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Subject: 
Lego Train Wins Prize at Hull (UK) Model Railway Show!
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Mon, 15 Nov 2004 23:52:02 GMT
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At the Hull (UK) Model Railway Show last weekend, my 8mm:1ft scale British Class 28 CoBo engine (known to fans of Thomas as “BoCo”) won the A1 Models Trophy for the best “modern outline” exhibit. (In this case “modern outline” means post-1950 diesel engine).



CoBo website: http://www.wheaty.co.uk/D5705/start.html

This was enough to convince someone involved with Railway Modeller magazine, whom I had found a ‘hard nut’ in terms of accepting Lego trains, to take a few photos. If any of them end up in the mag then we can claim a miracle!

I hope this has helped to get Lego trains accepted more in the model railway community.

Mark



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  Re: Lego Train Wins Prize at Hull (UK) Model Railway Show!
 
(...) I should point out that Mark's award is even greater than it might seem to the US AFOL. Unlike in the US, in the UK Lego trains are not really represented in the general railway modelling community (well its just Mark really!) and for him to (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)

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