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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 15:22:01 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
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> James Powell wrote:
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> > In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
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> > > 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.
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> 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.
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> Nice try, mortals.
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> > N&W's Jawn Henry was the longest steam engine, at 161
> > feet or so :)
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> Just as a trivia point, it was the longest steamer, but not the longest
> reciprocating, since it was a turbine.
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> --
> Larry Pieniazek - lpieniazek@mercator.com - http://my.voyager.net/lar
> http://www.mercator.com. Mercator, the e-business transformation company
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>
> Note: this is a family forum!
Well done Larry. The big boy I built accually is shorter than Dan's big boy,
but it is because I scaled the real train schematics to lego grid paper and
worked from there, scaling using the diameter of the driver to match the
technic medium pulley (plus a couple of mm). I chose the medium technic
pulley because, as far as drivers used from Ben and other steamer builders, it
seemed correct since the big boy's drivers are medium in size compared to
other steamers, like the Daylight. In doing this little bit of research I
feel my big boy is in proportion better because I am working from real
deminsions. Also articulation becomes a lot cleaner.
In fact my next project is building the Jawn Henry. I have already started
scaling the loco and have found many photos and schematics for it. I just do
not know which era to model it from. Its first action or when it took on some
modification, like extra punches in the exterior and the extension of the coal
compartment. What do you think?
Stacy Bledsoe
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