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Re: infrared remote control of LEGO trains using NQC and RCX
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 23 Mar 2000 02:17:35 GMT
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James Powell wrote:
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> In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> >
> > IIRC, the big boy was longer than the triplex despite having fewer drivers • <not
> > that you are wrrrrrr, prolly a bad recall on my part>
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> According to:
> http://www.steamlocomotive.com/misc/largest.html
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> You are _both_ wrong.
In order for me to be wrong in the way you allege, I would have had to
have alleged that the Triplex was the longest US steamer. I didn't. So
you're wrong about my being wrong. :-)
In order for me to be wrong in the way John alleged, a model of the
Triplex would have to scale correctly. That is, despite the real thing
being shorter than a Big Boy, when we model it, it's likely (BECAUSE it
has so many wheels, and because we don't have many choices for wheel
sizes) that a pure LEGO model of it will inevitably be longer than a
model of a Big Boy to the same "scale". So John's wrong about my being
wrong too.
Nice try, mortals.
> N&W's Jawn Henry was the longest steam engine, at 161
> feet or so :)
Just as a trivia point, it was the longest steamer, but not the longest
reciprocating, since it was a turbine.
--
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