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(...) snipped some links The Train FAQ looks good! One thing though - now that the Metroliner and Club car are coming out, you would probably want to update the section about how to buy older train sets (i.e. tell about the train re-releases coming (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Yes, LEGO has promoted LTC's in the past with flyers to customers. I don't think they have ever advertised a WAMALUG show however :( KL (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) When I meant bleak, it was on the part of the LEGO® Group itself. Not for us trainheads of course.-Harvey (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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From the club that crushed the world's record for longest LEGO train track last August... As mentioned in the current issue of LEGO Mania magazine... Join the Pacific Northwest LEGO Train Club the first weekend of August (that's like 2 weeks away, (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.events) !!
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I am probably late in hearing news like most of the time but if not here it goes. I just got the LEGO mania magazine and was flipping through the pages when i saw this: (URL) dont know when these photos were taken but LEGO has advertised for us. kai (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: What I'd like to build
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That is a very slick-looking train. And the coloration and shape both present interesting challenges. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com www.pnltc.org (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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It was pretty cool seeing Jakes version of the hoppers, kind of spooky seeing how similar they were. I was amazed that he was able to copy them so well from the simple pictures I posted. The best part is that I got to see what they'd look like in (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Another Legend dies....
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(...) one from our sets. If it's an important part we phone LEGO and get another. It happens. I get a bad or chewed part in 1 in 25 sets on average. That's less then 1% error. (That is the commonly accepted failure rate for electronics) So in this (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Dean (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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"Jake McKee" <sink@countersinkdg.com> wrote in message news:GGr1rK.10q@lugnet.com... (...) there (...) know (...) just (...) inspiration (...) They look very similar, and I thought of James' hopper immediately. Nice job! That's cool that you got to (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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An old MOC I've had on all my layouts has finally been detailed on Brickshelf. No fair if you've already peeked at it! Anyway, I found myself staring at the green curved spindled fences from the bow of an Armada Flagship, and the trans-light blue (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) As far as you knew. At this time last year the GMLTC was at the Kidvention, and the future to me couldn't have looked brighter.... (...) Well, you don't have to imagine what fans thought; go back and *read* what they thought. Your analogy (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Terminating a Line
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(...) Thanks for the clarification, I think it does too. Your shunter won't be powered unless you route the turnouts to it. (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sorry, I'm not really up on my railroad terminology. I think we are talking about the same thing. I would like a line comming from a turnout that ends without reconnecting to the main line. I would like to stack a series of turnouts (a (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) isolate the track after the switch points. You could do so in a variety of ways, some not very 'Lego Politically Correct.' Use your imagination. Power should be applied to each applicable terminus that you have (that's a lot of regulators if (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Could you clarify what you mean by terminate? 9V turnouts are power directing. If you build a ladder of turnouts, only the route that is aligned gets power. All the others don't. So if you have engines parked on multiple tracks of the ladder, (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If you mean get a train to stop while the track is powered on, Tom Cook and I did develop a system for that. Using polarity switches, you can isolate/power a section of track via an RCX... We use this technique in our automated track crossing, (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi All, Has anyone found a way to terminate a line with the 9v Track? I know it can be done with the 12v stuff, but I wanted to build a freight yard with multiple terminators for loading and unloading and I have no clue how. Could I run a set of (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Try that again:- www.railpage.org.au/...ld014.html -- Jason King LugNet #665 Jason King <jklugnet665@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message news:GGrwAE.HtJ@lugnet.com... (...) (URL) html (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | What I'd like to build
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This is the train i would like to have a go at building.. (URL) "Tilt Train" which operates between Rockhampton (My home town) and Brisbane, Qld Australia.. I think it is beautiful.. -- Jason King LugNet #665 (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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