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Dan Parker wrote:
> Todd,
> during my first trip to LEGOLAND CA, I got a 3-hour tour of the backroom,
> model shop, and animatronics control room. I picked up several models
> either displayed throughout the park or featured in the DK book. This was
> over a year ago so my braincells are workin' overtime...
>
> The trains are a commercial grade, a bit heavier than G stuff. Chassis are
> a stout metal frame to hold power cell, onboard processer, etc.
Yes, the vast majority of the engine is non-LEGO. The LEGO body is actually
like a shell which simply lifts off, leaving the non LEGO parts (frame,
wheels, battery, etc). Their scale is larger than G (I have calculated G
scale to be 14 wide at 1:29, LLC trains are 16 wide), and the track is all
hand laid.
> I recall
> the wheelsets are simple plastic hubs joined with straight axles, some
> having gears for driving motors (for the locos). Unfortunately, the
> wheelsets are not actually formed into trucks by the use of sideframes, and
> I found the lack of these particularly annoying and cheesey.
Yes, there was absolutely no attempt at prototype modeling below the frame;
just wheels. Even the couplers are merely metal bars attaching the cars to
each other. And although they attempted to detail the engines, I found them
proportionally wrong and generally not pleasing to look at. I mean come on;
the GPs had *buffers*!
> Locos had
> triple wheelsets at each end while revenue stock has pairs at each car end.
> Gauge was somewhere between 72 and 80mm.
>
> I can only guess that it may be the same system used at the other 2 parks.
I thought I noticed that at Billund they were using 18 wide trains, but I have
forgotten.
> Outside of LLCA, I've never seen their rail system before (but that's not
> saying much). Btw, I saw only freight stock at LLCA, unlike Billund which
> features passenger/commuter sets.
That's because they don't have any passenger stuff at LLC. The whole train
theme was based around the harbor.
-John
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>
> dan parker
> PNLTC
>
> In lugnet.legoland.california, Todd Lehman writes:
> > snip>..Did they make custom [trainwheels] just for LEGOLAND?
> > --Todd
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| (...) John - There are some passenger vehicles in the subway section under Grand Central Station that have a bit better proportions. I didn't really think the proportions of the freight stuff was that pleasing either, but the glimpses of the subway (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-01, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.trains)
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| Todd, during my first trip to LEGOLAND CA, I got a 3-hour tour of the backroom, model shop, and animatronics control room. I picked up several models either displayed throughout the park or featured in the DK book. This was over a year ago so my (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.trains)
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