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I've seen this locomotive before from Robin Werner (gee, I hope I've remembered that correctly!). But, I don't think I've seen such a nicely composed photograph of it and its complement of cars as Jake presents at his BrickShelf gallery for (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | New Metroliner and Clubcar info (10001+10002)
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Hi, i just got off the phone with Lego Direct. The guy said that these two sets will be released at the end of August or September, just in time for Christmas. He doesnt know where they will be sold, Possibly Lego S@H. I dont think they'll be sold (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PNLTC show August 4 & 5 at Legoland California
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(...) Repeat after me: "Minneapolis, and the Mall of Amercia";-) (...) We come to *your* house! -John (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: New Train car MOCs!
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"Jake McKee" <sink@countersinkdg.com> wrote in message news:GGr1rK.10q@lugnet.com... (...) ever seen! This is just so accurate to real life! Congradulations on a beautiful piece of work. Iain (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Brickfest Video up!
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All, I just posted a small (timing wise, not file size wise) video of shots I grabbed at Brickfest. You can find it at: (URL) are two version, a large version and a smaller version. Sorry about the emphasis on my own creations...I didn't know I was (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: MOW picture sources
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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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| | Re: LEGO magazine features Train Clubs???
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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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| | Re: LEGO® Train Splinter Groups
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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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| | PNLTC show August 4 & 5 at Legoland California
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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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| | LEGO magazine features Train Clubs???
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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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| | Re: New Train car MOCs!
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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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| | Re: Another Legend dies....
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(...) Dean (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Train car MOCs!
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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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| | Curved Green Switcher MOC
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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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| | Re: LEGO® Train Splinter Groups
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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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| | Re: Terminating a Line
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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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| | Re: Terminating a Line
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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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