1) but the squeaking isn't! (...) 1 - (URL) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) It will make everything plain now. How much drilling and cutting did you have to do to make it all fit? -Lenny (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) They said that they turned the trains off at night, but I am still not sure that they did. I probably should have kept the motor as it was... or maybe photo-documented its condition. It was really dirty with black dust; and it squeaked. I (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Too bad! Would have been much cooler to send it to Consumer Affairs, I bet they would love to do some analysis on it back in Billund. I THOUGHT it was you guys that would have the record (for now...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains)
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