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Great job Ben! Any chance you made a Track Designer map of the layout? Larry Andersen (26 years ago, 12-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello All I'm not easily impressed when it comes to Lego trains. I've seen good designs and bad and am my own worst critic. October 2-3, PNLTC put on a display concurrent with the Lego truck tour. This is old news by now. What is new, is that new (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: GTG In Denver!
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I'm afraid that I will need to bail out on the meeting this week (after I picked the day). :-( If we plan another one next week, I'll make it up by springing for the pizza. (snipped here and there) (...) Me either. (...) I'll work with you when we (...) (26 years ago, 11-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.co.den, lugnet.trains)
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I recently discovered that Newark Electronics carries a range of solenoids in their catalog. Has anyone tried using a solenoid for actuating Lego track switches? Everything I've seen or designed using Lego parts ends up either being way too large or (...) (26 years ago, 11-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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Has anyone installed a DCC decoder into a Lego train motor? I'm planning on going to DCC for controll of my layout and I'd like some advice. Thanks Larry Andersen (26 years ago, 11-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Should not be an issue for me. I think, if I get organized enough tonight (I'm going to the Denver Java Users Group meeting tonight to hear about GemStone/J at the U of D so will be back late... anyone else going?) that I will bring my new (...) (26 years ago, 11-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.co.den, lugnet.trains)
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In case anyone is wondering why my website hasn't been updated for a while it's because I can't get to it. I think some NFS software screwed up my Compuserve configuration and no amount of uninstalling/reinstalling seems to fix it. I think I'll take (...) (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Scans Ready: Star Wars, Rock Raiders, and other 1999 sets.
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(...) Yeah but it is also Space Port 2 from a UK perspective. Carbon 60 (26 years ago, 9-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Scans Ready: Star Wars, Rock Raiders, and other 1999 sets.
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(...) LC2 Steve (26 years ago, 6-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: A better boxcar? (was: Re: Thanks to Terry Cruse and Ali V.
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Ben Fleskes writes: For the longest time I wanted to be 9v complete. Then I finally asked (...) I must agree with Ben -- and this might be a little more blunt. As much of a LEGO trainhead that I am, I find it difficult to justify building a shrine (...) (26 years ago, 6-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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Dear Hans, I'm not aware of any replacement motor sources but let me see if I have an extra 4.5v motor unit in used/good condition. Also, since the newer, 9v wheels (on both wheelsets and on the motor) are narrower than their 4.5v counterparts, they (...) (26 years ago, 6-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Scans Ready: Star Wars, Rock Raiders, and other 1999 sets.
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Larry Pieniazek wrote: Nit fixes: US 285. not I 285. All prices in USD (26 years ago, 6-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Scans Ready: Star Wars, Rock Raiders, and other 1999 sets.
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(...) I think most people agree these are clearly precursors to LC, so I would go with yes. Another question along the same line... do you have to buy Lego LOCO to be 9V complete? It comes with a small (non powered) handcar set. This set is clearly (...) (26 years ago, 6-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: A better boxcar? (was: Re: Thanks to Terry Cruse and Ali V.
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(...) I'd put any of mine up against theirs. Mine are more US prototypical. I still like my RailBox, and it's almost a year old now. I need to use their parts to do a US prototype... but my non moving doors still look good to me. (even if they do (...) (26 years ago, 5-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | A better boxcar? (was: Re: Thanks to Terry Cruse and Ali V.
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<snip> (...) <snip> ben>> For the longest time I wanted to be 9v complete. Then I finally asked myself why? The one set I was missing was 4554 metrostation and finally saw little motivation for getting a yellow version of the red 2150 retrostation. (...) (26 years ago, 5-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Thanks to Terry Cruse and Ali V.
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(...) The box car is a bit different since it has the bin inside... As for the engine design being the best... well, differences of opinion are what make horse racing interesting. I like it just about the LEAST. I would rank the 9v non steam engines (...) (26 years ago, 5-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Thanks to Terry Cruse and Ali V.
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(...) Wait! Wait! Let me toot that horn before you put it away. I picked up my last set (a 4543) on eBay just a couple weeks ago. (...) I'd have to say I like the Freight Rail Runner (4564) best. I like the engine design best of the three, and the (...) (26 years ago, 5-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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Those two guys responsible for the last two 9V Train sets I needed to be complete. My 4564 arrived Monday, and I just picked up my 4547 Club Car from the PO this afternoon. Much thanks to Terry and Ali, I wasn't sure I'd ever locate (or afford) (...) (26 years ago, 4-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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My 4,5V train-engine failed recently. After opening it up (a problem in intself because of the sealed box) i discovered that one of the brushes of the electric motor broke of and destroyed part of the anchor. Also the cupper wiring burned out (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Tracks
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(...) I've noticed that finding track in chain stores is hit-and-miss, mostly miss. My local TRU used to carry them sporadically, but hasn't for a few years now. Yet every once in a while, I'll see them someplace, and promptly forget where that is. (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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