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Re: The Queensland Tilt Train - and it tilts!
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:33:52 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Esben Kolind wrote:
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Hey everyone,
Just returned to my pile of Lego bricks after half a year on exchange at the
University of Queensland in Brisbane... Australia is awesome, I reckon!
Anyway, I came across this wonderful train with a name that says it all, the
Tilt Train, connecting Brisbane with Cairns in the far north. One of the
world’s fastest narrow-gauge trains, it tilts in order to obtain maximal
passenger comfort when negotiating the winding tracks at high speeds.
It just had to be built and I wanted the tilting to be just right! Here’s the
result:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=113761
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Sweeeeeeeet! That roof really does look good!
And the gravity system is really quite cool - it means that it doesn’t tilt as
far when going slowly, just like the real train.
ROSCO
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| Hey everyone, Just returned to my pile of Lego bricks after half a year on exchange at the University of Queensland in Brisbane... Australia is awesome, I reckon! Anyway, I came across this wonderful train with a name that says it all, the Tilt (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.au.qld.bri, lugnet.loc.au.qld.bun, lugnet.loc.au.qld.cai, lugnet.loc.au.qld.roc, lugnet.loc.au.qld.mac, FTX) !!
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