 | | Re: PNLTC breaks guiness record! —Tony Hafner
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| | | (...) We actually used pure LEGO. There were multiple regulators, each connected to the track at multiple points. The tricky part is to make sure they are all set in the same direction and getting the right amount of juice. -- Tony Hafner Very new (...) (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: PNLTC breaks guiness record! —Steve Chapple
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| | | | (...) I'm presuming Ben / David means 7752 pieces of track connected? In lugnet.trains, Tony Hafner writes: (...) I'm very interested in the technical details of this project. How many motors and how far apart were they spaced? How did you keep it (...) (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: PNLTC breaks guiness record! —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Connected and crossed by a train. I think the record requires both that the track be contiguous and formed into a layout, and that a train of some sort traverse it. (...) The train itself I don't think was all that long! 6-8 cars with the (...) (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: PNLTC breaks guiness record! —Steve Chapple
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| | | | (...) Ah <light turning on above head> So THAT's why there wasn't much in the way of engines and cars compared to the amount of track. I had understood that the object was to make the longest TRAIN, which was why each club sent a car, and such a (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: PNLTC breaks guiness record! —Dan Parker
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| | | | | Clarifying the train, length, configuration, and other details... track length was 3343 ft, not 3232 as originally posted. This smaller number was the uncalibrated value from the LEGO odometer. As far as an equivalent number of official meters, I (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: PNLTC breaks guiness record! —James Powell
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| | | | I (...) At one time, I held this record unoffically, with 92 cars, and ONE engine...if you dig back you can find ref. to it on .trains James P (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: PNLTC breaks guiness record! —Dan Parker
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| | | | James, taking your word for it -- and I do -- I was very surprised that we couldn't recreate a similar scenario. Question, did you acheive these results on a straight run or otherwise? Did you run for any appreciable amount of time? I believe we (...) (24 years ago, 26-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: PNLTC breaks guiness record! —James Powell
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| | | | (...) I had about 200 pieces of track as the loop (my upper loop), and about 30 bogie cars, plus the rest 2 axle cars (so, about 240 axles towed)...the train was 5-7 cars short of being connected at both ends :). Loop was just straight and corner (...) (24 years ago, 26-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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