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I just received my Chessie Engine from Steve Barile. I must say that the work on this engine is fabulous. It will be one of the highlights of my Lego trains from now on. I live about 100 yards from the B&O freight rail line where this same exact (...) (26 years ago, 14-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Not one but two LEGO train shows on Nov. 21-22
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(this has also been posted to RTL) The Pacific Northwest LEGO Train Club would like to wish a good luck to the North Georgia LEGO Train Club for mounting the club's first trainshow display in Atlanta the same weekend as the PNLTC holds their display (...) (26 years ago, 14-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Thomas and DCC at Matt's Lego Train Depot
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(...) I like your Thomas. It's just the kind of thing that can turn a kid around that has a marginal appreciation for lego (not assuming your kid does). Your DCC project looks interesting. Keep us informed. I would love to chuck that wall wart that (...) (26 years ago, 13-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Thomas and DCC at Matt's Lego Train Depot
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Having just said I can't update my website, I found a fix, install Windows 98! I've added a few pictures of my Thomas the Tank Engine and some photos of my progress so far with my DCC project. (URL) (26 years ago, 13-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: More trains pictures on PNLTC site
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(...) pictures... *grin*. I especially like Picture84.JPG which shows me running my Ruby with Will Chapman's incredibly cool log cars. I look a little zoned, but you trainheads will understand how incredibly overwhelming all those trains were. But (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: More trains pictures on PNLTC site
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(...) Thanks for sharing those pix! Inspiration is *definitely* high after seeing that. But my wallet just ran screaming and hid behind the couch... Oh wait. That was my wife. Also enjoyed seeing the 570 Firehouse. My first town set. -Tom McD. tfn, (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: More trains pictures on PNLTC site
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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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| | More trains pictures on PNLTC site
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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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| | Track Switch solenoids
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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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