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(...) I ordered something like: Small Engine - Green Small Engine With Tender - Brown Large Engine - Grey Large Engine With Tender - Blue (I forget which colors went with which engine, I just told the sales clerk to pick a color for each one, except (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, here is a picture of my SW1200... (URL) on... Robin W GFLTC (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) I ordered a Brown Large Train with Tender and Gray Small no tender last week. I checked with S@H last Thursday and they told me it's on backorder till May 30th. Build on... Robin (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I ordered the the following: a. 1 Large Train Engine with Black Tender b. 1 Small Train Engine with Black Tender c. 2 Light Units for Train I also received an email from Shop at Home saying that my order was shipped today. No Stranger to Danger Dark (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I ordered the Green Large Train with Tender and the light kit. I also plan to order the two tone green coach set from brickworx. (URL) Waters (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I got me a large green with tender. Shipped out today Tom D (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Large brown with tender for me:-) -John (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yep, same here. I am eagerly awaiting my Grey Large with Tender! Jake --- Jake McKee AFOL LUGNET Member #211 (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I ordered the Green Large Train with Tender. LEGO informed me that mine shipped today also. Can't wait to tear into it. : ) Todd Trotter (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I too ordered the Grey Large Train with Tender. It was either that or all black but that seemed too boring (I think the most colorful scheme would have been the Southern Pacific Daylight units) - now that would be a GREAT train for Lego to (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Very nicely shown. later, James Mathis (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) That sounds like a challenge to me! The problem was bugging me all morning, and it has been rather quiet around here, so I whipped this up. I don't prototype in MLCAD very much, but this looks feasable and reasonably sturdy to me. I believe (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Heh- you might think that was mine... but it is Steve's. I copied the basic color scheme from that loco, with some modifications. I was definitely inspired by it. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com www.pnltc.org (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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I see some poeple have made mention to the new Lego Trains sets that are available, but I am just curious to see what sets people are buying. I myself am awaiting the arrival of the Grey Large Train with Tender. According to Lego it shipped today. I (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hey, who's loco is that on the next track over from the above mentioned loco? The red and gray one. Look good from that pic! Jake --- Jake McKee AFOL LUGNET member #211 (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Hey Lar, maybe I'll have Rickey and his exact-o knife have a looksie at the problem;-) <inside GMLTC joke> -John (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Rick Clark did a black and green Burlington Northern switcher (6-wide) tapering this way, and it looks great. Unfortunately, he doesn't have pics of it on his site. This is the best picture I could find on the PNLTC site: (URL) loco in (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) I suspect he used the dual taper piece (4x4x1 high) in the yellow and red/black show trucks... that is a perfect piece for this application, but the problem with it is that it tapers from 4 to 2... Talk about your strong argument for making (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Yeah, that angle in is a bummer. Frankly, my solution has been to avoid it, because nothing is going to look just right given the limitations of the elements-- for *8wide*, that is. Rob Werner in the GFLTC has built a really nice switcher (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Not from me... Seems like a tough problem as long as the slope on the hood remains above the hinge bricks, thus producing an "over-bite", as such. From the photos, I don't see much of a "gap", but perhaps a better angle would show it? Or, is (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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