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  Re: Lego® train motors from 1966 till now...
 
In lugnet.general, Mark Haye writes: Thanks Mark, for your reply and good hints and questions! (...) This catalog is not dated, but I suppose it might be from before 1966. If that's the case, this would be indeed the very first Lego® motor. But (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Lego® train motors from 1966 till now...
 
Reinhard "Ben" Beneke wrote ... (...) version since they used cross-axles instead of the wheels with smooth metal axles, which would slip under the slightest stress. (...) equivalent? (...) The C batteries that I have today still fit perfectly in (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Lego® train motors from 1966 till now...
 
(...) including the gears. The USA/Canada gears are of a different type than the European gears. The European gears were connected to axles, whereas the Samsonite gears were connected to bricks, plates and wheels. What makes dating even more (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)

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