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(...) I realized we were making this discussion to difficult. Duh, RTFM. (URL) (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) of track has tabs that stick out on the end to connect to the next piece of track which makes it slightly longer (2 studs, IIRC. That would make it ~5.6"). Of course, because the tabs overlap each extra piece of track only adds 5 1/16". Steve (...) (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PNLTC's LEGOLAND photo gallery is up (finally)
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(...) Mmmm. Transluscent fruit :-) Great display. Good 3-D work and lots of character throughout. I particularly like the mountain town and the wonderful cathedral. Amy (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I found a lot of the images to be broken on first pass as well- but they always came in when I forced IE to reload the image (right-click/show image). -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com www.pnltc.org (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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-- (...) You are right. The section of track adds 5" to the length of the track. -- Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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What I saw looks great but there are a lot of broken images. The thumb nails loaded extremely slow as well. I was listening to internet radio (and it didin't cut out) while they were loading so I don't think it is my DSL. (7:30 AM CST) That (...) (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Um, correct me if I'm wrong, but I would have bet money that a piece of straight track was only 5" long. Which is it? -Jason (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Woohoo! Very nice Jake! I am not much of a train man myself, but I greatly enjoy what you have built. Also, your logo is classic and very snazzy, mixed with a sharp looking site. Keep up the good work! Rob McMurray www.brickwired.com (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Great layout!! I wish I could have seen it in person. Thanks for taking all the time and effort to share it with us. Do you have a Track Designer file of the layout that you could share with us? Regards, Steve Martin IndyLUG (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This one is atypical. It had 4 sections of straight track due to the boarding platform. (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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"Bob Fay" <rfay@we.mediaone.net> wrote in message news:GIt148.Kvy@lugnet.com... (...) Two (...) length. (...) The Metroliner is different from some of the other train sets in that it does come with four sections of straight track. In order for the (...) (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi All, First I'd like to say thank you for being patient with us. Today was the earliest possible date that the LEGOLAND, CA (LLCA) Gallery was in any shape to be made public. We all would have loved to get the pics out the day after the show, but (...) (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce) !!
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Greetings! After many hours, I have finally put the finishing touches on the new Bricks on the Brain site. As many of you may remember, BricksontheBrain.com sold parts before the days of Brickbay. I closed up shop when I got the job with LEGO (...) (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce) !
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The oval is 27" X 38". This would require 4 straight sections of track. Two on each side of the oval. Each section of straight track is 5.5" in length. -- Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) <razoredge442@aol.com> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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JOE <razoredge442@aol.com> wrote in message news:GIsu5x.5Hx@lugnet.com... (...) I think all the trainsets come with an oval with just two straight tracks. -- Markham (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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They're not the greatest pictures, but I took a couple of shots with the new Sand Red bricks against a bunch of other LEGO colors. There are three shots: Fluorescent light, direct and indirect late-afternoon sunlight. I tried to adjust the colors of (...) (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Hi, does the Metroliner (4558 and 10001) come with four pieces of straight track or two in the oval? joe (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks, I'm just glad that I won't have to manually return the trains to the starting line, most of the time I'd let the drivers do it and they'd always run them way past the starting line and off the track itself. So this solution should remove (...) (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) What was the other 5%? The custom Christmas tree lights? It's a rare thing when a LEGO solution replaces a non LEGO and turns out to be less bulky. Way to go! (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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After tiring of carry around all the heavy equipment that controled the Rail Racers drag strip I have finally build a RCX 95% LEGO based control system. This system not only offers a smaller amount of hardware but has some nice new features that I (...) (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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