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I have spent the last week doing lots of building for our train club layout. We have a show in about a month, and need to have it basically finished by then, but of course it will evolve over time. And after feasting my eyes on the new layout, even in it’s unfinished state, it got me wondering how the club got to the point we are at, displaying these amazing layouts every year for so many people to enjoy.

So how does one make a train layout like those amazing ones you see at train shows? The short answer: people.
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From this Lugnet post:

Now is our chance to take action and help influance a decision within LEGO before a point of no return is reached. In order to do that a web site has been created for the purpose of saving the 9v electric train line.

Access to the site is free. At the moment the format of the site is somewhat fluid but we want to get discussion started as soon as possible. In particular we need a Logo. If you have any ideas please submit them so we can pick one as soon as possible.

You will also see that we need to add content to the site. That is something we can all help with. Just get an account and you will have access to forums and the ability to add site content by clicking on the “Contribute” link in the main menu.

We may experiance a few bumps in the road in the next week or so but we feel it is important that we start developing our case and strategies for saving 9v trains.

http://save.9vtrains.com/

-Eric Kingsley
LEGO Ambassador

Visit the Save 9 Volt Trains website.

I have now installed and activated the Akismet anti-spam plugin for the blog, which seems to be catching all the spam quite nicely, so I’ve decided to switch off the comment moderation.

This means your comments will now show up immediately! Yay! Unless Akismet thinks it looks like spam, in which case you should shoot me an email ASAP so I can manually approve it, as old spam is only kept for 15 days.

In his words:

“That’s right – after more than 5 years, 38 passport stamps, 3 great bosses, nearly 17,000 fan emails, 1 LEGO book, 2 products I’ve strongly influenced, 450,000 frequent flyer miles, hundreds of in person AFOL meetings, and way way too many visits to the company store, I’ve decided to leave the company and pursue another opportunity.”
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Andrew Carol has created a difference engine to calculate 2nd order polynomials to 3 digits OUT OF LEGO BRICKS! While this may not sound much, building such a beast out of plastic parts is a huge challenge, as a difference engine needs very accurate movements to work properly. Andrew is also investigating the possibility of expanding his engine to do 4 digits. Anyway, read more about it by clicking on the picture above.