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RE: Cramped city with a train and a monorail running through it soon. Need some help on how to do this.
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lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains
Date: 
Tue, 19 Oct 1999 00:53:50 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Ryan Smith writes:
My city got smaller when I moved it up to the ledge and soon I'm • going to have
a train and a monorail running through it.  My city is 40in X • 190in. I would
like to know how to get both of these running in such a cramped • space. I don't
have very many train crossings and there's also not enough room • :( Most of my
buildings take up the space.
Could anybody give me a suggestion on this?

Hmmm, I remember a thread a while back (maybe even on RTL) that discussed
putting the tracks on a ledge and only having big turnarounds at the ends.

This way, you could let your railway go "under" the city and still have a
cutaway view of the train tunnel.

Hey Larry, maybe you could model the "Big Dig" in Boston for us...

Cheers,

Ralph Hempel - P.Eng

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  Re: Cramped city with a train and a monorail running through it soon. Need some help on how to do this.
 
(...) I only have a ledge because a rock is under it so that scratches that idea. If I didn't that might work but I don't have the tools to do that either:( Got dynamite? that might take the rock out:)and maybe I might have a 50% greater chance of (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)

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  Re: Cramped city with a train and a monorail running through it soon. Need some help on how to do this.
 
(...) This was and is a problem in real cities. The solution is to either elavate the railway (or monorail) or go underground. Since I like to see my trains I would go with the elevated option. See  Matt's LEGO® Train Depot at (URL) for principles (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)

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