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(...) Thanks. Bear with me, I'm kinda new to all this train stuff. I dabbled in HO as a kid, and am only recently getting interested in LEGO trains. (...) Well I guess I don't get out much then :-/ --Bill. XFUT: back to lugnet.trains (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: My Sante Fe 10020
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(...) They can run steady, or flash also... (...) Odd, & eliminates a turntable... Josh (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: My Sante Fe 10020
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(...) The lower 2 non centered of the three non oscillating lights are called "ditch" lights. (...) This is almost completely standard commuter train practice, it's called "push pull" operation. SEMTA, SEPTA, MTA, CTA, Metro North, you name it, they (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: My Sante Fe 10020
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(...) Well, the Caltrain commuter rail that runs between San Jose and San Francisco uses only clear (white) lights on the front of the train, and red on the rear. One of the lights (the uppermost one, IIRC) oscillates; the others (two or three, I (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: building contest for the next BayLUG meeting
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Hi, Sounds fine to me, I wanted to enter my grey gondola car in the under 100 pieces contest (it incredibly has only about 90) but forgot to. We could also do TWO (WOW!) contests EACH meeting maybe, can you stand it? Trains AND spaceships (OOOHHH!) (...) (23 years ago, 23-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: [BayLUG-org] building contest for the next BayLUG meeting
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I'm a little nervous about tying the contest to a particular theme, because not everybody is interested in trains. I suspect you'd have a similar reaction to a contest for building a spacecraft.... But let's go with this idea and see what the (...) (23 years ago, 22-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | building contest for the next BayLUG meeting
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I propose that the building contest for the next BayLUG meeting be a train car design contest. It should be a free-for-all with no design limitations. We can run all the cars around some track to see what they do, if anything, and then we can vote (...) (23 years ago, 22-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | My Last Plea for BricksWest Help
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Like everyone else here, I *really* wanna go to BricksWest. But after spending two months out of work last fall (and then taking a 10% pay cut), and just getting through the Xmas season, money is very tight. I just can't go to BricksWest unless I (...) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: BayLUG newspaper article in Santa Rosa Press-Democrat
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Thanks Russell; I did manage to get a copy of the Palo Alto version of the SJMercury News to put in the kids' scrapbook. -paul (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: Breaking radio silence...
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In lugnet.trains, Josh Baakko writes: <snip> (...) (URL) 8-) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Beg, Borrow or Buy BURPs!!
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Hi, Having expanded THE MOUNTAIN from 2 to 3 baseplates, we used about 50 BURPS so far and it is almost (~80%) done. Of course, we are out of burps now as well. So...if you all could spare just one (plastic) BURP each, we would sure appreciate it. (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | next BayLUG meeting
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Hello everyone. This is a reminder about the next Bay Area LEGO Users Group meeting. It will take place once again at the Fremont Main Library, Fukaya room, Sunday, February 10, 2002. This is a Sunday meeting, so the hours are shorter this time. The (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Rideshare and Roommates wanted for BricksWest
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If I'm to attend BricksWest I will need to cut the costs. Would anyone from the Bay Area who's driving down like to carpool with me? I'll pay my share of the gas money and drive as much of the trip as you want. Also, once we're down there, I'm (...) (23 years ago, 4-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: BayLUG newspaper article in Santa Rosa Press-Democrat
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I called the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat and ordered two individual papers. It costs $8.60 to mail them because of special handling. Hey Paul, maybe this paper will have your paragraph in it that was dropped from the San Jose Mercury News print (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | BayLUG newspaper article in Santa Rosa Press-Democrat
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At our last meeting, a reporter from the San Jose Mercury News interviewed a bunch of us (including me) and a photographer took pictures, and a very nice article appeared in the next day's (Sunday) paper. The local Fremont newspaper, the Argus, also (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | RE: BayLUG January pics now on my website (and Brickshelf too)
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Thanks, we like it too. Its about 16 studs in diameter. Stole the roof idea from the pic of another one I found online, but don't remember where. Building the curved tank with brown log 1x2s and 1x cylinders was a bit of a challenge. Height designed (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: BayLUG January pics now on my website (and Brickshelf too)
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(...) I am digging that water tower. Looks about the right size too. Mine always come out too big. Jonathan (23 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: BayLUG January pics now on my website (and Brickshelf too)
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Nice pictures Bill! The tall palm tree & fortress were my sons' (Stephen, Zach and Nate). The blacktron vehicle was mine. -paul (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: Snow on them thar hills!
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(...) None that I can see. It was very clear and I could see the hills easily, but the only white stuff I saw was buildings. My parents claim they had snow in their field yesterday morning. They live about 3 miles up the road from me, but they might (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sac, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Snow on them thar hills!
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(...) Check this morning, it's much clearer! The hills directly across from me are barish, but the moon is about to set behind them so it still looks cool. But the hills to the north toward Lake Berryessa are WHITE. You must be seeing some snow (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sac, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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