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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 04:15:30 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> James Powell wrote:
> >
> > 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>
> >
> > According to:
> > http://www.steamlocomotive.com/misc/largest.html
> >
> > 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.
Yeah, but you stretched the bounds of credulity with the "when we model it
tripe" :-) But I knew you'd land on your feet somehow;-) All Hail Larry!
-John
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>
> > 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.
>
> --
> Larry Pieniazek - lpieniazek@mercator.com - http://my.voyager.net/lar
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>
> Note: this is a family forum!
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