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Posted by Lewis Murphy on Fri Apr 17 16:28:15 1998, in response to Re: HELP! For My model subway-Believe me, it's BIG!,
posted by Mark S Feinman on Fri Apr 17 14:38:41 1998.
Boy, that takes me back. I remember the model line for the city I created-I called it Chaddsburgh-in NE Michigan where I was born. This subway isn't really like New York's or any other system I'm aware of. It consists of 7 lines that start in various areas of the city, naturally converging in the downtowmn area, and then continuing to other areas. One suggestion I have, draw up a map first. It helped me immensely. The lines I built(I guess you could say my system is like Chicago's now that I think about it) are: Red, green, blue, orange, yellow, brown and purple. Only the Brown and yellow lines are ever elevated. I had to build it on two tables instead of one since a wheelchair is somewhat confining. But it was a real treat. The layout of the lines is this. Each line has four tracks, local outside and express inside, until the central area when the express tracks converge with the local and another line runs on the express tracks of that line(can you picture it?). All but the red line do this. They run down four streets, two lines per street and one having just the red line. Then after leaving downtown the lines separate and are individual again. I got the model tracks but the story of the cras is my own. I built them using tools and some toy race cars I bought. Cutting, scraping, painting and gluing, I was able to get the cars I wanted, which look like thr R-110B. Maybe I predicted them. I built this model in 1980. Anyway, the total time it took for me was three years to get it the way I wanted it. I hope this doesn't sound daunting, but anything worthwhile requires time and effort. And you're going to love the way I got it to move. Come see the worlds first cable pulled subway. Using a crank and pulley type system, I pull the cars along the track. an individual cable for eack track. And it was a miracle I found a way to do it over switches. So that's the story of the LMRT(Lew Murphy Rapid Transit-sound familiar, anyone?). Now that you brought it up, Jack, I think I finally have the motivation to start my light rail line. It's been on the brain's hard drive for a while. Maybe I should try to do it.
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