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| (...) GM/EMD DD35AX or DD40AX, no doubt. Is the cab narrow or extended? That's the distinguishing feature. (40 is extended, 35 isn't) Those trucks are steerable, I believe. The GE U50 is a B-B B-B or 4 two axle trucks. UP is notorious for (...) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: trains and my original Railtech train cars...
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| (...) Thomas Burger wrote (in part); (...) Hi Thomas. I've been a big fan of your RailTech line, and the LDRAW pages you've put up. Your train signals were one of the things that had encouraged me to design the electronics for lighting such train (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I like this idea. I prefer a large assortment of minifigs for each user to select on the main page, but having our own icons for the folders would be cool. I imagine someone like Larry having a GMLTC folder with their logo as the link to the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: 8 vs. 6 (was: Excited to Finally be here...)
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| (...) Ahh, if you phrase it "What scale are LEGO trains?",a question the GMLTC hears constantly at train shows, the answer is a quick "L" scale (the GP isn't savvy enough to handle "MF";-) What scale it approximates with respect to model (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Shock Value
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| In lugnet.general, Tom Stangl writes: <snip> (...) Why not? That is what works for the rest of us... ;-) After building with the GMLTC for the last several years, no amount of LEGO can 'shock' me... JohnG, GMLTC (lose the '.nospam' to reply...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I've used 'HO' and 'O' gauge decals on a few of my train creations. I've also used colored electrical tape (in *small* doses!) or 'pinstriping' tape (check your hobby shop for radio-controlled car or airplane supplies) for things like stripes (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 8 vs. 6 (was: Excited to Finally be here...)
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| (...) I 100% disagree. John Neal's 8 wide trains are lovely creations indeed, but I'll put some of my 6 wide stuff up against anything I've seen yet. I built a Milwaukee Road Diesel, you can see the nose of it here: (URL) built it from a picture on (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Miniature Lego - Set ID
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| (...) Sounds like 'Modulex' bricks. Lego made them in the 1960's for use by architects to build buildings. They're about 60% (best guess) the size of standard Lego bricks. I've got maybe a dozen or so in different colors - including several colors (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Freaky custom mini-sized Lego bricks?
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| (...) Have you ever seen the 'Modulex' bricks? I believe Lego made them back in the early 1960's, they were designed for use by architects to build models. They're about 60% the size of standard Lego bricks. I wish I had a link, but I don't even (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | An Acronym Guide - Catagorized
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| (...) I've been collecting acronyms for a while as well, and was putting them into catagories. Below is the list I have so far. I replaced my 'theme' collection with Shiri's, since that one was much more complete. And I've been wondering exactly (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Samsonite oversized bricks
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| (...) Except these are genuine bricks with the LEGO logo on them. So the "like Lego" or "not Lego" doesn't apply. I've seen bricks like these before, they're strange beasts... They don't fit with either Lego or Duplo bricks, but they're definitely (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) *While* I was an employee, there were all sorts of rules I followed: Never give out information (like upcoming sets) until that information was in the public domain, such as when the new mini-catalogs started showing up in sets, or the new (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Here are a couple of pictures of the farm on the GMLTC train layout: (URL) is a field of crops on the other side of the road, it's made from black plates (gotta have that rich black dirt!) with rows of the green flower bases (1x1 round brick (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Glow in the dark stuff?
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| (...) Two of the new ThrowBot sets have glow-in-the-dark 'discs': #8522 "Spark", and #8521 "Flare"... JohnG, GMLTC (lose the '.nospam' to reply...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: FOTW: Blimps for a Buck!!
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| Dave- "Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club" Although we are currently experiencing some difficulty with our web site (gmltc.org), here is a place to check out some of our work from the GMLUG (Greater Midwest LEGO Users Group's web site hosted by Paul (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: FOTW: Blimps for a Buck!!
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| Well... not to start a range war or anything but I've heard of how the GMLTC descend on a store, they really DO swarm it. How else would Conan have gotten hundreds of those 9 compartment bins? You're no slouch yourself, mind you, I've seen your (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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