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    Re: Lego layout from the seventies —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) Note the bridge, it's made out of blue rails. We have seen several AFOL creations that do that, but I had no idea there was a precedent for it. Cool ++Lar (24 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: Lego layout from the seventies —Charles Eric McCarthy
     (...) There are other precedents for this sort of bridge. See (URL) particular, pages 79 and 86. This is my favorite train idea book. It also has a roller coaster on page 88. /Eric McC/ (24 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
    
         Re: Lego layout from the seventies —Christopher Masi
      Thanks for the pointer, that is a cool idea book. But I am left wondering, are those bridges really strong enough? The brigde on page 86 is pretty short, but the one on page 79 is fairly long (3 tracks). Just wondering out loud. Thanks, Chris P.S. I (...) (24 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
     
          Re: Lego layout from the seventies —Jonathan Reynolds
      (...) Cool (...) What a feast for the eyes! Check out the architecture to the rear of page 69 and the MonoRail on page 94. Jon (...) (24 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
     
          Re: Lego layout from the seventies —Mark/Milissa Millere
      Anybody notice page 89's simularity to Man and his World, Expo 1967 in Montreal Canada? I was 8 then, but clearly remember standing on top of the inverted pyramid overlooking the park and watching the monorail and hovercraft. Don't know why, but I (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
     
          Re: Lego layout from the seventies —Martin Legault
      (...) After showing the picture to a collegue, it doesn't exist anymore and I wasn't born yet, the inverted pyramid was "Katimavik" the canadian pavillon, other building like in front of the picture with the top floor at 45º angle look like the (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
    
         Re: Lego layout from the seventies —Gianluca Morelli
     (...) Wonderfuuuuuuuul!!!! Many of the stuff in these pages is also in my picture... look on page 70: the station is very similar to the one in my picture ,and, what's running under it? A Santa fe f7 (quite primitive,but it's a f7). And look at the (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: Lego layout from the seventies —Gary R. Istok
    (...) Also the 1968 LEGO catalogs (for different countries) show a tressle train bridge using blue rail pieces on the front cover. Gary Istok (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
 

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