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Hello, I found two bricks 1x8 in black with a golden "116" imprinted on each of it. I would like to know, to which set this belongs. From its style I would guess its age in the early 70ies. Can anyone please help me? Thanks, Schredder (23 years ago, 26-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Wait... normal 9V accessories too (i.e. lighting & wires...) Josh (...) (23 years ago, 26-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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"Poultron" <awood@iinet.net.au> wrote in message news:GIJryH.FCM@lugnet.com... (...) Bit of a confusing in your questioning I think. Some answers 1. No. Lego do not make any monorail at present. As it is also quite desirable by many folks, expect (...) (23 years ago, 26-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thank you Chris, thats what i was looking for! now it will be even easier to build it! Josh (23 years ago, 25-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi, I think you are talking about my trucks. Sorry for the black out. Our router went down, and it was repaired while I was on vacation. So, I have decided to put my site on a more reliable server (a server that I don't have to maintain). If (...) (23 years ago, 25-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) windows (...) You are correct! 1 on the boat with no panes. Julie (23 years ago, 24-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I believe those were seen first in the 6713 Grip-n-Go Challenge (URL) Husby LUGNET Member #320 TFM's LEGO Workshop - www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm The Vancouver LEGO Club - www.akasa.bc.ca/vlc/ (23 years ago, 24-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I believe Amazon Ancient Ruins had 1 on the boat (no panes though) Set #5986. Jonathan (23 years ago, 24-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) AFAIK, the only set was the Time Cruisers' Mystic Mountain Time Lab. 2x of the 2 window wide pieces in each set. I wish they had the 'airplane windows' in bulk in gray and white... Tim.New Hampshire (23 years ago, 24-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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The Mystic Mountain Time Lab ((URL) had one grey 1x4x2 airplane window with trans-light blue panes. (URL) Sullivan" <shaun_sullivan@irco.com> wrote in message news:GIKw33.Ir2@lugnet.com... (...) windows (...) (23 years ago, 24-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Last week I saw an MOC that made use of these mysterious and wonderful windows in light grey: (URL) I can't seem to find the MOC, but the image is burned into my mind. Where oh where might one find such a wonderful beast in such a gloriously (...) (23 years ago, 24-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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The tanker is 8-wide! Well, we knew that anyway: the tanks are 8-studs in diameter, but a bit short for the baseplate - they finish 2-3 studs before the end... Those weathered Octan signs seem to be an odd departure though! As is currently the norm, (...) (23 years ago, 24-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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Does anyone have pictures of the boxes from the new trains posted anywhere? Bryan "Jon D Hayward" <JonDHayward@Yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:GIKJFH.G2y@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 24-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Great news, but I have supposed this, since the backorder hint of 10016 + 10017 in S@H has been deleted for all the European countries 3 days ago. Now I can't wait to get home to check if mine are here also. Have a nice weekend! Ben (23 years ago, 24-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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I'm shocked! They were supposed to ship at the end of September!!! Ain't complaining though ;-) ...weathered Octan signs anyone? Just Jono .oO (23 years ago, 24-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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I'm thinking of adding a new section to my Lego collection... Trains!!! I can see great potential in a Space / Train / Mindstorms cross-over. So my question is - Monorail vs. Standard - What's the -real- difference? I know that a while ago Lego (...) (23 years ago, 24-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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hi, I have seen that people have bought 4561 sets for only $25 bucks at some stores Mint in the box. Does anyone have just the 4561 Train for sale? I just need the engine car, and the two passenger cars. Thanks. Joe (23 years ago, 23-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yep, it's the 'sand red' bricks, with grey and black highlights. (highdarks?) Ricky used a bunch of the bulk packs that I bought - before I even had a chance to use them! <pout> I think I'll ask him "how are you going to get my bricks out of (...) (23 years ago, 23-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The tall building in the back, does it use the 'sand-red' bricks? I whave been wondering what they looked like, the shop.lego.com pictures look too pink for my taste but in that building it looks great! Is there a set that uses that colour or (...) (23 years ago, 23-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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The grain elevator/silo is 64 bricks high (just over 3 feet). I just started with a baseplate and worked out a circle as best I could and then worked my way up. I believe it is over 6000 bricks, but I didn't count. "MARK PETERSON" (...) (23 years ago, 23-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Frank Filz wrote:For a 4'x8' layout, 1 regulator is plenty. However, if you get a few (...) Also you can use masking tape to isolate the tracks to ensure they don't short. Put it over both ends of the track and it separates the current. The only (...) (23 years ago, 23-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) These questions really need to be in the FAQ (or are they there already?) (...) Only on a truly huge layout will you need multiple controllers to keep a reasonable speed around a loop. (...) The primary factor is length of track and wiring (...) (23 years ago, 23-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I am looking forward to receiving my Metroliner and club cars but am still new to trains. Since I have two of the Railway Express sets (which are only good for parts as far as I'm concerned), I have both extra speed regualtors and motors that I can (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Whew, now there's a cool car... Yeah, i figured yours was modeled after one over there. I'm thinking more Stateside here, but yeah from pictures i've seen it kinda reminds me of them too... Josh (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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(...) You guessed it! :) There's a photo on my website: (URL)i like your engine shed, its got (...) Interesting, I got my ideas from sheds I remember at railway museums in the UK when I was a child, quite often bricked and boarded up and always very (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks for the comments, Hugh. I still don't think windows would look right somehow. I might be mistaken, but my impression of engine sheds from when I visited rail museums as a child was of long tall windowless buildings, with no hint of the (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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"Reinhard "Ben" Beneke" <r.beneke@tu-bs.de> wrote in message news:GIH54z.zH@lugnet.com... (...) magnet (...) damaging (...) try (...) defected (...) I haven't broken any (yet). Applying pressure with a rod while twisting the magnet from below always (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That's because we've got more 8-wide rolling stock built than we have spare space to store it! <grin> As you might be able to tell, we don't have a lot of room in Conan's basement. It's a good thing we all get along pretty well, because our (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That's the point: you need some luck to get it out of the base without damaging it. I have tried 4 times so far and in 2 times the magnet was broken... But If you have two waggon bases with only one magnet each it is better to try it and make (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You know I love seeing these pictures... and you also allways seem to get a piece of rolling stock or a locomotive in the pictures. The station is looking great! I love how its got that older look to it too. The downtown is cool too, the grey (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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You can find my RCX Controlled Mobile Decoupler in my homepage, it can give you some ideas. Zhengrong (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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"Carl Watson" <cbccwats@pop.ihug.com.au> wrote in message news:GIH09u.DID@lugnet.com... (...) without (...) Find a rod to insert through the base to push against the top of the magnet pivot - it needs to be something you can apply a fair amount of (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I am posting this message on behalf of Tom Williams, here it is: "How can I take the magnetic couplings off blue era train carriages without breaking them"? Thanks in advance Carl -- Member #1165 (URL) LEGO Users Group (URL) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Those are the 1x6x2 tall arches from the Star Wars Podracer bucket. Tan tiles allow the bottom one to be inverted without too much difficulty. There is one plate between them, so the height is just a bit too tall. I put a black wall behind the (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) :-(( Do you have plans for the x-mas meeting? This year not in Braunschweig, but near Frankfurt. I myself am not sure if I have the time to attend. And again: :-( (...) That would make sence, but I still think, you would see a diference in (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Ben! (...) Unfortunately I can't make it to the meeting in october, I'll be in Portugal then. It seems the week was a bad choice since I also miss the Euro-meeting in Zwolle and Spiel in Essen :-( (...) Thanks! I'm allready adding the (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) this 10:21 (or 12:01) time that we're always stuck at! Do you have black watch face rings, though? The blue kind of jars with the very nice tan and brown color scheme of the station. How did you hold those in there, with good old arches? Some (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks, that looks pretty close if it isn't the same thing. Just have to find some instructions for that set now. ~Adam (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.trains)
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I believe it is 1786 Jail Break Joe. Achim von Wiedner (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm pretty sure that's David's truck. And he doesn't come to lugnet... If anyone remembers we will try to find out. (...) LUGNET Member #320 TFM's LEGO Workshop - www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm The Vancouver LEGO Club - www.akasa.bc.ca/vlc/ (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Nice use of the watches, I've been thinking about doing the same with one of my buildings. I need to do something with all these watches I've gotten from the Outlet store (free with $25 purchase, they add up quickly). Looking good guys, jt (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Even though this thread is a few days old, I was hoping someone could tell me about the vehicle in this picture here: (URL) it a MOC, or is it from a set? What set is it from, if it is from a set? Thanks. Adam (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.trains)
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I just uploaded a couple more pictures of our 'town' sections. Our completed train station: (URL) close-up of the clock tower, using official LEGO watches: (URL) another 'downtown' shot, showing a few more of our completed and in-progress buildings: (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Frank! Nice to see, that we will have a new building for our Mülheim meeting on october 28th. ;-) (...) Sounds very familiar to me.... (...) Really beautiful start. Since I know some of your finished 8highly detailed buildings) I'm sure (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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"Paul Cook" <astronut1@lycos.com> wrote in message news:GIEzJo.5wK@lugnet.com... (...) Great stuff -- the design pedigree is first-class :-) My only thought is that it might be a bit dark in there without side windows. So, go on, increase that S@H (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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Hi, For quite some time, the little station[1] in my town was ready for an upgrade... I had a little more time to build lately so here is the result: (URL) project is on hold for the moment since I ran out of bricks. I'm waiting for my brickbay (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hehe There is an old truism the MR freelancers trot out when the rivet counters give them a hard time... No matter how bizzare, if you dig hard enough, there is probably a prototype for it somewhere. So what city was this in? (I know, I (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Wait, Toyota MR2 Spider right? anyways, i like your engine shed, its got the presence of an older shed, maybe the type you'd see on a short line or logging railroad? I love the office, i'm going to have to start making more train related (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I really liked the grain elevator. How many bricks high is it? It looks great, How did you come up with that circle of bricks that looks so good? How may bricks do you estimate are in there? Mark IndyLUG (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It is not 9V compatible, since it uses the "normal" wheels like known from the "Adventurer" sets by Lego. Of course it will be easy for any train-head to exchange the wheels against 9V wheel sets.... (...) car... Definitely no motor in engine (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi y'all Just put up a few more pics of my on-going Engine Shed project on the 'ol website: (URL) hoping to bring it down to TVLF, if I can fit it all in the MR2 :) Cheers, Paul. (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I guess I'm just happier seeing Lego targetted at younger kids. Which, as you said earlier, directly contradicts my interest in Mindstorms. I guess I'm just a bloke full of contradictions 8?) However, I'd be interested to see how Lego makes a (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yep...but, I _did_ phrase it as a special bonus Question :) (...) Na, they used a skate in a trolley track!-also, Melborne, Aus. had problems when the road works crews tore out some old trolley track, and lights went out...it turned out, that (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I realized that since I moved my website, & transfered the ideas files to another folder, that none of my pages worked! So I went to work, and finnaly got them all back up: (URL) hope everyone who used my ideas page before reads this post, & is able (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.publish) !
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While searching for gifts for my wife (she loves the harry potter stuff) I found the following set. (URL) know if this is a 9V compatible set, or anything else about the set? Looking at the picture it does not seem that a train engine is in either (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Nice start but it needs more bits and bobs. Piping, handrails, small machines/valves/pumps etc. hanging off it in various places. American steam tends to be quite cluttered unless it is streamlined (and then it STILL needs bits and bobs (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hee I must have missed that one.You can't get them all .....:-) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yea, imagine that... I thought you bought up all the monorail track? You must of missed this set:) See Ya... Robin Werner GFLTC (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I have completed my rendition of an E-6 Atlantic steam engine. I am very happy with the way that it came out. Pics at: (URL) plan to put up some video of it running soon. Let me know what you think. Thanks. Bob (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Monorail? Did i hear someone say monorail?..:-) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'll have to admit that I didn't really care about LEGO going DCC for awhile, I figured it would be cool, but didn't care one way or the other. But once I played with Tom Cook's DCC trains at Brickfest I was sold on the idea! Now when I run my (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) OK, yes, all true. But let me put my Hop-Frog hat(tm) on for a bit. :-) So it's not your cup of tea, that's fine. But why be disappointed if someone else gets what they want? As long as it doesn't detract from the rest of the offerings, why (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) What did I tell you, people! Some incredibly geeky and small thing in my answer would be incorrect and James would be the one to point it out. Do I know how to call them or what? :-) I have no idea how they grounded them... conductive rubber (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm just not interested in DCC in a Lego environment. Maybe that's cos train building is still pretty young around here - we haven't had any Lego train shows at all, that I'm aware of (although it's been suggested a couple of times). When (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Do you also want to be able to buy #K10001 ?
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All that fuss and misunderstanding, and this morning it _IS_ online in the UK now... K10001: GBP112.00 'Backorders Accepted, will ship in 30 days' hmmm... different... Just Jono .oO "Lawrence Wilkes" <lawrence@thewilkesf...rve.co.uk> wrote in (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.at, lugnet.loc.be, lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.loc.ie, lugnet.loc.lu, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'll second that! Wow. The oil distributorship especially is really nice. Also a great use of non-LEGO-type color combinations (I.e., No red&blue&yellow buildings). Bravo! Rick (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ah, but some only had one pole. Now, for the bonus answer, how did they earth them? :) James P (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) VERY nice, Tom. These structures really push the envelope as far as evoking a sense of "you are there" ness. Nice contrast in sizes too, some small, some big. EXCELLENT selective compression though! Thanks for sharing. (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I know the feeling, opened one a few weeks back... nice feeling. (...) Ya baby, right on... except you should have posted your happiness to TRAINS. Monorails are *trains*, you know. Matters not that they have those silly space doohickeys on (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) If you're talking about F line, I rode it from one end to the other, changing cars several times by waiting for the next one at intermediate stops (1). Fun ride, it's worth doing if you're in SF and it's cheap too. It has reversing loops at (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) So we are on the same track (no pun intended), In San Francisco there are Streetcars and Cable cars. The ones that climb the steep hills are cable cars. They move by gripping a cable under the street. The cable is moved by a large motor at the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <snip> Thanks for the responses, folks. It sounds like a lot of it is for the fun of the automation, but there's also some other good reasons that hadn't occurred to me. I'm really disconnected from traditional MRR, and the whole aspect of (...) (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Sorry been silent so long... but I did get a chance to upload some new pics of several train related structures, which were part of the last two wamalug displays. Have a look, if you like: www.lgauge.com (23 years ago, 20-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The trolley busses in Boston use a reversing loop also (the bus station in Harvard Square is interesting, it's underground, in two levels (arrivals and departures)). The green line uses reversing loops for the trolley portion (recall what I've (...) (23 years ago, 19-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | more MLCAD work: *-wide drop belly tank car
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I've built the tank car, now i've built it in CAD: (URL) also on its webpage: (URL) left out the ladders though, i may remodel they way they are attached first. Josh (23 years ago, 19-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Mpegs uploaded for the TTOS Show!
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(...) I looked at the crossings around my place and they ALL have huge cables dangling from the two parts to the base. I thought it was very odd but there you are... (...) Doh! You know, I know ZENER is correct but my brains says "No no, remember (...) (23 years ago, 19-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: BNSF Covered Hopper update
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(...) ok, now i've added it to Brickshelf: (URL) (23 years ago, 19-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) That's what an interlocking tower USED to do. Nowadays they are getting rare. With CTC (Centralised Traffic Control) an entire division or more can be controlled from far far away. Umpteen thousand miles of the Union Pacific are all controlled (...) (23 years ago, 19-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Ross Crawford wrote in message ... (...) the (...) "W" (...) bit (...) to (...) ensure (...) difficult if (...) Yes, this is how the ones I have seen work too. Is there actually going to be wire on the layout, though? That will be something to see! (...) (23 years ago, 19-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I'm interested in how much a 12v power cord is worth? Josh (23 years ago, 19-Aug-01, to lugnet.market.appraisal, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Same here in Melbourne (Aus), up till a few years ago when the last of the "W" class trams (which had a pole either end) were retired from service. It's a bit hard to automate this on a Lego layout, but maybe not impossible. You have to worry (...) (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I've added a MLCAD 3-D image to the page: (URL) is your chanse to see what it will look like when i get finished. The unloading bays on the under side are made with 2x2 inverted 45 degree outside corner slopes, and technic pags holding the 1x2 plate (...) (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Just some information. I see that you use only 2 red LED's for the crossing signal. If you use the round 1x1 bricks, then you can pull the wires through the hole of these bricks. On the bottom, you can use a 2x4 technic plate to pass these (...) (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.robotics)
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I guess I am going to show my age here. In Los Angeles, in the forties, the trolleys had a pole on both ends and the conductor simply pulled one down and raised the other. He then sat in the seat at the other end of the car and went the opposite (...) (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi, I'm converting some 12V trains to 9V. To match the new motors as close as possable I want to have a plate _under_ the trainwheels. But while testing this 1 train had problems with a switch (it derailed) while an other didn't. Does anyone have (...) (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If I may.... the reason is the pantograph pole-- if the trolley simply reverses, the pole would be pointed in the wrong direction. We toyed with ideas about flipping it back and forth, but nothing really seemed to work out. A double loop (...) (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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John Gerlach wrote in message ... (...) trolley (...) including (...) Aren't most trolleys double ended, so you can run them in either direction? What are you going to be using the turntable for? (Not criticising, just interested!) Dean Husby did a (...) (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Question for the true train enthusiasts?
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(...) I routinely butcher the phrase intentionally for comedic effect:-) (...) Good luck with trucks using the drop plate;-) (...) Mention it;-) -John (...) (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Small nit here: The track gauge is closest to "O" (but slightly wider), and *8* wides are closest in width to "O" cars (almost exactly). As you might surmise, 4 wides are almost exactly the same width as HO ("Half O"). I do remember someone (...) (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Yep, "cool and fun" are two big reasons! <grin> Being a computer programmer at my 'day job', programming RCXs is something I enjoy. It's a challenge, trying to reduce a problem to its simplest solution so I can control it with an RCX (or two, (...) (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) OK, I relented - gave me an excuse to tidy up the MPD file a bit. You can find a link to the MPD along with other info on the original page above. Enjoy! ROSCO (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think there are a few reasons. One thing is that while in many places in real life, everything is manual, in other places it isn't. Mailine turnouts these days are probably remotely controlled (that's what an interlocking tower does for one (...) (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This part I grok. (...) And this part I don't. Why would this be personally disappointing? Do you think Mindstorms is a bad idea? (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I tend to think of a couple of reasons- such as that the automation is to make it more than just model building (which can make fine, non animated displays...which, IMO, lack something most of the time...the sense of time from motion), it also (...) (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, it's about lunchtime here 8?) I think this stems mostly from non-Lego MRR, where things like DCC have given people a lot of neat ways to do things like that. I kinda like the idea of that stuff, too, and if I still had all my HO stuff I (...) (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Reminder - there's a Northern Illinois LEGO Train Club gathering tomorrow in Crystal Lake at Brian Williams' house. All are welcome - note his message at: (URL) you there!! -- Tim Courtney - tim@ldraw.org (URL) - Centralized LDraw Resources (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: 10001&10002 Picts on line
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I have found that LEGO printing leaves a lot to be desired these days. Quality control on this is not what it used to be. However I actually prefer the new angle stripes over the old curve style. Looks more modern or something. But i do hope it (...) (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Mpegs uploaded for the TTOS Show!
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I've added one more mpeg to the list. It's called Trolleyclosecall.mpg. heh heh. Dean -- Dean Husby LUGNET Member #320 TFM's LEGO Workshop - www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm The Vancouver LEGO Club - www.akasa.bc.ca/vlc/ (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mpegs uploaded for the TTOS Show!
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(...) Umm. It's a PDA. Here's a link (URL) >> I've been trying to do a sign to rotate EXACTLY like (...) The Diode Bridge allows the power to flow only one way regardless of what way the polarity is. It also cuts down on how much power comes though. (...) (23 years ago, 17-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Question for model RR gurus
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Why is it that there is such a huge chunk of the MRR hobby (both Lego and traditional) that puts sooooo much time into automation? My personal suspicion is that it's just because automation is cool and fun, but I'm not sure. A lot of the stuff that (...) (23 years ago, 17-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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