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Re: New LEGO train realism?
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org
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Thu, 23 Mar 2000 02:25:06 GMT
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John Gerlach wrote:
> Serious question: How likely is it that we'll ever be at a show where we need
> to think of "compatible modules"? The closest other train club (so far) to us
> is where? Georgia? PNTLC? We only do shows within a few hundred miles of
> 'home base' (Minneapolis, in case anyone doesn't know that already)... As
> much as we would love to do shows all over the country, it's probably never
> going to happen, due to the costs and difficulty of transporting our layout.
Ah, who cares what gauge we make our railroad? No one else is ever going
to build a railroad within 100 miles of us, so the fact that we're
incompatible with everyone else doesn't matter.
- president of a forgotten railroad, ca. 1835... forgotten because by
1860 everyone knew that a standard was needed.
How do you KNOW there isn't going to be a club in chicago? Why do
something likely to be incompatible, and likely to be harder to build.
15 inches is a natural multiple. Why depart?
--
Larry Pieniazek - lpieniazek@mercator.com - http://my.voyager.net/lar
http://www.mercator.com. Mercator, the e-business transformation company
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| (...) The compatability issue is actually a moot point at the moment for the new GMLTC layout for a couple of reasons: 1.) GMLTC is switching to 8x44 stud rolling stock which will most likely be large to fit around corners, tunnels, bridges, towns (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: New LEGO train realism?
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| In lugnet.trains, Mike Poindexter writes: <snip> (...) <snip> Serious question: How likely is it that we'll ever be at a show where we need to think of "compatible modules"? The closest other train club (so far) to us is where? Georgia? PNTLC? We (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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