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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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| | DCC
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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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| | Re: GTG In Denver!
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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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| | Matt's Lego Train Depot
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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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| | Re: 4,5 V replacement/9v compatibility
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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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