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Re: Mountain Town - A train module experiment
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Mon, 18 Mar 2002 15:01:04 GMT
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Wow, 2 hours is great! It normally takes us around 6-7 hours to step up.

jt

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James J. Trobaugh
North Georgia LEGO Train Club
http://www.ngltc.org

In lugnet.trains.org, John Gerlach writes:
> In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> > Kim Toll wrote:
> > > Just out of curiosity, how long does it take to setup the GMLTC layout?
> > Well, we just happen to have a show this weekend-- I'll time it and get back
> > to you:-)
> 
> Setup Friday was around 2 hours, that included building a new rack for
> transporting modules, and setting up a 'play area' for kids to build and run
> trains.  Saturday morning we spent another hour working on the electrics for
> the layout, Conan is creating a professional-quality system, complete with
> 'kill switches' on each module.  Saturday was also the time to put the
> minifigs on the layout - this time we had maybe 150-200 of them!
> 
> Once we get things a bit more organized, we should be able to keep settup to
> around 2 hours, even as the layout grows.  Of course that's a big "if",
> since we consider ourselves to be the most dis-organized train club in the
> world!
> 
> JohnG, GMLTC



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Mountain Town - A train module experiment
 
(...) But you can have a different layout every time - ours is pretty much fixed in place... Modular has its advantages *and* dis-advantages, just like 'plywood' does! One good piece of news from this show - we didn't have any locomotives hit the (...) (25 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
  Re: Mountain Town - A train module experiment
 
(...) MichLTC experience so far has tended to see us use up every last second of setup time plus tinker with it during the show. :-) So ya. (25 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains.org)

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  Re: Mountain Town - A train module experiment
 
(...) Setup Friday was around 2 hours, that included building a new rack for transporting modules, and setting up a 'play area' for kids to build and run trains. Saturday morning we spent another hour working on the electrics for the layout, Conan (...) (25 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains.org)

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