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Re: Track Planning
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Tue, 19 Oct 1999 09:20:23 GMT
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Thanks James.
After reading Matt's geometry page I found one solution. It's not as
pretty as I'd like, but it does the job without any cheating.
As it is a return loop, it is useful for a point to point layout.
It can also hold a train in the loop after it enters, and can be
released in the opposite direction later. The crossings through the
middle are another possibility for more interest. The holding tracks
are a little yard idea.
If anyone would like to see it, I can email it to you.
<ICS>
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| (...) Well, you can allways do the non lego thing and cut some track so that the geometry is better. I have 4(?) pieces that I had to cut for the current layout, plus 2 points (cut and remade into full curves...why they didn't make them like Matt (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Yes. I don't know how large exactly (or how small...). I used to have a setup like this in my bedroom. Remember what it says on Matts page, that the lego track doesn't have to exactly line up for it to work. The larger the loop, the bigger the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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