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| I got my pictures back from the NMRA convention today and spent a while scanning. There are 53 pictures in the following directory: (URL) will be a while before I can do a web page on these pictures so I'm sure others can answer questions on the he (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: GMLTC NMRA pics
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| (...) Actually, I didn't have anything to do with the display, since I live in upstate NY (the last time I made it to Minneapolis was for Steve's wedding almost two years ago). I just posted the URL here as Steve only posted it to RTL--he's the one (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Actually, I didn't have anything to do with the display, since I live in upstate NY (the last time I made it to Minneapolis was for Steve's wedding almost two years ago). I just posted the URL here as Steve only posted it to RTL--he's the one (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| In case you missed it on RTL, Steve's website for the train show pics is at (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: GMLTC at the NMRA National Convention
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| (...) The train yard sections are still "in progress". We're attempting to use the pneumatic system to remotely control the switches, so we can move trains around individually. (We've got breaks in the tracks so we can power each siding separately.) (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: GMLTC Modules
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| Mike- We just finished setting up the GMLTC layout at the NMRA National Convention earlier this evening--boy, is it cool! The new sections are AWESOME! Can't wait until wet post pix, MPEGS, the works to show y'all. (...) The modules stay in a (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: GMLTC at the NMRA National Convention
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| Yes, as J1 said, we awed them. We literally are a crowd stopper. And when I say *we*, I mean it in the larger sense, as in all of us who build cool things out of Lego. What was so impressive was not anything we did specifically, but that we did it (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: GMLTC at the NMRA National Convention
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| (...) A number of times people were three deep around the layout. The best views were from inside the center of the layout though (thanks to John Neal). (...) No kidding, all the rolling stock was amazing. The stuff sitting in the yard was way cool. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| Mike- A bit of advice-- if you are planning on running trains inside your layouts, you *will* need to construct a way to remove the "stuff" above where the track joins at the next section, otherwise you will have no way to make the connection. The (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| (...) 20 bricks + 1 plate *below* the ties. The extra plate is used to simulate 'ballast' (the rocks that ties sit on in 'real world' trains...) J1 (remove the ".nospam" to reply, but you already knew that!) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Most of our modules are 30"x45", 6 of the big grey baseplates. Mainline track height is 20 bricks plus 1 plate, outer track is 4 studs from the edge, then 2 studs between the tracks. We keep the 30" edges 20 bricks tall, so we can 'mix and (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: GMLTC NMRA pics
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| Alan & all, WOW!!! What an awesome job! I am overwhelmed. Sigh, if only I had enough time! You guys should contact LG (TLG) and signify what you can do with non-juniorized sets and parts. What a stunning display. My hats and bricks off to you! :) (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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