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(...) What is the easiest way to identify a 103 motor? I also have a 156 with the cutoff switch attachment for a 100 motor, is this useable at all with the 103 motor (not that one really needs it since the battery car has the cutoff and reversing (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Well, that time on line we all love to hate, changing of the e-mail address. Around mid September, I'll be getting off the cable system and back to dial up for home service, AT&T will be the server. School is a different thing, I will be using the (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc)
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I apologize if this has been posted before but I just got my October 2001 issue of Garden Railways magazine (for G scale/Gauge 1 trains) in the mail last night. Right on the front page is a reference to an article called "Miniature Gardening at (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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This is a topic near to my heart -- I too decided to run 12v on my layout at home. There are some challenges, but it is a lot of fun. On to your questions: (...) I've never seen a 110 transformer for 12v. But the 220 transformers can be found fairly (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi all, My double (90') container waggon is ready! Ideas, raytraces, partlist and .DAT-file are on (URL) , buildingsteps on (URL) and digiphoto's of the MOC on (URL) . Please some feedback (both pos and neg) TIA, Jeroen (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Next weekend we (NCLUG/NCLTC) will have our layout on display at the Southern Junction Model Train Show at Dorton Arean in Raleigh, North Carolina. We will have a 20'x20' (maybe larger) layout on display and a kids play area adjacent to the layout. (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nclug)
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James, Nice modifications. Unfortunately, I never got a chance to play with it at Brickfest, so I'm not certain what is different, but I do like the trend towards purity :) James J. Trobaugh <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Excellent train MOCs, Jake. I look forward to your redesigned container car. Jake McKee <sink@countersinkdg.com> wrote in message news:GIt1Ho.LqG@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Since I decided to go the hard route and not go with 9v trains, how am I going to power them? (My primary reason for choosing 12v over 9v is the availability of remote points and accessories.) I believe Lego made a 12v transformer for 110 (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Just X-posting to .trains... ;-) KZ (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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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, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains.org.ncltc)
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Welcome to lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, a LUGNET discussion group. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.trains.org.ncltc (group and hierarchy): NCLTC: North Carolina LEGO Train Club (U.S.A.) lugnet.trains.org (group and hierarchy): National and local train (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains.org.ncltc)
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John Neal showed a really nice length of 4.5 track where he used 1x8 ties with 1 stud between them instead of 2x8 with 2 studs between them. It changed the entire look of the track! SteveB (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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All, I just came across a terrific site if you are looking for modeling type information on the NYC subway! (URL) of pictures and great explanations! I even found pictures of the train I took home tonight when it was new! In addition to a wealth of (...) (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sorry, but for the moment that is all. But for sure there will appear lots more pictures in late october, when the cathedral will be first time shown in public. Regards, Ben (...) (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.de)
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Wow, Ben. That is a pretty impressive structure... Any more pictures of it? I'd love to see some more. :-) -Andy Lynch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reinhard "Ben" Beneke" <r.beneke@tu-bs.de> (...) me to (...) (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.de)
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(...) They obviously never planned to use the doubled amount of sleepers (ties). But it works find for 4.5 Volt. We did that one for our outdoor garden layout to make the track more stable and avoid derailments. (URL) > What about the (...) with (...) (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Dear all, Frank Deuter - a German Co-AFOL - has built this cathedral and asked me to publish a first picture of it. Take a look at it here: (URL) think it is one of the most georgeous buildings I have ever seen! The cathedral will be displayed at (...) (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.de) !!
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(...) of course if one wants to make the ties (sleepers) uniform in color, you just needs lots of dark grey 2x8 plates (or you could use white 2x8 plates instead of the dark grey ties). What surprised me a little is that the blue conducting rails do (...) (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes it is nearly identical: grey has double amount of sleepers and different sleeper (with snap locks). But where blue and grey meet you can simply use a white sleeper of the blue track, that is all. (...) Each system offers hand crafted (...) (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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