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Re: Automatic decoupler designs?
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Date: 
Thu, 6 Jan 2000 19:13:12 GMT
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I recall somebody posting pictures of a design that sounds like the below here
(or maybe on RTL?--but I'm pretty sure it was here) not tooooo long ago.  I
think the stubby tapered beam can be had for example in the red Technic chopper
that's been on clearance at KB outlets, Big Lots, etc.   It was a very elegant
design, and worked very well from what he said.  Maybe I'll search to see if I
can find it--it looked to me to solve the problem most elegantly.

Alan


BTW we had a really nice guy visit a PNLTC display in Seattle that had a
wonderful and very clean and simple solution to the decouplers. It used a
rubber band limited rack driven by a motor. Ir pryed the couplers apart using
a stubby tappered technic beam at the bumpers.
DanParker do you recall his name? I unfortunately have forgotten!
SteveB
PNLTC
PS stubbier then this one http://www.auczilla.com/lego/xi/lot/?DLL01



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  Re: Automatic decoupler designs?
 
OK, got it. Instructions even included. (...) chopper (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: Automatic decoupler designs?
 
I was working on a hump yard decoupler and was playing around with adding mags to the track using the 2x2 tile that has clips to hold the mag. What's really cool is how you can make a train car hop over the mag on the track. All this play was big (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)

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