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Well I am here to announce that I have completed the structural portion of a shelf railway in our soon-to-be baby's nursery. All the details you need are on the web page but rest assured that this is a working and powered LEGO railway not just a (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.fun.crafts) !
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(...) Hmmm, I wonder if I could do something like that in my apartment.... (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.fun.crafts)
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Very cool indeed Eric!! What's the noise level like? I would think being that close to the ceiling you'd get quite a bit of noise, of course it being a steady sound of the trains running across the tracks could be a good thing. I think that would (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.fun.crafts)
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(...) Eric, Truly a nice piece of handy work and a great way to bring in the next generation of Lego fan. I thought I'd be 50 before I could justify getting a train. I'm going to show my wife your pictures as soon as I can. My Lego is in the (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.fun.crafts)
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(...) Nice work. It's neat seeing how many of the Model Railroad "standard tricks" eventually get done in Lego as well. I agree with James, a nice slow running train may be just the thing to lull baby to sleep. So if it's a girl are you going to (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.fun.crafts)
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(...) Did someone say Pink?? Check out: (URL) nice, Eric. Oh, and BTW, no worries-- the only cars that experienced irreparable decal damage were the GMLTC's, LUGNET's, and the GMLUG's, although bitter Bob did take a nasty fall.... We are making (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Thanks for the wonderful response to this both online and off. I have taken several of the questions that have been asked and tried to answer them below. I have also included some of my experiances and insites into this type of project. First (...) (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.fun.crafts)
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Very nice!!! My brother-in-law was thinking of something similar. I will have to show him yours. "Eric Kingsley" <kingsley@nelug.org> wrote in message news:FywFon.EH9@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) a (...) but (...) response. (...) (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.fun.crafts)
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Great work, it really looks nice. If you find that it is too noisy, you might look into the cork subroadbed that is advertized in the model railroading magazines. I am pretty sure there is one 6 inches wide. Michel Magnan (...) (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.fun.crafts)
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Great peice of work! I have myself been thinking of such a thing, mostly for storage and display. Currectly my cars are stored away, but tought that this could be way for storing them. I tought of a 2 level layout with 4 points, so trains can drive (...) (24 years ago, 9-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This would be interesting. I have already thought of ways to expand this by putting a hole (tunnel) through the wall into the next room to connect to a shelf in that room. I doubt that will happen any time soon but its just a thought. (...) I (...) (24 years ago, 9-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Maybe we will all see the first dust-busting train car from you? Chris (...) (24 years ago, 9-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Whenever I FINALLY get around to building a house, I plan on running track through almost every room, with doors on the hole's in the walls - the train will throw a switch when it gets near a door, opening it. (...) If you have a canister vac, (...) (24 years ago, 9-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Seems like a stretch to me, but a great idea. Eric - Great nursery layout - If you need a babysitter some time, just let me know... 8-) TTYL SRC (24 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Just a bit of followup on this point. It turns out that the trains noise is quite soothing to the baby and will help him fall asleep about 75% of the time. The rest of the time it just doesn't matter what you do. The noise also seems to help (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.people)
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