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(...) IMO A true trainman lieks how a Diesel looks and how a Steam Engine looks, he/she can apreciate both. Josh (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) IMO they are representative of "Lego". Josh (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thats true, and they could do that with diesels too. Look at a SD40-2F ((URL) thats interesting, and i know i'd but one! Josh (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yeah, you got it! North America (including Mexico) has alot of huge locos, and there are some intersting ones they could build too. Josh (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I really am not coming back to legos right now. (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 20 (yes TWENTY) new trains at LEGO.com/Shop - Themes | Trains
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(...) Mundanes? Er --wha? Oh... for a moment there, I thought this newsgroup had accidentally got cross-posted to lugnet.off-topic.sca ;^D ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head -- Mark's Lego(R) Creations (URL) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I too thought the brown and grey looked funny but I put that down to my old monitor. It would be nice to see pictures of all the colors in the next S@H catalog to get a better idea of what these shades look like. I'm assuming they are just the (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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It is good that TLG have produced the Customized Train Engine, here are my thoughts (everyone else has had their say). With 20 varieties does that mean that to be "9V complete" you have to have all 20! I expect the total sales will be higher than if (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) have (...) That's how it is done, it's called "Quartering". Realize that a 2 cylinder, double acting steam engine has as many power strokes as a 8 cylinder car engine (4 stroke). Because the "push" for the pistons comes from the steam, the (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Quite simple: The UK were there first. The diesel engines for the CN loco's came from Hunslet, and Hunslet built the first really successful DE's in the world, for some of the South American railways. I don't argue the impossible, nothing is (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi again, just follow the link below and you'll find some pictures of a few details of the mail van from my rheingold train... (URL) bricking adrian PS: pictures of the rheingold can be found here: (URL) here for flash users: (URL) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi, finally my 7740 (my absolut favorite train) got a clubcar, nothing special, but a must I think :-) (URL) bricking adrian (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Inspired by Shaun Sullivan's fantastic BR52 model I have managed to build a model of the same locomotive myself. I have just posted a ldraw dat-file to lugnet.cad.dat.models. Compared to Shaun's model mine is not intended to run over curved tracks. (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Oh no I'm not. Oh yes you are. That's the way to do it! etc. They're just too mixed, so they look foreign to everyone instead of familiar. (...) Too right you're - hang on - No, forget it. Well, you don't even give Europe a capital 'E'. Sulk. (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Agreed. Don't forget that in the process of helping to promote LTC's at train shows, LEGO gets to send a postcard with a picture of one of these cute trains to lots and lots of people. I don't think that's an accident, neh? FWIW, I'm not a (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I have always wondered how steam engines do deal with pistons winding up dead center. With a car, the starter motor gets the fly wheel going, so there is already momentum before the pistons start firing, but with a steam locomotive the pistons (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You are so right. Mundanes want cute. They think trains are cute things that puff. Think Little Engine that Could. Think Thomas!!! (every show should have a Thomas...) In fact, in this month's TRAINS, REAL railroad museums were talking about (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) You're still bitter because diesels marked the end of steam-- get over it! ;-) (...) Thank you, Ben. Or was it Bill? Those two can be very aggravating-- just ask Boco... (...) Why 6? A B truck is a natural, given the 9 volt motor... (...) And (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I don't think that LEGO would make that large an investment in the trains line, esp. with their high stakes gamble with the Bionicrap stuff. (...) I just hope that these new trains are the same familar LEGO quality we've come to expect. (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The simple answer is- WHO CARES? I don't :) Mind you, some have said that I have steam in my blood... Coughs and Sneezles Spread Disezles :) Some nice Co-Bo or similer oddball diesels, along with a SD 9 would be nice (Or a SD7, anything with (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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