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Re: New 8-wide passenger train online!
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lugnet.build, lugnet.trains
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Mon, 7 May 2001 14:20:46 GMT
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johnneal@uswest.net%AvoidSpam%
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You *have* been busy, HoMa! An excellent creation, and wonderfully detailed as
well! Very nice:-)
I have a question about the drivers-- they appear to be LEGO, although the outer
rims appear metal....
Also, no need to follow-up to .build; just cross-post to .trains and .build. We
certainly want discussions about your beautiful train here in .trains as well!
Thanks for posting!
-John
Holger Matthes wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I just uploaded some pictures of my latest train project: The "Riviera-Express"
> which was operated by the "Deutsche Bundesbahn" in the 1960s. It traveled from
> Hamburg through middle Europe down to the sea-resorts at the italian Riviera
> coast.
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4451
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> The steamer is a BR 10 - I now were able to build a real black one, after I
> started a white model arround X-Mas last year
> (http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2605). The bad thing is, you
> have to "kill" a 5571 black cat truck to get all the nice sloped pieces ;-))
>
> There are 2 9V motors underneath the tender, that is just enought to push the
> engine and to pull 5 over 50 stud long train cars! I build a blue 1st class
> car, an italian 2nd class car, a green 2nd class car, a dining car (the red
> one) and a lugage car. All roofs should be grey, but I just have grey elements
> to build 2 complete roofs ;-( But black doesn't look that bad...
>
> Have fun while surfing the pictures at brickshelf! And of course:
>
> LMKWYT!
>
> Regards,
> Holger ...from Germany
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| Hi John, (...) as (...) Thanks! (...) outer (...) That's right. Another AFOL from the german forum asked his metall-working colleagues if it would be possible to make some aluminium rims for the old spoked wheels - and it WAS possible. The engine (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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