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In lugnet.trains, Mike Poindexter writes:
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> I realize that you want to max out the capacity of your trailer, but that
> extra 5" will make it extra hard for others to make compatible modules
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Serious question: How likely is it that we'll ever be at a show where we need
to think of "compatible modules"? The closest other train club (so far) to us
is where? Georgia? PNTLC? We only do shows within a few hundred miles of
'home base' (Minneapolis, in case anyone doesn't know that already)... As
much as we would love to do shows all over the country, it's probably never
going to happen, due to the costs and difficulty of transporting our layout.
Yes, there has been some tentative communication with people at LEGO
concerning us displaying at Carlsbad this Summer, but unless they can finalize
their offer in the next month or so we're going to go ahead with plans to
dismantle the current layout ("Hurricane Neal"!) and rebuild.
Right now, I'm thinking the Carlsbad thing isn't going to happen for us...
JohnG, GMLTC
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| (...) "ever"? Sooner or later, there will be a big North American Lego train show with lots of clubs attending. I bet it happens in less than ten years. When that happens, everyone who builds to 60" instead of 65" will be happy they did so. /Eric (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| (...) Ah, who cares what gauge we make our railroad? No one else is ever going to build a railroad within 100 miles of us, so the fact that we're incompatible with everyone else doesn't matter. - president of a forgotten railroad, ca. 1835... (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| I would venture to say that 45" x 60" would be better. The reason there is that even though you lose 5" on the length, you keep the modules in increments of lg. gray baseplates. That is important if you want to allow another group to slip module (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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