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| NELUG recently held an event dedicated to setting the world record for the longest LEGO monorail track. From everything we had seen, the previous record was somewhere around 200-300 linear feet of monorail track, depending on how you counted it, (...) (13 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.nelug) !
| | | | | Upcoming events - June and July
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| Hi Everyone, NELUG is having their June meeting next Thursday the 11th. We will be meeting at the Natick MA LEGO store around 6:30pm and then dinner at John Harvard's in Shopper's World at 7:30pm. We will also be participating in NMRA's National (...) (15 years ago, 6-Jun-09, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.events)
| | | | | NELUG to display at the Greenburg Toy and Train Show
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| Hi Everyone, NELUG will be at the Greenburg Toy and Train Show this weekend, March 28th - 29th from 10am - 4pm. This display will have the most automation of any of our previous layouts. (URL) free to come by and say hi. Jonathan (16 years ago, 27-Mar-09, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | NELUG to display at the 1st Annual Westside Model Train Show
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| The New England LEGO Users Group (NELUG) will have a small display this weekend at the 1st Annual Westside Model Train Show in West Springfield, MA. The show is Saturday, February 28th from 10am to 4pm at the West Springfield Middle School, located (...) (16 years ago, 24-Feb-09, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt)
| | | | | NELUG to display at the Wenham Museum in MA
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| Hi Everyone, I just wanted to let all of you know that NELUG is planning on doing a Train Layout for the folks at the Wenham Museum at 132 Main St. Wenham MA. (URL) show is happening next weekend from January 17th - 19th. This is going to be a (...) (16 years ago, 12-Jan-09, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | NELUG to Display at Hartford, CT
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| This coming weekend, November 8th & 9th, (URL) NELUG> will be kicking off our train show season with a display at the Greenberg Train and Toy Show in Hartford, CT. For details, see the (URL) Greenberg Train and Toys Show site>. If you're in the (...) (16 years ago, 3-Nov-08, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | NELUG to show at Hooksett, NH Lion's Club Train Show
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| NELUG will be showing a small train layout at the Hooksett, NH Lion's Club Model Train Show this weekend, on Sunday, April 20 at the Hooksett Cawley Middle School in Hooksett, New Hampshire. Doors are open from 10am to 3pm. Admission is $4 or (...) (17 years ago, 15-Apr-08, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | Rutland Gondola
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| I'm slowly adding to my collection of vintage Rutland locos and cars. The latest is a Rutland gondola, based on an old photo found (URL), and an n-scale version pictured (URL) here>. (2 URLs) NELUG Gallery> The sides of the gondola are built from (...) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.org.us.nelug, FTX) !!
| | | | | Rutland Alco RS-3 #205
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| After working out how to build the Rutland boxcar, I decided to work on one of the Rutland's diesel locomotives to pull it. An RS-3 looked like a nice challenge, and Rutland owned a few of them. (URL) I tried to capture the most distinctive (...) (17 years ago, 12-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.org.us.nelug, FTX)
| | | | | Rutland Boxcar #104
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| One of the positive sides of all the recent talk of 9v trains is that it got me building again. I don't usually post renders, but I liked the way this one turned out, and I don't (yet) have the pieces to build it. Here is my version of Rutland (...) (17 years ago, 6-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.org.us.nelug, FTX) !
| | | | | Brickling Brothers International Traveling Circus
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| Ladies and Gentlemen! Children of All Ages! Step right up! Enter the World of Brickling Brothers International Traveling Circus! (URL) Last month, I finished my latest theme train/playset. Inspired by a Duplo giraffe that I found in a mixed parts (...) (17 years ago, 27-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.adventurers, FTX) !!
| | | | | Vermont Brick Blast 2007
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| (URL) NELUG> has been invited by the Middlebury, Vermont, Chamber of Commerce to participate in Brick Blast 2007. The event takes place this weekend, July 14th and 15th at the Middlebury American Legion. Information about the event can be found (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jul-07, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.vt.bur, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | | | BrikWars - Battle Road
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| Over the weekend, members of (URL) NELUG> re-enacted the first battle of the American Revolution. This was the second game for our second Year of BrikWars. Our goal is to have at least six games by the end of the year. The original scenario rules (...) (18 years ago, 16-Apr-07, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.org.us.nelug, FTX) !
| | | | | Re: Hartford Hosts England's Loudest Band
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| (...) Let it never be said that King Futhark doesn't know how to cut a rug... ...Funny though, that it was a Train show, yet you did not picture any trains! :-D Even more pics of this available here (after moderation): (URL) -Hendo (18 years ago, 6-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Hartford Hosts England's Loudest Band
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| (...) More pics of the show can be found (URL) here> at the NELUG Media Gallery. -Elroy (18 years ago, 6-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Hartford Hosts England's Loudest Band
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| You should add a Stonehenge of the appropriate size. You could make it from some binoculars: [LDrawPart 30162:7] I like the Wookies dangling money from a fishing pole. (18 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, FTX)
| | | | | Hartford Hosts England's Loudest Band
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| (URL) NELUG> was proud to rock Hartford at the Great Train Expo this weekend. We truly turned it up to eleven. (URL) Spïnal Tap was (URL), eagerly cheered on by a horde of Vikings and a bunch of bodacious babes (some of royal blood). Throw in one (...) (18 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
| | | | | NELUG to Disaply at GTE in Hartford, CT
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| (URL) NELUG> will be displaying at the (URL) Great Train Expo> in Hartford, CT this weekend. This layout will be a smaller than our usual layout, but will still provide plenty of fun for the show. Please feel free to drop by and introduce yourself (...) (18 years ago, 1-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | BrikWars - Klassik Space
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| NELUG just recently had a Classic-Space themed game, which I must say was just fun anticipating (And building all those old classic space sets again). See pictures here: (URL) BrikWars) (18 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
| | | | | NELUG Display at the Great Train Expo
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| On November 18th and 19th, (URL) NELUG> put on a wonderful display at The Great Train Expo in Wilmington, MA. (URL) Our layout continues to grow, and this display was no exception. We filled a 13' x 26' layout with everything from water to carnival (...) (18 years ago, 24-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.org.us.nelug, FTX)
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