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| | | Introducing the Sawnee Mountain Coal Company coal tripple. (URL) name 'tipple' is derived from the time when men would push carts full of coal to the bunker and tip them over for dumping. (URL) tracks are serviced here. (URL) power house, the place (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains) !!
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| | | | | Re: Sawnee Mnt. Coal Tipple —John Neal
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| | | | | Sweet MOC, JT! Very impressive looking. More evidence that LTDs are the best builders:-) Well done. -John (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: Sawnee Mnt. Coal Tipple —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | (...) LTDs? Sorry, it's not often that I see one I don't know! ;-) -Shiri (even I got that JT is James Trobaugh! <grin>) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Sawnee Mnt. Coal Tipple —Harvey Henkelman
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| | | | | | | (...) I think it means Lego Train Dudes, lol!-Harvey (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Obscure Acronyms,Insults, and Nicknames (was: Re: Sawnee Mnt. Coal Tipple) —John Neal
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| | | | | | (...) hehe "LEGO Train Dude":-) Not exactly one of the more common acros; I just like it better than "Trainiac". BTW, I got a kick out of your FAQ about the train width "debate", Shiri-- although lately I have toned down my arguing with Lar. I just (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Obscure Acronyms,Insults, and Nicknames (was: Re: Sawnee Mnt. Coal Tipple) —James Trobaugh
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| | | | | | | (...) <snip> (...) Yeah, not a big "jimbo" fan ;) jt (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Obscure Acronyms,Insults, and Nicknames (was: Re: Sawnee Mnt. Coal Tipple) —Tom Stangl
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| | | | | | | Shouldn't you be J-8, J-14, or J-"anything but 6"? ;-) (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (23 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Obscure Acronyms,Insults, and Nicknames (was: Re: Sawnee Mnt. Coal Tipple) —John Neal
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| | | | | | What? No bites? I'm sure I'm using the right bait.... <shrug> I never had the patience for trolling anyway... -J-2 (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Obscure Acronyms,Insults, and Nicknames (was: Re: Sawnee Mnt. Coal Tipple) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Since it was obvious you were referring to yourself with the unarmed man comment, I didn't really see the need to followup. Why make explicit what everyone already knows but is too polite to point out? FUT set to ot.fun, which you should have (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | Re: Sawnee Mnt. Coal Tipple —Kai Brodersen
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| | | | | Holy moly that is awsome. I really like the white triming, it makes the building look very authentic. I think this a great model. Very close attention to detail. But ofcourse what do I know I am just a kid :D. Reminds me of the working coal mine on (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Sawnee Mnt. Coal Tipple —Robin Werner
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| | | | | (...) Is there room in the car for this one? I'd like to see it in action at BrickFest? Build on... Robin Werner - GFLTC www.gfltc.org (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: Sawnee Mnt. Coal Tipple —James Trobaugh
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| | | | | | Yes, I will be bringing this model to Brickfest, actually the fest was the motivating factor in getting it finished this month. Maybe I can build some more hoppers by then also. Sorry I don’t have any more detailed shots of the facility (if you knew (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | RE: Sawnee Mnt. Coal Tipple —Mark or Milissa Millère
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| | | | | | Jt This is my second post of appreciation, sorry, Jennifer Clark got the first. This is an outstanding rendition, I mean hey, even ++Lar said WOW, nuf said. My first thought was it reminded me of a kit I built as a kid for my N-scale layout. When (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Sawnee Mnt. Coal Tipple —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Um, I say Wow a fair bit so don't read TOO much into my saying Wow. However this was a MultiWow. Those are rare. ++Lar (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Sawnee Mnt. Coal Tipple —Brad Hamilton
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| | | | | This model is FANTASTIC! I saw it on Brickshelf after posting my train station. Do you have more detail shots? This building has so many small details and I feel like I can't really see them all. Brad James J. Trobaugh <james@ngltc.org> wrote in (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Sawnee Mnt. Coal Tipple —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) Wow. That is hands down the best rendition of an industrial structure I have seen yet. You managed to selective compress very nicely and yet kept the proportions *and* the sense of purpose. Wow. Did I say that already? Well, tough. Wow. (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Sawnee Mnt. Coal Tipple —Frank Buiting
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| | | | | (...) Personal favorite details include the small overhanging building (in the center of this picture: (URL) the colourscheme (very effective!) I'd love to see more pictures! It is also very refreshing to see trainrelated buildings, than just trains (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Sawnee Mnt. Coal Tipple —Reinhard "Ben" Beneke
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| | | | | (...) [snip] (...) I think that's at least the best model I have seen through the last three months. Wow!! Regards, Ben (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Sawnee Mnt. Coal Tipple —George Haberberger
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| | | | | (...) James, Wow, I'm not really a train person, but this is neat. Are you going to make a company town, some striking miners and Pinkertons? George (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: Sawnee Mnt. Coal Tipple —Christopher Tracey
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| | | | | | (...) One of my side projects right now is recreating the story of Matewan, WV in lego. I've been working on collecting the parts. -chris (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Sawnee Mnt. Coal Tipple —Christopher Tracey
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| | | | | As Larry said, "Wow!" I thought it was a pic of the real thing when I looked at the first picture. looking forward to see it in person. -chris (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Sawnee Mnt. Coal Tipple —Eric Sophie
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| | | | | Hello James, This is a great Creation. One of my non-Lego co-workers had a hard time beliving that this was'nt a real life size structure! Good job! Eric (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: Sawnee Mnt. Coal Tipple —James Trobaugh
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| | | | | | That's cool, I would think that the studs on the roof would kind of give it away :) jt (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Obscure Acronyms,Insults, and Nicknames (was: Re: Sawnee Mnt. Coal Tipple) —John Neal
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| | | | | (...) Witless AND delusional?? That witless crack was a bit harsh-- I take half of it back;-) (...) Sorry, don't have time to fish in these OT waters anymore:-( (and when did find the time to learn to speak Canadian?) -John (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | Re: Sawnee Mnt. Coal Tipple —Christopher Masi
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| | | | | (...) One of the little things that I noticed, and liked, was the ladder (the gray ladder between the trains) that is tilted. I don't know why that struck me as a cool detail, but it did. I reminds me of the extra steep stairs that can be seen on (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Sawnee Mnt. Coal Tipple —Jesse Alan Long
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| | | | | (...) some Rock Raiders pieces for some of the machinery in the mines. The only problem now is that I have the dueling banjos theme from 'Deliverance' in my head. Thank you, Kinko's commercials. Jesse Long P.S. You also need to use many sets of the (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Sawnee Mnt. Coal Tipple —Steve Tanner
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| | | | James, nice job. Looks great. (23 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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