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(...) Hi Johan, What exactly do you mean with " the internals of points"? If you mean the inner side of a point when you dismount the bottom plate, then i can help you, but only from a 9V point (2859), not from the 7996 point. Perhaps i can place (...) (17 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I went to a local stained glass studio and picked up a roll of Venture Tape Silvered Copper Foil last night. The widest the shop had was 1/4" so that is what I got. The tape is availible in other widths, and if they had the 3/8" wide, I would (...) (17 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Does anyone have a picture or so of the internals of points? I need to but the switch part of all four points to "turning" since I want to use memory wire on it. (17 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Yes you do 'abuse' the system in the sense that Holger means. LEGO trains are designed for children, not hobby use. As much as this may be frustrating and there may be good reasons for TLG to support the 'abuse' of their system they are not a (...) (17 years ago, 5-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains)
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Tasty MOC, Tony:-d I'd to see it run IRL! I really love 4-4-0s. You should include links to pics of the Jupiter and #119 so people can see what a remarkable recreation you have made. Well done, JOHN (...) (17 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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On May 10, 1869 a famous meeting took place between two locomotives at Promotory Point, Utah, at the (URL) Golden Spike Ceremony> which celebrated the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad over the United States. These two locomotives (...) (17 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Why shoudn't this work? Lead-free solder needs a higher soldering iron temperture, keep this in mind, but it can be used. Why i did use the 60/40 lead solder is that i don't have lead-free solder at home yet. Its intention was also to figure (...) (17 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Well put Don. Better than I could have done. Every time I started to write something up I had trouble containing my anger and writing something constructive. Right now my hope lies not with the LEGO company, but with fans, finding ways to (...) (17 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Point of view? I enjoy working with my LEGO trains. I put out a lot of work in 'abusing' my trains to do a show, both for the visitor and mine own pleasure. The model Railroad Hobby is the largest Hobby in the world. It is done almost in every (...) (17 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You shoulda called this post "The future of trains" ;-) Tim (17 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Chris brings home a good point. 9V is what it is, probably because of the powered rails. No other LEGO Train system has that. However, I do beleive that one day very soon (if not already) battery technology will allow more power than can be safely (...) (17 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Actually, when I said it wasn't finished, I really meant that I just need to figure out the trucks and underside stuff, AND put on the poles, so I'm with ya, bro! (...) :-) Thanks, Chris. JOHN (17 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Holger, Thanks for your reply. I am glad to hear from an insider even if you can't say anything. I do realize you are only a conduit for information and can't actually make the decisions. I would personally be happy to setup something as a (...) (17 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) [...] (...) Well, I guess at least we now don't have to worry about if or when the 9v line will be discontinued. Like some of you, I am upset. I am upset that LEGO marketed the 9v line so poorly, but I also suspect that in the current (...) (17 years ago, 3-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hey, where are the trolley poles? It ain't a trolley without trolley poles :) No seriously, nice model. Too bad its not 8 wide ;) Chris (17 years ago, 3-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I covered my 7996 with copper foil tape that I found at Hobby Lobby in their stained glass section. They offer several different widths, all about $5 a roll (which is about 30m of the tape - plenty to do 7996. I was concerned about tinning the (...) (17 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Now that is what I call "out of the box" thinking. Tommy Armstrong (17 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hi Eric, Hi Bryan, Hi all, you are right, we are under NDA and I will not comment on any posting either positive or negative about the train announcement. We AFOL insiders will read all theses posts and we will transport any suggestion into our (...) (17 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks, Dave. As a matter of fact... (URL) :-) JOHN (17 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I took some more (URL) better> (sic) pics of my trolley. Some points of interest: One pic has Ross posed in front of it to give an idea of its size. These pics show it posed on some Aristo G scale trucks. The trolley itself is built to about (...) (17 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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