| |
In lugnet.trains, James J. Trobaugh writes:
> The nice thing is that they are very sturdy and can handle any 4 year olds
> that break past our ropes.
>
> jt
Ropes? Huh?? ;-)
The GMLTC lets kids get right up to our layout. Touching is discouraged, but
it still happens. Yes, we get the occasional *crash*, but we can always
rebuild. We had a great one this weekend, kid got his fingers in front of my
passenger train, the locomotive hit the floor and broke apart. Mom was
yelling, we were laughing, kid wasn't sure if he was in trouble or not. J-3
has a great digital picture of him, with the locomotive in pieces behind him.
(And, it seems that it's always one of my creations nose-diving to the
floor... Doh!)
JohnG, GMLTC
|
|
Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: New LEGO train realism?
|
| Wow John you are a brave man indeed. I have a hard enough time monitoring the trains, and keeping an eye out for run away toddlers (and if anyone has one they know that a couple of pieces of rope mean nothing), but having to keep an eye on the (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
|
Message is in Reply To:
| | Re: New LEGO train realism?
|
| The tables used by the NGLTC where built using the original standards published by the PNLTC. They are a bit narrower (to fit the mini van) but are the same height and use the same basic principle of connecting together. Only one table of the entire (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
|
84 Messages in This Thread:
 
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
