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Subject: 
Lego train article in Garden Railways magazine
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Date: 
Fri, 31 Aug 2001 15:00:28 GMT
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I apologize if this has been posted before but I just got my October 2001
issue of Garden Railways magazine (for G scale/Gauge 1 trains) in the mail
last night.  Right on the front page is a reference to an article called
"Miniature Gardening at Legoland."  The point of the article is more about
the miniature landscaping done at Legoland but there are quite a few really
nice pictures of Legoland, with the emphasis on the Legoland trains and some
details about the trains as well.  While it didn't say..... from the
pictures I'm assuming that the Legoland trains are built to one of the
various G scales (or are they O scale?)?  Can anybody give me more
information about this?  And what kind of trucks are used on the
engines/rolling stock?  And what kind of track is being used?  It looked
like it was handlaid vs. a major manufacturer such as Aristocraft or LGB.



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  Re: Lego train article in Garden Railways magazine
 
(...) The only thing I remember from my visit a few years ago to Billund was that the width of the cars was 18 studs. Steve Martin IndyLUG (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: Lego train article in Garden Railways magazine
 
My recollection of the trains at LEGOLAND California was that the gauge was larger than No. 1. I also remember the rail looking like rectangular aluminum stock with much of it fastened in concrete, although some of the "country" scenes had ties, as (...) (23 years ago, 1-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)

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