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Ahh, the proverbial cat is coming out of the bag....;-) -John (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I didn't know if anyone saw this, but I just received a new Lego catalog and on page 30, there is mention of a "Build you own customized train engine at www.lego.com/shop" "Coming April 23, 2001." I didn't see if anyone had already posted it, but I (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) Yes, the vast majority of the engine is non-LEGO. The LEGO body is actually like a shell which simply lifts off, leaving the non LEGO parts (frame, wheels, battery, etc). Their scale is larger than G (I have calculated G scale to be 14 wide (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.trains)
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Todd, during my first trip to LEGOLAND CA, I got a 3-hour tour of the backroom, model shop, and animatronics control room. I picked up several models either displayed throughout the park or featured in the DK book. This was over a year ago so my (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.trains)
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| | Snowball Express Train Show - Feb 24 & 25
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LEGO Fans, The Greater Florida LEGO Train Club will be having a display at the SMRC's (Sarasota Model Railroad Club) Snowball Express Train Show in Manatee County, Florida. The SMRC has this show yearly and ask us to display at the show. This is our (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.fl) !
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(...) Exact hit, I'm also looking for the 4 wide crane clamp, complete with rubber grips like it set 4549 ( (URL) ) in red or yellow ( wish lego still had the crane accesories set). Josh (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) Wow, that's huge! What does it use for wheels? Did they make custom ones just for LEGOLAND? --Todd (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.trains)
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Road units?! Larry, nearly half of my 14-loco stable is yard or branchline stuff. Of course, it's primarily European so they may not have registered to you. ;) I'll accept the ribbing that not much of mine is posted for viewing. dan parkerIn (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PNLTC will be at GATS this weekend!
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(...) <snip> (...) "not having a layout" thing would really put a damper on our portion of the display... *grin* JohnG, GMLTC (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.us.or.por, lugnet.loc.us.wa)
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| | Town contest entries now closed - Voting begins Feb 18th
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At close of entries last night, this is what we have: Town Layout (13) Diorama (13) Large building (31) Medium building (36) Small building (30) Small vehicles (61) Large vehicles (37) Small Aircraft (13) Large Aircraft (10) Small Boats/ships (4) (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains) !
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(...) My favorite message in lugnet.trains has been posted by James Mathis on october 13th 2000. (URL) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Interesting, my count of unread messages in lugnet.trains has beein sort of interesting, yesterday I saw 4557 and 4559, today it's 4565... (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Jake McKee <jacob.mckee@america.lego.com> wrote in message news:G8t9Cx.Izp@lugnet.com... (...) In that case here's another page to look at for models based on UK prototypes (URL) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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This weekend the PNLTC will be showing an all new 15'x22' layout at the Portland area GATS (1). This is going to be a GREAT show! We have more new MOCs at this show that I have ever seen at a single show. For examples: - Steve Barile's 'Americana' - (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.us.or.por, lugnet.loc.us.wa)
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Mark Staffa wrote in message ... (...) What does this have to do with the subject line? Did this sprout off a thread about a train building contest that I've missed? I'm interested! I have a couple things here that would go in a contest that (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Intermodal/container yard(was: Super Container cranes)
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(...) This part ? (URL) has two in light grey. If I ever get around to it, I might part out a few. Ray (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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Entries need to be in by midnight PST tonight! Send them by email please, I don't want to miss any postings by accident: for more details, check the contest page at (URL) Lego Kits & Custom models: (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Lego auctions: (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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I've also been thinking of a 30" X 45" Intermodal yard, built with 6 15" x 15" gray baseplates, 2x2 black tiles, and 3 or 4 of last years train container crane (# excapes me right now). I'll make the cranes rolling, on old 4.5 volt track (If anyone (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) In that case, (URL) off my stuff was reconsumed by the collective when I started building bigger, but you can see my old stuff and my new stuff at my site. I'll be submitting pictures of some of these creations for the LEGO train building (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The reason why I knew about that one is that Willimette built rip offs of Shay's (called the West Coast Shay) starting in 22. Most anything to do with steam has passed the 50 year mark on the patents, and a lot of it has passed the 70 year (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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