 | | Edmonton Train Show Sept. 23 & 24
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On Wednesday, August 02, Michel Magnan wrote: Thanks for hosting the NALUG meeting Chris. It was fun to see you all again. The Greater Edmonton Train Show has confirmed space for NALUG. (It was kind of neat to see a letter addressed to NALUG!) As (...) (24 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show Sept. 23 & 24
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On Wednesday, August 02, 2000 John Koob wrote: I'll be there on Sunday Sep 24. I just realized that my brother's wedding is on the same weekend (Friday/Saturday), and I'm Best Man. Not much choice there... I will definitely be there on Sunday though (...) (24 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show Sept. 23 & 24
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(...) It was great that your parents could pick it up on their way to Edmonton. Your parents are sort of like mine when it comes to AFOLs, your dad said something like, you are another one of those adults who plays with Lego! Thanks for the comment (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show Sept. 23 & 24
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(...) No problem. Too bad I don't have more to show. Maybe next time. Right now I've sort-of started a sorting binge. Could take a while! (...) I should be available for at least part of that time. I've done some similar stuff in the past and mostly (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show Sept. 23 & 24
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(...) Agreed. Automating the station would be better. I may not have time to build the warehouse either... (...) We could just lay the track on the plates without sticking either the straights or the curves to the plates. I saw this done on the (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show Sept. 23 & 24
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(...) I'll definitely be there! You can schedule me for whenever on Sat./Sun. except the first 1/2 of Sunday (since I'll be at church) and of course I'll be there on Friday/Sunday to setup/dismantle my monorail and help with the rest. I have track, (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show Sept. 23 & 24
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On Thursday, August 03, 2000 12:12 PM Michel Magnan wrote: Oops, I forgot the address, it is the Edmonton Aviation Heritage Building at 11410 Kingsway Avenue. (...) You are right, at least a few lengths of completed roadway, we will aim for that. (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show Bridge
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I have dozens and dozens of (all black!) Technic beams (4,8,16, etc.) that I got from Auczilla to form my monorail spiral support structure. I could make a (hopefully) great bridge for the show layout - similar in style perhaps to those in the 7777 (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show Bridge
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Wednesday, August 09, 2000 12:55 PM Michel Magnan replied: (...) I already have a bridge, single track, out of black technic and grey plates. If you want to make another, we could have a different one Saturday from Sunday. It has to span 30 inches, (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show Bridge
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(...) Doesn't seem logical to me to have a different one Sat./Sun. Do you have a photo you can e-mail that would give me an idea of what your bridge is like? I'm guessing along the lines of something that would carry the train from one table to (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show Sept. 23 & 24
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(...) With respect to the monorail, although I have track and the 6399 international shuttle, I was hoping Steve would take care of the entire monorail thing, so that I could focus on the rest. I recall from the show I attended in Seattle that the (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show Bridge
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(...) With respect to changing the layout each day, I just didn't want to put anyone off. You would be surprised at how little room there is for structures when the space is filled up with track. It would probably be best to add different bridges in (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show Bridge
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On Thursday, August 10, 2000 12:43 AM John Koob wrote: Ok, everyone, I scanned Michel's photos of his layout as promised. You can find them here: (URL) you can see, I even made thumbnails. :-] (...) Don't forget to crost post to our org/ca/nalug (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show Bridge
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(...) Looks like it's got about an eight-fold safety factor... 8-) I was thinking larger, like the PNLTC one, including being "Double-wide". Of course this depends on the layout, which I'm going to play around with. Can you e-mail me the files for (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show Sept. 23 & 24
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(...) Seems reasonable - Other members can bring buildings, etc. (And you KNOW the train fans are going to want to see Kevin's 8-wide engine...) Chris mentioned making a big grey mountain-mine to supplement that nice track-cover 8-) you made. If you (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show Bridge
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Steve, lets start small! This is our first attempt at something like this, we need to learn/practice many things such as coordinating different people, and bringing the bulk of the display 200km to Edmonton. The amount of space at the show is (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show Bridge
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(...) OK - I'll try to contain myself. :-) (...) I'll see how much longer than 30 I can go. Do you know if there are any photos I could see of my competion? SRC (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show Bridge
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Hello Steve, Check out (URL) they have all the photos from that show. (I skimmed through them and can't really find it.) I have some other photos at home, I don't recall it being anything fancy. Michel (...) (24 years ago, 12-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show - Station
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(...) One thing I noticed by its absence is a passenger station. I just figured that Michel had a 2150. If not, I have one built and ready to display, unless someone else has a better one, or do we want to stick with a purely cargo train theme and (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show - Station
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I have bothe the 4554 (yellow) and 2150 (red)stations, I prefer the yellow one, that is the one on the layouts. I didn't bother taking a photo of that part of the layout. Michel (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show - Station
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SRC wrote in message ... (...) Actually, we could probably use more cars like the one in 4549, even if we just stack the containers somewhere. I seem to remember that you mentioned having one or two. :-) I must get me a few of these sets sometime. (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show - Station
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(...) My train is two modified 4559s with 3 3/4 "low-boy" cars. They carry cargo containers just like the 4549s (of which I have at least one) except that they're yellow instead of grey. I should be able to bring the whole train. Should I leave my (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show - Station
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(...) One friends' stuff is here now. I don't lack connection speed or space: ami-cg ~ % cd /home/httpd/html ami-cg /home/httpd/html % df . Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda7 2035606 417462 1512920 22% /home ami-cg (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show - Station
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(...) No Color Graphics Interface? (That's the only CGI I'm familiar with) I was thinking more of your "conditions of use" - ie. too much uploading. The ideal solution would be for each of us to have our own section within a NALug site, such as (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show - Station
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(...) It's one of those TLA's whose expansion I am continually forgetting. It makes sense as "Computer Generated ...", but I don't think that's what it is. Essentially, it is scripts/programs that run on the server machine to either generate custom (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | NALUG domain
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Chris Gray wrote in message ... (...) Common Gateway Interface (...) Not the case here. I've used Perl so much that I'm forgetting how to speak C. (...) I'd vote for nalug.edmonton.ab.ca for now, so at least we have something. What are the fees for (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: NALUG domain
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(...) Thanks! I'll now go forget it again. :-) (...) Yes, but if they are running on my machine, *I* must have understanding and confidence in them. Like I said, I'm paranoid. (...) So far, the CA registrar does not charge. (...) I think .org's are (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show - Intermodal Station
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As you saw from the photos John posted (URL) isn't very much room on the siding for the train cars, we could probably fit a couple of the yellow lowboys, to mix with the three original grey and the one black version. As mentioned previously, more of (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: NALUG domain
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(...) If it's NALug.org, (the best, but onlikely since it's global) or NALug.ca.org or NALug.ab.ca or whatever, it would still need to be hosted somewhere. Chris' is already occupied with GreySage, and mine is stuck behind a firewall at work for the (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show - Intermodal Station
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(...) I was planning to bring it populated. I'll only bring yellow so that we know the other colors are yours. The engine & 3/4 car can act as a supplemental container transport within the yard, or just be left aside as a spare. "Better to have it (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: NALUG domain
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(...) We should probably ask the North Georgia LEGO Train Club (the current Cool LEGO Site of the week with nice outdoor photos by the way) about how they aquired " NGLTC.org ", and what - if anything - it cost them. SRC (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show - Intermodal Station
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SRC wrote in message ... (...) Hmmm, adding simple labels to the bottom of cars could indicate the owner... (...) Good idea. I think I remember seeing your yellow cars a while ago. Not bad! Here's a suggestion: Bring *extra* containers, even if we (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show - Intermodal Containers
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(...) Yes, but simple labels often simply come off... :-) (...) My supply of tiles and plates is limited, so I don't know how many containers I can bring, but your suggestion gives me an idea for a better version of my idea from this morning. ALL of (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show - Intermodal Containers
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Steve, I don't quite understand your suggestions. All of my containers have doors on one or both ends. I could easily place a paper with my name inside each of mine, or put a certain color brick inside. The doors are the limiting factor for me, they (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show - Intermodal Containers
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Good idea Steve. Rather than using labels, use bricks themselves. However, I don't think we should ask Michel to rebuild his existing containers. He probably has other creations in the works that need his attention. To distinguish containers that (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show - Intermodal Containers
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(...) OK - Change rule #2 to read: 2. Only Michel brings containers with doors. Any container without doors that is a uniform color (no band) is Michel's - His "color" is "mirror". (...) Exactly - Anyone who wants to contribute extra or background (...) (24 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Edmonton Train Show - Intermodal Containers
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(...) True enough - I updated rule #2 in the prior posting. (...) Unless I break open my 4549, I too will be improvising containers. (...) If you've got lots of plates&tiles, you're ahead of me... :-) (...) Actually, it will be consistent. If you (...) (24 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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