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On behalf of Jeramy Spurgeon,
Greetings all!
I’m proud to announce the release of the premiere issue of RailBricks!
RailBricks is a dedicated LEGO® Train Hobby Magazine similar to Model
Railroader. Each issue will strive to advance the LEGO® Train Hobby by providing
a FREE online publication created by LEGO® Train fans that focuses on various
aspects of the LEGO® Train Hobby. RailBricks will also uphold the ILTCO Mission
Statement http://www.iltco.org/info/?slide=3
RailBricks #1 can be downloaded from one of the following links:
(6.37 mb: Adobe Reader 5.0 or greater)
http://www.railbricks.com/media/railbricks_1.pdf
http://www.indylug.org/downloads/railbricks_1.pdf
http://www.ciltc.org/downloads/railbricks_1.pdf
http://www.freelug.org/Railbricks/railbricks_1.pdf
On demand print issues are available from lulu.com for $12.50 each + shipping
http://www.lulu.com/content/1257423
Jeramy Spurgeon
Senior Editor
RailBricks
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First issue looks great guys. Congratulations on getting it all together. :)
Steve
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In lugnet.announce, Erik Amzallag wrote:
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On behalf of Jeramy Spurgeon,
Greetings all!
I’m proud to announce the release of the premiere issue of RailBricks!
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How ironic to launch on the day when 9V is declared dead...
Still I’m happy to see the release of the first issue. I’ve been looking forward
to it ever since I spotted the first picture on Brickshelf back in April. Does
this mean the forum on the site will also go live one of these days?
Duq
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In lugnet.publish, Ronald Vallenduuk wrote:
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In lugnet.announce, Erik Amzallag wrote:
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On behalf of Jeramy Spurgeon,
Greetings all!
I’m proud to announce the release of the premiere issue of RailBricks!
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<snip>
How ironic to launch on the day when 9V is declared dead...
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9V is not dead, believe me. In my club, some guys exhibits large 12V layouts!!
TLC discontinue 9V, but the community for sure will support it for long.
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Still I’m happy to see the release of the first issue. I’ve been looking
forward to it ever since I spotted the first picture on Brickshelf back in
April.
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Thank you very much for your interest.
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Does this mean the forum on the site will also go live one of these
days?
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I hope so. I can’t say for sure it will - I’m not the webmaster, just a simple
contributor of the magazine as you may become tomorrow. Jeramy is busy right now
with some personnal business (happy business) but my guess is that he will reply
to you later.
Regards;
Didier
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In lugnet.publish, Didier Enjary wrote:
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In lugnet.publish, Ronald Vallenduuk wrote:
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In lugnet.announce, Erik Amzallag wrote:
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On behalf of Jeramy Spurgeon,
Greetings all!
I’m proud to announce the release of the premiere issue of RailBricks!
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<snip>
How ironic to launch on the day when 9V is declared dead...
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9V is not dead, believe me. In my club, some guys exhibits large 12V
layouts!!
TLC discontinue 9V, but the community for sure will support it for long.
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Still I’m happy to see the release of the first issue. I’ve been looking
forward to it ever since I spotted the first picture on Brickshelf back in
April.
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Didier
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All I can really say is...WOW! A whole E-Zine dedicated to LEGO Trains! I’ve
been waiting for something like this for a few years now and it’s finally a
reality. The first issue looks amazing. I have to admit I haven’t had a chance
to properly absorb it yet, but I might find some time over lunch today. :-)
From what I saw, you guys are doing it right. Lots of great articles and really
capturing the pulse and passion of the LEGO Train community.
After quickly browsing through, I am very excited to read the “Track Bed”
article. I’ve been looking for information on track beds for a long time and
here it is. :-)
Thanks for taking the time to put this together. Great work...simply great!
-Dave
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In lugnet.publish, Ronald Vallenduuk wrote:
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In lugnet.announce, Erik Amzallag wrote:
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On behalf of Jeramy Spurgeon,
Greetings all!
I’m proud to announce the release of the premiere issue of RailBricks!
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<snip>
How ironic to launch on the day when 9V is declared dead...
Still I’m happy to see the release of the first issue. I’ve been looking
forward to it ever since I spotted the first picture on Brickshelf back in
April. Does this mean the forum on the site will also go live one of these
days?
Duq
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Hi Ronald!
Thanks for the compliments.
It may seem a bit ironic that the release of the first issue coincided with the
9V announcement, but it was by accident, really. I had planned to launch the
magazine two weeks ago, but was then asked to hold the fisrt release so that the
announcement could be included.
The Railbricks team has discussed the idea of having a forum on the website, but
felt that there were other websites that were better suited to have train
forums, such as here on lugnet, or eventually ILTCO.
-Jeramy
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In lugnet.announce, Erik Amzallag wrote:
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On behalf of Jeramy Spurgeon,
Greetings all!
I’m proud to announce the release of the premiere issue of RailBricks!
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Thanks for putting this together. I sat down last night and read it cover to
cover. I really enjoyed the articles that discussed building techniques and
ideas, and it was fun to see a layout article done Model Railroader style.
Looking forward to the next issue.
-Elroy
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In lugnet.announce, Erik Amzallag wrote:
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On behalf of Jeramy Spurgeon,
Greetings all!
I’m proud to announce the release of the premiere issue of RailBricks!
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Wow - I love the idea of using caterpillar/tank type track pieces for the sides
of modern American car carriers as seen on page 31!! :-O
If I still had a train layout, I would borrow that design and go on a spending
spree on Blink to build at least 3 or 4 of them in Trailer Train yellow and ATSF
red or BN green schemes!
Great mag all around and kudos to all of you who made it - the links are great
and the large number of ideas and inspirational pictures is sure to motivate
quite a few fledging train engineers! :-)
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In lugnet.announce, Erik Amzallag wrote:
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On behalf of Jeramy Spurgeon,
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I’m sure that Jeramy would have loved to make this announcement himself, but
he’s a little busy right now...
Congratulations to Jeramy on the birth of his first child on October 1st!
It’s a girl!
David Gregory
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, David Gregory wrote:
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Congratulations to Jeramy on the birth of his first child on October 1st!
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Congrats, Jeramy!
And so the journey begins....
FYI I’m available 24/7 for advice on dealing with first-born daughters:-)
JOHN
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, David Gregory wrote:
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Congratulations to Jeramy on the birth of his first child on October 1st!
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Congrats, Jeramy!
And so the journey begins....
FYI I’m available 24/7 for advice on dealing with first-born daughters:-)
JOHN
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Thanks John.
I think she already has me wrapped around her finger!
-Jeramy
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In lugnet.announce, Erik Amzallag wrote:
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On behalf of Jeramy Spurgeon,
Greetings all!
I’m proud to announce the release of the premiere issue of RailBricks!
RailBricks is a dedicated LEGO® Train Hobby Magazine similar to Model
Railroader. Each issue will strive to advance the LEGO® Train Hobby by
providing a FREE online publication created by LEGO® Train fans that focuses
on various aspects of the LEGO® Train Hobby. RailBricks will also uphold the
ILTCO Mission Statement http://www.iltco.org/info/?slide=3
RailBricks #1 can be downloaded from one of the following links:
(6.37 mb: Adobe Reader 5.0 or greater)
http://www.railbricks.com/media/railbricks_1.pdf
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(other links ommited...)
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Jeramy Spurgeon
Senior Editor
RailBricks
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WOW! My deepest thanks to the contributors and authors for sharing your ideas
and instructions! And to Jeremy and the Think Tank for the idea of the PDF
distribution, their perserverance, and sheer publishing craftsmanship that went
into issue #1. It is beautiful, as well as being packed with great pictures and
useful ideas!
I hope there are further issues, but I can only imagine the time and effort that
went into this one. I can’t find a place to subscribe/donate for the effort.
You’ve certainly all done a ‘Quality’ job on this one.
Thanks, and best regards,
Zonker
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In lugnet.announce, Erik Amzallag wrote:
Has anybody tried this yet? What’s the quality like? What kind of paper? Is
it like a magazine, or more like what I’d get printing it at home on an inkjet?
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In lugnet.publish, William R. Ward wrote:
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In lugnet.announce, Erik Amzallag wrote:
Has anybody tried this yet? What’s the quality like? What kind of paper?
Is it like a magazine, or more like what I’d get printing it at home on an
inkjet?
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I thought quality was very good for the BrickJournal issues I got printed.
Tommy Armstrong
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In lugnet.publish, William R. Ward wrote:
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In lugnet.announce, Erik Amzallag wrote:
Has anybody tried this yet? What’s the quality like? What kind of paper?
Is it like a magazine, or more like what I’d get printing it at home on an
inkjet?
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I received my copy from lulu.com last week. The printing is definitely on par
with magazine quality. And well worth the price to hold a copy on your hands.
Jeramy and the rest of the staff did an awsome job putting RailBricks together.
Cale
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In lugnet.publish, William R. Ward wrote:
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In lugnet.announce, Erik Amzallag wrote:
Has anybody tried this yet? What’s the quality like? What kind of paper?
Is it like a magazine, or more like what I’d get printing it at home on an
inkjet?
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Lulu. com is pretty nice. The paper stock is a thicker matte stock than magazine
stock, and the cover is a cover (thicker) stock.
The print quality is very nice, much better than inkjet.
Joe
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I know this is late, however, I just wanted to let you know that I downloaded
the issue and I think its really wonderful. I am looking forward to seeing more
fantastic interviews with some of the communities great train folks.
Good luck and thanks for the great read!
-Matt Forcum
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I’ll say: I’m impressed. Really. A lot!
Fantastic issue - my congratulations. Though I fear my kids and my lack of spare
time will cut short any effort to achieve similar building success, I like a lot
of the ideas I am getting from this issue.
Thanks - I’m looking forward to more of this.
Regards,
Jerry
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