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Hi all. I know this isn't really Lego related, but I just heard on the news that the first half of the Abt railway was opened last week. The track runs from Queenstown to Strahan on the west coast of Tasmania (Australia), and is famous for it's (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Motorized Railroad Crossing Lift-Gate Plans
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(...) Thank you, Chris! Ed (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Trainiacs can rejoice
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"Jason J. Railton" <j.j.railton@cwcom.net> wrote in message news:G980xB.Ksr@lugnet.com... (...) are (...) available? (...) Bulk, service - they're currently listed under bulk but we mean the same packs :-) (...) lists. (...) What I meant was that (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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Eric, while I wasn't a direct attendee, I did watch the show closely. I think the chainstore barrage was both an intended editorial comment and a playful jab at other clubmembers who really dislike the chainstore thing displacing old Mainstreet USA (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Motorized Railroad Crossing Lift-Gate Plans
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Great work! I think I'll build one for myself. "Chris Phillips" <chris.phillips@comp...oards.com> wrote in message news:G988zL.17H@lugnet.com... (...) sign (...) that (...) A lighted one like on the 7866 12V would be great as well. Love to see those (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Ballast & Ore
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I will! I will! I've never seen the stuff except in pics. What's it like? Rick C. (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Guilty as charged (looking & not commenting)... I was very impressed with the Americana section; especially the skyscrapers in the background. That's a good way to add perspective & make the layout feel bigger than it actually is. The Rock (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Motorized Railroad Crossing Lift-Gate Plans
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I just posted building instructions for my motorized railroad crossing lift-gates on BrickShelf: (URL) working on a set of instructions for my lighted "railroad crossing" sign next. I eventually hope to tie it all up with a formal write-up about (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: DNS is now resolving
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(...) Just post an article to slashdot when you wanna give it a real good test!!! ROSCO (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) (The best builders don't usually need egoboo from others because they know they're good :-) ) Part of it is also that NALUG came out about the same time and theirs, given how little relative experience they had, is very impressive indeed. (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Eric: (...) They are not too common until one gets to Copenhagen. (...) I think you have a point. It certainly takes more (or at least innovation) to impress now that we have seen images of big displays several times. Play well, Jacob -- (URL) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Train Shows Commonplace? (was: Re: bruised ego)
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(...) I think you are right to some degree, Eric. We have gotten acclimated to the train show phenomenon, although the occasional world record event type thing still jolts the senses:-) Imagine the GMLTC's frustration, because we choose to show the (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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Steve: (...) Have you considered to put the full-size images on pages with "previous" and "next" links, so lazy surfers like me don't have to hit Alt-Left all the time? Generally it looks good (as always), but I was a bit disappointed by the "farm" (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well of course its great stuff, allways is. I did mean to comment on the Americana section. While it is very impressive, that is not a Main Street I would want to drive down. Between the traffic, lack of parking, and the "Bigger is better in (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi all. One of the reasons we all post pics on the web is cause we're all proud ABS parents, but another is to critique and spur on new ideas... I've noticed about 400 hits on our site in the last few days so someone's looking at the GATS show... (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | DNS is now resolving
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Yea! I have at least my ISP's DNS now resolving www.gmltc.org to the web server. Happiness..... It's still on my DSL connection, so no /. effects eh Ross? Now next is getting the mail server set.... -john 3 (jkelly69@skypoint.com is a refuge for (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Ballast & Ore
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Would anyone buy bags of raw ABS from S@H for ore/ballast, grass, dirt...? All Earth Tones! SteveB PNLTC (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Trainiacs can rejoice
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(...) That's exactly what they do. It's a 2x2x2 slope, otherwise known as the "minifig dress piece" due to its occasional use in that role. eric (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) They're probably the 2x2x2 sloped brick aka 'minifig dress' element. James (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) They're not bulkpacks. They're just the old Service Packs (SPs) of wheels and buffers (though not forgetting the long wagon base kit). From an e-mail I got from S@H just before they went up on the website, they said they're looking at what (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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