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Like Dave and Derek, I got my yellow-labelled box of happiness in the mail recently. Among other things, it contained my first Club Car and my first Metroliner. I built the club car Tuesday night, and the Metroliner last night. On Tuesday, I also (...) (22 years ago, 17-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I've never really liked the My Own Train cars. They're far too American for my tastes (even if the Metroliner seems to have an Amtrak livery, it still has a very European style to it), the sets themselves have a lot of repetitive elements (14 (...) (22 years ago, 17-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) My fav. of the currently available sets is the sleeper from the Santa Fe sets. It combines a LOT of ideas to make a very nice single level car. Oh, Calum, my dad said to say hi-(Dave Powell, TSME's "Presenter"). James P. (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That's really weird! A lot of US proto modelers find them rather more european than they care for. Must be they're actually somewhere in the middle, in the zone where they don't look 100% right to either camp. (...) (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Larry - we said the same about the engines when they came out. I think TLC have aimed for the middle-ground and missed! Let's face it, no-one's going to own up to having these engines in their country. They're pretty good sets, nevertheless. I (...) (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Just to prolong the issue for no good reason (apart from perhaps stopping newbies asking the same question again ;-) my Dad reckons that the MOT train set/bundle from Shop@Home looks like the sort of thing you get chugging around Africa. So, (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yea, they do bear some resemblance to a Beyer-Garrat, but if we look for weird things they might look like, they actually look most like a Shay, Heisler, or Climax (or a few other less well known geared locomotives). Of course without the (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) True. Very few steam locos didn't have _some_ exposed motion. (...) (URL) a separate tender, no. But a canteen car, yes. (URL) for all kinds og Garratt photos/info. (URL) for NA geared steam locos. (does not include the Sentinel of ANDco, (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) So, naturally, I was prompted to compare the MOT green Passenger Wagon (...) I know this is a bit late, but how was your building experience with the Metroliner? Were there any problems with it, besides the incorrect blue windows? I spent the (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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