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Re: San Diego Coaster (Custom Livery)
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Wed, 8 Jun 2005 14:10:08 GMT
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The Coaster is a commuter train that serves portions of San Diego
(California) County. To read more about the Coaster, check out these to
sites...
http://www.gonctd.com/coaster/coaster.html
http://www.sdcommute.com/Rider_Information/coaster/index.asp
Ray
SPLTC
----- Original Message -----
In lugnet.trains, Tim Gould wrote:
Wow! That's such a nice train and I really like the colours. Lovely work
from
both Martin and James. How far/fast does the real thing travel? It looks
like a
mid-speed longish distance train.
Once again, fantastic work!
Tim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Long" <martin.long@=antispam=btinternet.com>
To: <lugnet.trains@lugnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 3:57 PM
Subject: San Diego Coaster (Custom Livery)
> Just wanted to share some photos of my recent build:
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> <<http://www.pepperstone.co.uk/lego/coaster.jpg>>
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> My Brickshelf Gallery:
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=3D131461>
>
> Firstly, all credit for the design goes to [James Mathis] who posted the • LDraw
> build on his Brickshelf pages some time ago. Interestingly, James tells • me that
> he has never brick-built this set before so was pleased to hear that I had • done
> so. In fact, this may be only the second brick-built version to date - • Robert
> Powell being the first.
>
> James' original design is based on the San Diego Coaster - specifically an • EMD
> F59PHI with Bombardier BiLevel coaches. My colour variant is based on the
> Coaster design but I chose grey/white/green as my custom livery mainly due • to
> parts availability and the fact that I thought my early LDraw renders were
> looking rather cool :-)
>
> The real Coaster is typically powered by one loco but I felt a five-coach
> brick-built version would benefit from a second power unit. This revealed • an
> interesting problem which was a slight weakness in the original design of • the
> nose/coupler section. This has now been reworked internally to prevent • the lead
> engine pulling the nose section off the second unit! James has encouraged • me to
> share these changes and so I'll be putting the reworked coupler component • up in
> my Brickshelf gallery soon.
>
> A personal thanks to James who provided very positive feedback on my first
> photos to him - and also for the great work he does for the LEGO train
> community.
>
> Martin
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