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(...) Hey Jon-- is this some fancy way of saying that Mark is an 8 wider? :-) JOHN (22 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Train Display in Staffordshire this weekend (1st/2nd Feb)
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(...) Yes, 8 +, but it's more like a scale model railway than simply '8-wide'. We really need some pictures up on the NBLTC site. (working valve gear, synchronised secondary motors driving the 'fake' driving wheels, electronic wurlitzer (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Train Display in Staffordshire this weekend (1st/2nd Feb)
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(...) I'll bite. What's an electronic Wurlitzer(tm) controller? (22 years ago, 1-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Train Display in Staffordshire this weekend (1st/2nd Feb)
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(...) It's used as a generic term to describe an electronic 'box of tricks' in this case. Mark works in the electronics field so he's ordered or made up a special controller. This is actually a necessity due to the extreme bulk of his models which (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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