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(...) I have been buying 9v straight track regularly from the local Lego Store and the three boxes I bought two weeks ago have new dark blay. All of the earlier boxes were old dark grey. I assume they had run out of boxed straight track and had more (...) (18 years ago, 28-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hello, Ben! I'm glad that despite your frustrations with TLG, you have nevertheless decided to build with our favorite toy:-) And what a build! This is a fantastic MOC; the (URL), (URL) amazing schleim action>, and your overall attention to (...) (18 years ago, 28-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) ... (...) ... (...) This is simply beautiful. It reminds me of being a kid again and looking through the Marklin catalog for my favorite engine every Christmas. Now that LEGO has announced a partnership with Hitechnic for NXT sensors, what is (...) (18 years ago, 28-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) i have passed this question on to LEGO, I will let you know when there is an answer. Jeff VW (URL) (18 years ago, 28-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hi train fans, the possible(?) end of 9V trains, the blay desaster and the too high demands of myself against my MOCs have lead to a kind of frustration in my hobby. Due to all this and more, I lost a lot of the fun that LEGO meant to me in the (...) (18 years ago, 28-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Reed Switches was Re: Has Babylon Fallen?
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(...) Good link! (...) I don't bend the leads on the reed switches at all. I use very small reeds, maybe 1 cm in length, solder directly to the straight leads, and then carefully trim them shorter. (Trimming is optional.) The switch is then (...) (18 years ago, 27-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Miniatronics makes nice (URL) switches> that seems to work well. (...) Yes, you have to grab the lead in wire up close to the glass envelope with a pair of needle nose pliers, and, while holding the pliers you bend the wire. (...) Those are (...) (18 years ago, 27-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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While on vacation visiting relatives in New York for Thanksgiving, Ross and I were able to hook up with fellow Ashcanner Jonathan Lopes for lunch in Manhattan: (URL) and Jonathan pictured>> (Yo Yrizarry, any relation?;-) We had a great time visiting (...) (18 years ago, 27-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.people, FTX)
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Seven stalwart members of NovaLUG participated in the Dartmouth Sportsplex annual Train and Hobby Show on November 18th and 19th for the fifth consecutive year. As in previous years, we had our own exhibition room right off the main entrance and (...) (18 years ago, 25-Nov-06, to lugnet.org.ca.novalug, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.ns, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Ville, Unfortunately, there's no simple way to get the typical LEGO instructions experience with Factory. Often LDD's automatic instruction steps aren't well organized and sometimes impossible to follow. It's better if the model author (...) (18 years ago, 25-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd)
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Hello! I've not been doing any Lego-building or -CADding for a very long time now, and I've come to realize that I probably won't be doing it for a long time to come either. So finally I decided to post a couple of half-finished CAD sketches of (...) (18 years ago, 24-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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On November 18th and 19th, (URL) NELUG> put on a wonderful display at The Great Train Expo in Wilmington, MA. (URL) Our layout continues to grow, and this display was no exception. We filled a 13' x 26' layout with everything from water to carnival (...) (18 years ago, 24-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.org.us.nelug, FTX)
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(...) i have the cargo train files and the passenger train files here (URL) train parts needed, if not in the same folder can be found (URL) (18 years ago, 24-Nov-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hmm, we should probably check my math. I think at the time I was having trouble finding inexpensive 3-foot electrical cables to chop in half, but I think $80 would pay for materials for more sensors than I usually bring to a train show. (...) (18 years ago, 23-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yeah, I almost took you up on the offer. When I designed a trolley line, I thought wouldn't it be cool if the trolley crosses the main line I realize that I'd need reed switches. Then I realized that even at your cost I need $80 worth of (...) (18 years ago, 23-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The (URL) reed switch sensors> are a bit tricky. There's not much room to work with, so you've gotta use pretty small switches. And they are very easy to break, basically being tiny glass tubes. (About half of my sensors no longer work.) For (...) (18 years ago, 23-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Thanks! They were (URL) easy to make>, really. Too bad those dual light elements are so hard to come by these days. But two factors make them difficult to deploy: 1 getting them onto the layout before there is too much other stuff on the (...) (18 years ago, 23-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Oh yeah! I remember seeing those at a show before I joined NELUG. I went out that day and bought some reed switches. The next day I spent a few hours burning my fingers and melting the things together. I never did get them to work properly. (...) (18 years ago, 23-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) [...] (...) You know, it was always fun talking with you at the events, but I have got to admit, I _really_ miss those crossing gates that you have. Those things are AWESOME. Chris (18 years ago, 23-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The new le Gorge is le river. It is a lot longer than le Gorge used to be, and you are correct, it isn't as deep. Le River is Jonathan's baby. Elroy (white truss bridge), Jonathan (red stone arch bridge), and I black I-beam) built the bridges (...) (18 years ago, 23-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains)
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