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    Re: New train? (set 7898 from 2006) —Tim David
   (...) Another pic has turned up on the Eurobricks forum (URL) (19 years ago, 4-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.it.itlug, lugnet.parts)
   
        Re: New train? (set 7898 from 2006) —Luca Giannitti
     (...) I'm wondering if they are effective sets or just prototypes. About 4 jears ago (really much time has gone!) we've already seen a look-like-ICE train with a white-red livery, but later the set had a green strip (somebody sad due to some royalty (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: New train? (set 7898 from 2006) —Jason J. Railton
     (...) Hmm. Hypothesising on these pictures... You can see the raised 'patch' on the side of both engines, like that that appeared in Jake's keynote speech. I don't think it's stretching the imagination too much to take this to be an IR sensor - this (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.it.itlug, lugnet.parts)
   
        Re: New train? (set 7898 from 2006) —Ondrew Hartigan
     (...) (URL) The more and more I see of the RC/IR train line the more I like it. The sets look to be well-engineered, fun to build, not junior-ized, both have seemingly good parts and it looks easy to hack. Ok the last part doesn't really matter to (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.it.itlug, lugnet.parts, FTX)
   
        More of the new train —Timothy Gould
   (...) Check out this gallery for more pics of the new freight train: (URL) Tim (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.it.itlug, lugnet.parts)
   
        Re: More of the new train —Matteo Bollini
     (...) I'm afraid (for my pocket) there will be fantastic surprises from new future train lego sets!! Matteo (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.it.itlug, lugnet.parts)
   
        Re: More of the new train —Sonnich Jensen
     (...) Hmmm - I wonder if the bridge is for sale too. It looks like specialised bridge parts - pretty good actually.... I they start making all parts like that for a model railway, then I wonder what else we can expect - more cars, engines and other (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.it.itlug, lugnet.parts)
    
         Re: More of the new train —Timothy Gould
      (...) Yes it is. You get one segment and a truck for construction as a set. I can't find the pictures again but they appeared on BrickShelf and Eurobricks a while ago. Perhaps someone else can dig them up. (...) We can certainly hope. (...) I have (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.it.itlug, lugnet.parts)
     
          Re: More of the new train —Tim David
      (...) Here (URL) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.it.itlug, lugnet.parts)
     
          Re: More of the new train —Matteo Bollini
      (...) Yes, I've seen it yet too, it's a very good idea for an item, but I don't like the new big truck line, that can't run in the city roads (see ferrari truck), and most of all the bridge, that seems to be one piece...I prefer to build the same (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.it.itlug, lugnet.parts)
    
         Re: More of the new train —Mathew Clayson
     (...) Already done, I did some experiments using some of the old 4.5v track. (URL) I ran metal foil tape on top of the platic rails. The tape is tin plated copper for use in stain glass. The train motor ran fine. And with the new plastic track I (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.it.itlug, lugnet.parts, FTX)
   
        Still more —Timothy Gould
   (...) It just keeps getting better (URL) Tim PS. Thanks heaps to the people uploading all this. Your work is greatly appreciated. (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.year.2006)
   
        Re: Still more —Jeramy Spurgeon
     (...) Looking at these pictures leads only to more confusion..... Notice the standard metal wheels reappear? Here's to hoping! -Jeramy (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.year.2006)
    
         Re: Still more —David Koudys
      In lugnet.trains, Jeramy Spurgeon wrote: <snip> (...) Well, if I were TLG, I'd use the same train motors--you can power the motor from the top 2x2 electric plate and just connect that to the battery unit (or whatever they're using to power the (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.year.2006)
    
         Re: Still more —Jason J. Railton
      (...) Ah, well spotted. So maybe you can't run them on metal track at the same time as a 9V train. That may mean the base has a standard 9V lead on it though, so it would let you use it to run a 9V motorised crane or, my favourite, the miniature (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.year.2006)
    
         Re: Still more —Mathew Clayson
     (...) I noticed this as well, I'm guessing the old moters were used for testing and early photos, but the final product will have plastic wheels. I'm really hoping that the IR reciever is not permanently coupled the the motor unit. Use a standard 9v (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.year.2006, FTX)
    
         Re: Still more —Jason J. Railton
      (...) I was getting my hopes up looking at the boxcars - in the first pictures they looked orange, but here they're clearly red. I guess that makes the car on the flatbed red too. The red fork-lift looks good; it just seems unusual for Lego to do (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.year.2006, FTX)
    
         Re: Still more —Mike Walsh
      "Mathew Clayson" <mathew_impact1@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Isn9pM.B4C@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] The battery container, the IR receiver, and the baseplate are all one unit. The motor is a separate unit, same (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.year.2006)
    
         Re: Still more —Frank Filz
     (...) Hmm, does this mean the new motor could drive BBB wheels directly? That would be way cool for steam designers. Frank (19 years ago, 12-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.year.2006)
    
         New Trains and BBB Wheels? (was: Re: Still more) —Ben Fleskes
     (...) Good question. I'm eager to order a set and find out how BBB wheels will do with the new battery powered trains. I've tried BBB wheels with the 845 motor: (URL) Which easily accepts a technic axle. With large BBB drivers, at 9V the speed is a (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.year.2006, FTX)
    
         Re: New Trains and BBB Wheels? (was: Re: Still more) —Matthew J. Chiles
     (...) I wonder if you could use the new IR motor in a steam engine, driving the drivers, and an old 9V motor in the tender. With a wire between the two, you could have a double-powerful steam engine, with powered drivers and standard transformer (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains)
    
         Re: New Trains and BBB Wheels? (was: Re: Still more) —Jason J. Railton
     (...) That would seem to be correct, but you're forgetting that if you put big wheels on the battery motor, and connect it to a 9V motor with its small wheels, they'll try to go at different speeds (assuming, as has been suggested, that the motor (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains)
    
         Re: New Trains and BBB Wheels? (was: Re: Still more) —Mathew Clayson
     (...) Yep, I can only dream that the adjusted the gear ratio in the new motors. The current 9v train motors run way to fast, I'd gladdly trade that for a bit more torque. But even at differnt speeds, the BBB wheels have less traction, allowing them (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
    
         Re: New Trains and BBB Wheels? (was: Re: Still more) —Jason J. Railton
      (...) I think the process you're describing is referred to as 'clutching'... ...at straws... ;-) Jason Railton (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
    
         Re: New Trains and BBB Wheels? (was: Re: Still more) —Reinhard "Ben" Beneke
     (...) No idea about the torque, but personally I doubt it could have been improoved (would empty the batteries too fast). The speed of the new trains is more or less the same as now: a Metroliner waggon at full speed of the IR train derailed. (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
   
        Re: Still more —David VinZant
     (...) Ok if you look at the middle car of the ICE train. It has what looks like a trans black curved roof. I see a large rise in Dome cars in the future. Also there is a green six wide window on the car with the crane. I guess this calls for a green (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.year.2006)
   
        Re: Still more —Mathew Clayson
   (...) Agreed, thank you. Apon further inspection it sure looks like the roof of the ICE train is a monolithic peice, I believe it's this part: (URL). (URL) And what is the part above the door manifold on the middle car? I really hope they sell the (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.year.2006, FTX)
   
        Re: Still more —Dean Earley
   (...) Its the end of the part you mention, just the shadows make it look a bit odd. (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.year.2006)
 

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