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I have thought about building the Texas also. But i need more wheels. The basic layout for the engine would be the same since they are both American 4-4-0's Of course if we wanted to do the real reenactment we will need the "Big Shanty" depot and (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Thank you all for your responds. It has been quite useful to me. I may even consider to transform one of my 12V signals into a 9V one. Is Lego still not considering to release at least electric switches and signals for the 9V system? Why not? Does (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Lots of papers of TLC show white baseplates on 111, 112 and 113. Just forget about that: nobody I have heared of has ever seen that in white and I doubt they were ever produced: I'm sure that have been first "handmade" sets for the press (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Looks good Lewis. I think it will look great at one of our shows as a museum piece. :^) Hey, I just went to the cyclorama last friday next to the Atlanta zoo. Maybe I'll have to build the "Texas" now that I"ve seen it in person. Then we can (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Nope. A wheel is 3 studs wide; if you check the measurements on a typical US truck, you will find that the space between the wheels is less than a wheel width wide. And there are 2 springs visible from the side, which can be simulated with a (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) a space of 3's good for modern US rolling stock, with the 5 springs (3 on outside). Josh (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Build 8 wide;-) <g,d&r> All seriousness aside, nothing is more unrealistic than placing the wheels *together*. For rolling stock, a typical bettendorf truck (I'm talking US here) is best simulated by spacing the wheels 2 studs apart. For the (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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What's a novice train builder to do?? So far I've built all my longer train cars (those requiring bogie plates) with the wheel sets TOGETHER as I've seen in all previous Lego train cars. Now the new 10000 series all have the wheel sets placed 2 (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ben, I'll post some picture to my ozbricks site as soon as I can tonight. Keep an eye out on (URL) I'll try and build it as close to the original instructions as possible - but I've noted that the box has different markings to the actual train (...) (23 years ago, 7-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.uk)
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Hi, Nice models and good part use for the Caboose and Passenger car EXCEPT for the roof pieces.I hate those 'cheap, single part,juniorized' roof piece. Some of my white roof parts from the 4561 train don't hold a 2*4 plate to 'stack ' them together. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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"Reinhard "Ben" Beneke" <r.beneke@tu-bs.de> wrote in message news:GHnwGz.33q@lugnet.com... (...) OK, here they are Ben (and Jon) (URL) is only page 7 that differs. I have included both versions for anyone else interested. I don't have the two (...) (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Hey Ben- I have been out of town for the last week in Washington D.C. (had a great time meeting with WAMALTCers Christina Hitchcock, Kevin Loch, and Denise Jadud; more on that elsewhere:) I have read this thread with much interest; we goofy guys are (...) (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Both sets which contained this cab part came in two versions. First with the 3-brick-gap, later the 2-brick-gap. I think that was much more stable: kids feet can be so cruel sometimes.... For both sets (4563 and 4551) there have been updated (...) (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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"Jon D Hayward" <JonDHayward@Yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:GHnFnr.LJw@lugnet.com... (...) at (...) There are two variants, and I have instructions for both. If you were paying attention at my 'fest last year you would have seen the 2 parts (...) (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Although I don't have an answer to this question, I wanted to bring up that I noticed this too, twice. I also bought those on Ebay (missing a few pieces), and came across the same problem. It is however easily fixed, and the locomotive can be made (...) (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks Todd! Yes, Aug 2 would be the formation date. -Tim (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains.org.niltc)
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(...) OK, your group is ready. BTW, is August 2, 2001 the official date of formation of NILTC? Here's the first mention of it that I could find: (URL) added an entry here as well, assuming August 2 for now... (URL) if there's a more accurate date. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.niltc)
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TERMS OF USE FOR LUGNET.COM OVERVIEW AND DEFINITIONS lugnet.com ("LUGNET") is a privately owned Internet site designed and run primarily for the benefit of those who enjoy building with, discussing, collecting, buying & selling, trading, and (...) (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains.org.niltc)
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Welcome to lugnet.trains.org.niltc, a LUGNET discussion group. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.trains.org.niltc (group): NILTC: Northern Illinois LEGO Train Club (U.S.A.) lugnet.trains.org (group and hierarchy): National and local train clubs/organizations (...) (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains.org.niltc)
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| | Re: VLC Toy Train Show Images
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(...) No prob. As soon as I hit the lottery, your funding request is 270607th on my list. (...) I am fairly happy with my Nikon CoolPix 800, which is obsolete now and superceded by newer models. Including the 128MB memory card and reader I just got, (...) (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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