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| | | (...) panes (...) debating (...) scheme (...) I'm nearly done working on my articulated dining car with domes for a yellow and black metroliner, but it lacks windows (of course! :). I might convert it to all black if we need to. (...) Sorry, I don't (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | | | | Re: Who has Metroliner cars? —Mike Poindexter
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| | | | | Bring it all, baby! Mike Tom McDonald <radiotitan@yanospamhoo.com> wrote in message news:FpL552.Eo0@lugnet.com... (...) to a (...) window (...) yellow (...) it (...) Metroliner on (...) full (...) 12, (...) something (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | | | | Structural weakness in MOCs? —Zonker Harris
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| | | | | Strangely, I've found that one of my MOC deisel engines doesn't hold up well in 'extended service'...after a few hours, I was suffering frequent structural failures. I'd fix one failure, and find another different one around the next bend. :-( How (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | | | | | | Re: Structural weakness in MOCs? —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | | | (...) Ugg.. Zonker-man speakum truth.. I'll be sure to do testing at home too. But the good thing is that there won't be any (shouldn't be any) "unskilled handling" and "creative re-building" of stock like there was at BayLUG's first meeting, not (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Structural weakness in MOCs? —Tom Stangl
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| | | | | | | | Speaking of which, until we have modules, etc for a layout with hidden controllers, does anyone have a spare 9V wire to sacrifice? What I'm thinking is that if you get a 9V wire, cut one plate off and put a plug on it, you can feed the "main" (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | | | | | | | | | Electricity in layout (was Re: Structural weakness in MOCs?) —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | | | | (...) thinking is (...) feed (...) It might not. I don't like doing that cuz IMO it'll strain the 317 regulator to put out what it's supposed to. Even if it could put out 9V with a 7.5V supply, I can't imagine the current remaining the same. I know (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Electricity in layout (was Re: Structural weakness in MOCs?) —James Powell
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| | | | | | | | (...) The person with a lot of experence is Dan Parker dnvpark@gte.net He has done a lot of the rerigging of the stuff for PNLTC, and likely can answer your questions...that or he knows who to ask! James P (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | | | | | | Re: Structural weakness in MOCs? —Mike Poindexter
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| | | | | | Zonker Harris <ba-lego@cinnamon.com> wrote in message news:v03130301b4c520...199.28]... (...) Assuming that we have ample rolling stock, it isn't much of a problem. Just park it and put out another car/loco. Mike (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | | | | Re: Who has Metroliner cars? —Tom Stangl
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| | | | I have 8 yellow windows I will trade straight across for black windows. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | | | | | Re: Who has Metroliner cars? —Mike Poindexter
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| | | | Done! Anybody else have yellow train windows to trade? I will swap Black, Red, White or Blue for them straight across. Mike Poindexter Tom Stangl <toms@netscape.com> wrote in message news:38A204A2.6C533F...ape.com... (...) over to a (...) window (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | | | | | Re: Who has Metroliner cars? —Tom Stangl
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| | | | Hm, actually, I was offering them to Tom first - I'll let him decide... (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | | | | | Re: Who has Metroliner cars? —Tom McDonald
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| | | | LOL Tom.. that's funny cuz I was going to send a message to you about going in on an order of those Soccer van windows if you get notice of when they're actually ready, but decided that I'd just get them myself just in case funds got too light for (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | | | | | Re: Who has Metroliner cars? —Mike Poindexter
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| | | | (...) Tom Stangl, Does that mean I am now inline for the swap? I think I actually have 50 or so black train windows right now. Tom McDonald, Would you rather have all one color of window? I would be glad to swap you some black ones for your yellow. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | | | | | Re: Who has Metroliner cars? —Tom Stangl
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| | | | Well, then you get into the sticky part - "what are they really worth". I would HOPE that black/white/red/blue train window frames get pretty cheap in May, considering there are 7 in a $22 set, I just can't see any sane person valuing them above (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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