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Re: 8 wide and bigger (was Re: 8 Wide)
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 19 Jan 2000 21:24:39 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mike Poindexter writes:
> John2,
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> You may not need to get a couple of million bricks for your 8 wide layout.
> You can just use mine. It will be built to allow 8 wide trains to run. I
> fixed the problems with the turns being too sharp and am going to next fix
> the track point geometry. Only real problem I am running into now is that
Would a simple solution to the turn problem be to just double up on
magnets? (stick an extra magnet or two between the cars).
KL
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 | | Re: 8 wide and bigger (was Re: 8 Wide)
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| The problem is that the turns are so sharp that the cars clip the corner by as much as 6-8 studs, depending on the length of the car. An extra magnet or two won't help. I put one straight between the curved sections and although it looks a little (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: 8 wide and bigger (was Re: 8 Wide)
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| (...) Hmmm. Spacing was never a problem for me. (Perhaps because I do not use the buffers). Mike, is this the problem to which you are referring (decoupling)? Since my passenger cars are so heavy, there seems to be a limit as to how many I can pull (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 8 wide and bigger (was Re: 8 Wide)
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| John2, You may not need to get a couple of million bricks for your 8 wide layout. You can just use mine. It will be built to allow 8 wide trains to run. I fixed the problems with the turns being too sharp and am going to next fix the track point (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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