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NELUG recently held an event dedicated to setting the world record for the
longest LEGO monorail track. From everything we had seen, the previous record
was somewhere around 200-300 linear feet of monorail track, depending on how you
counted it, with a few close contenders, such as the OBB layout, which I believe
has happened a few times with similar amounts of track.
We took a tally in the club, and figured out we could easily beat the record if
everyone contributed their track towards the common goal. The trickier part was
actually finding a venue! So we ended up in a pretty small display place, the
Wenham Museum (not big enough to display ALL our track), but enough to set the
record!
When all was said and done, we came up with a loop of track that was 28069.36
studs long (about 736' 8.74", or 224.55m). And if you total up all the track
used (but not in the loop), it's about 29769.96 studs long! The tally:
Long: 162 (4 not used in loop)
Short: 180 (1 not used in loop)
Curve: 312 (1 not used in loop)
Stop: 57 (all used)
Ramps: 174 (2 not used in loop)
Half-Curves: 38 (31 not used in loop)
Points as Half-Curves: 5 (all used)
Points as Straights: 31 (all used)
The layout:
http://www.suave.net/~dave/images/nelug/mr730/level01.png
http://www.suave.net/~dave/images/nelug/mr730/level02.png
http://www.suave.net/~dave/images/nelug/mr730/level03.png
http://www.suave.net/~dave/images/nelug/mr730/level11.png
Photos of the event:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/56891989@N08/sets/72157629279039211/with/6859952783/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/riplego/sets/72157629284588143/with/6862436943/
Videos of the loop:
http://youtu.be/bnUNHYnrj2k
http://youtu.be/6k7iOzm0UWM
DaveE
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Hi Everyone,
NELUG is having their June meeting next Thursday the 11th. We will be meeting
at the Natick MA LEGO store around 6:30pm and then dinner at John Harvard's in
Shopper's World at 7:30pm.
We will also be participating in NMRA's National Train Show from July 10 - 12th
in Hartford, CT.. This will be our largest train layout to date, almost three
times our usual big layout. More details about the show can be found here:
http://www.nationaltrainshow.org/2009/hartford.html
Please feel free to stop by and say hi. We won't bite. ;)
Jonathan
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Hi Everyone,
NELUG will be at the Greenburg Toy and Train Show this weekend, March 28th -
29th from 10am - 4pm. This display will have the most automation of any of our
previous layouts.
http://www.trainshow.org/showinfo/200903WIL.htm
Feel free to come by and say hi.
Jonathan
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The New England LEGO Users Group (NELUG) will have a small display this weekend
at the 1st Annual Westside Model Train Show in West Springfield, MA.
The show is Saturday, February 28th from 10am to 4pm at the West Springfield
Middle School, located at 31 Middle School Drive in West Springfield. Proceeds
from the show go to benefit the John Ashley & Willima A. Cowing Public Schools.
If you're in the area, please drop by and see us.
-Elroy
http://www.nelug.org
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Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to let all of you know that NELUG is planning on doing a Train
Layout for the folks at the Wenham Museum at 132 Main St. Wenham MA.
http://www.wenhammuseum.org.
The show is happening next weekend from January 17th - 19th.
This is going to be a special train layout for us. We've decided to do a snow
theme. 8' x 16' of the train layout is now covered in white brick and plates.
If you're in the area, please swing by and take a look.
Jonathan
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