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We finally have a place to set up the train lay out and meet. So we will be setting regular meetings are CARLUG and Midsouth LTC. When The 2nd Sat - 9am till Noon & the 3rd Tuesday from 7PM till 10PM That means 9/15 &/or 9/18 will be the Sept dates. (...) (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ar, lugnet.org.us.tennlug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: New MOC: GP7 locomotive
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(...) Interesting technique. The front looks very nice, the sides of the nose would look even better if they were smooth. Nit... It looks overly compressed, but I like the grille tiles and the fans on the top. Chris (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I like the "striping method" and the look you're going for, but I do think you need to loose the standard train base plate and make it much longer. Nice job on the details, jt (...) ---...--- James J. Trobaugh North Georgia LEGO Train Club (URL) (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Here is my newest locomotive that premiered at our last show. It's a loosely-modeled GP7 using a striping method that I've never seen anyone try before. (URL) complaints, questions, tips, etc. are appreciated. I've got a number of other creations (...) (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Bummer of the Week: LEGO Made in China
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The cord that connects the Trains speed regulator to the wall outlet is made in China for the LEGO Group. (23 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Event CDs (was PNLTC's photo gallery is up)
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Some cost estimates (a bit of unfortunate reality)... $10 is barely break even. By the time you print a label, sleeve it, stick it in an a CD mailer, and mail it, your at ~$5. Plus the effort, the most expensive part! Even at minimum wage we'll be (...) (23 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 10014
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I just got the 10014 cabose and was thinking of customizing it. I was going to make it 6 studs longer (from 16 to 22). How long can I make a car without having to go to pivoiting bogies? I may do this anyways. How short can a car be and still look (...) (23 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PCC car
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(...) Nice model, if viewed out of a larger context. You captured the shapes nicely. However you may want to consider some selective compression, since the PCC is a relatively narrow and short vehicle compared to mainline trains, or even (...) (23 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Event CDs (was PNLTC's photo gallery is up)
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(...) I can't say I would definitly buy one at $10ea, but I would consider it. At something less, I would be hard pressed not to buy one. -Jason (23 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PCC car
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Nice model and excellent attention to part availability (often overlooked). Have you thought about the soccer bues for white windows? I didn't do a windows count on the real vs model but I assume they are the same??? Sometimes selective scaling can (...) (23 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | A diesel Engine
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This is my first decent train model. It's not modeled after any perticular train, but it does give the idea of a diesel engine. see it at: (URL) Calvin Walton visit my website at: (URL) (23 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | UP covered preview
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Here is a preview of my UP covered hopper, it is built minus details (ladders, underside, wheels...) (URL) (23 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Monorail bogie or wheels
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Has anyone ever replaced monorail bogie & wheels with anything else. I can't get anything to work right while leaving space down the center for the rail (without hanging up on the teeth as well). -- Acme! Comics 115 W. North St. Normal Illinois (...) (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Event CDs (was PNLTC's photo gallery is up)
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It isn't that much trouble transfering the gallery site to a CD. And with blank CD's costing $0.20ea, $10 each (including shipping w/in US) might be a reasonable thing. The real question is how many really want one for $10? send me a message and LMK (...) (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PCC car
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In lugnet.trains, Mike Knuepfel writes: ... (...) Mike, Very nice. It captures the feel of the prototype well. I am going to study (steal) some of your methods. Bob (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PNLTC's LEGOLAND photo gallery is up (finally)
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(...) I would love to sell a bunch of CDs for $20 each, but I don't think there'd really be too many buyers at that price. We have certainly toyed with the idea of burning some, but we haven't quite made that leap yet. I personally think it *will* (...) (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PNLTC's LEGOLAND photo gallery is up (finally)
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(...) Thanks so much! (...) I'm amazed at this phenomenon myself. There are a number of clubs out there doing fantastic displays and each one is more impressive than the one before. At this rate, what are we (we as in the whole Lego fan community, (...) (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks! (...) We don't actually use Track Designer to lay out the whole display. Each person who is in charge of an area plans it however they want, and we make sure that the edges match. Some people might use Track Designer, but what they (...) (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PNLTC's LEGOLAND photo gallery is up (finally)
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(...) The translucent fruit was Matt's, I believe. It actually is a great color match for green apples when the light hits it right and your eye picks up a mix of the neon green and the darker piece behind it. But from the wrong angle it looks like (...) (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Monorail Page / Pics
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(...) Thanks for the praise, Ben, but I can't take the credit - it was my camera, but many of the pictures, including that one, were taken by a co-worker of mine while I was busy fussing with my layout :) Jeff E (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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Awesome street car. I've been looking for street car ideas, and that's brilliant. I just wish there was a better selection of colours so I could mimic the street cars here in Toronto. Thanks for sharing your design. Derek (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Harry Potter sets & prices
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I assume the "Final Challenge" is the mirror of Erised? - Sean (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I am limited to the color green for the top windows. They are readibly availiable in set 10015. For the other main color i chose grey because the windows come in bulk grey. I thought green went better with grey than green with blue. -mike (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PCC car
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(...) This looks great! (...) The prototype has a gray roof not green. Gray slopes are easier to come by. (...) Is there a need to use 2 motors? One should be powerful enough to run this baby. Use plain wheels for the second truck. Other colors are (...) (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Monorail Page / Pics
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<snip> (...) Hey Kung-fu dude!! Your most welcome... and thanks for the positive feedback. The "Paradise sets" picture was taken by Jeff Elliot, Paradisa1.jpg (I think) This is my favorite pic from the show.... (Great Picture, Jeff!!) I also chose (...) (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Box Car Manufacturer Web Site
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(URL) cool, good pics... Dean (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi all! This is the first model that I have built on the computer. The antique PCC cars running down Market St. in San Francisco inspired me to build this: Brickshelf Folder: (URL) it was modeled after: (URL) the roof in a different color because (...) (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: NYC Subway site
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(...) It's not a monorail line, it s a rapid transit line that connects Downtown Vancouver CANADA to the eastern suburbs of Buranaby, New Westminister and Surrey. I ride the system everyday and there clearly are two tracks. For more info on the (...) (23 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) (URL)And here is the Lugnet Lego Page w/ captions: (URL)Enjoy. Let me know what you think. (...) The zoom1 ‘Lugnet Lego page w/ captions’ is nice! Especially the photo of the Paradise sets. It’s really neat to see the spiral staircase in that (...) (23 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: NYC Subway site
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(...) The pics in that URL is mostly of the Skytrain. It's our rapid Transit type thing. It's not a monorail. It has rails like a train. But it uses induction to move. I believe you were referring to the VLC's (Vancouver, CANADA, not US) Monorail (...) (23 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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| | trainstation almost finished
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Hi, The latest results can be seen in my brickshelf directory (URL) platform is long enough for a train with 4 full lenght passenger waggons. I'm still adding details (I was wondering how to do old-style lampposts without too many rare bricks, (...) (23 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: White Hoppers?
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That's funny I did basically the same thing Sunday. I made two in red 'n gray and one in black 'n dark gray. I don't have pics:( but the black one looks so cool... Your white 'n red ones look great! Now I need to make some white 'n red ones. Build (...) (23 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Monorail Page / Pics
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I uploaded my pictures of the monorail from TRAIN2. Here is the Brickshelf Folder: (URL) here is the Lugnet Lego Page w/ captions: (URL) Let me know what you think. Benjamin Medinets (23 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New MOC: Sand-Red Livestock Wagon
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(...) Thanks. Ever since I bought the Recon Mech I've been trying to think of something to do with the sand-red bricks. There weren't really enough pieces in the one set to do much, though Thomas Cook beat me to it with his sandblasting tank. The (...) (23 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Last night I built some white and red versions of the classic 4536 Blue Hopper. (URL) Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring dot com (URL) - North Carolina LEGO Users Group (URL) - Carolina Train Builders (URL) - Brick Depot (23 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Brickshelf gallery
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Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GJ2Do9.7DE@lugnet.com... (...) Thanks for the praise, much appreciated.:-) I mainly chose it because blue is a colour i have a lot of. Other than those two front windows of course. (...) (23 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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| | Where'd you get your units? Re: New Brickshelf gallery
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(...) After a bit of ferreting around if found this snippet of info. The 82 class was built by Clyde Engineering at Braemar (South Australia). It has a GM 3000HP engine. James (who likes the odd train now and then) (23 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PNLTC's LEGOLAND photo gallery is up (finally)
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(...) As I'm browsing through this on my slow link, I've been thinking how nice it would be to have this presentation on a CD-ROM. I think I'd be willing to pay as much as 20 bucks for something like that, which would be a great way for a club to (...) (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Lego train article in Garden Railways magazine
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(...) I guess I was remembering primarily the concrete sections. (...) As an outdoor display, I'd rate it pretty good. As an outdoor model railroad, I'd rate it pretty low. The article was pretty nice, with several pictures. They also included a (...) (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Brickshelf gallery
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(...) like a GM or GE rather than a British unit. Any reason you chose it (other than it looks cool with that inverse sloped windshield and cab overhang, which came out great, by the way)? (23 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 12v Trains
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(...) I took your advice and bought a 12v transformer. I won an auction on ebay for the transformer, over 60 pieces of straight and curved track, right and left remote points, a crossover, 2 grade crossings, a 12v motor, and a few other (...) (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New MOC: Sand-Red Livestock Wagon
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(...) wow, that look awsome, & you've givein me an idea, the sand red seems like a great color to recreate a well faided red boxcar! Josh (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present my latest MOC - a livestock wagon in the new sand-red colour, using a half-plate recess for the side panels: (URL) Please, LMKWYT. You'll also find a few of my buildings there too. The website's fairly new - I'll (...) (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | New Brickshelf gallery
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Well i finally got a Digital camera so I can finally upload some of my MOCs'. Main folder is at :- (URL) stuff :- (URL) :- (URL) :- (URL) nothing special, I thought i would share them anyway..:-)) I will add extra pictures soon, I am still (...) (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: double container waggon
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(...) Well firstly cos the original has (probably to equall the weight) and secondly cos you'll need it: The top is 2 layers of plates (1x4, 1x6 and 1x8) and plates on top of that (see the buildig steps). My beta-model didn't had the drops and you (...) (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | getting closer to unveiling the...
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My almost finished BNSF covered hopper, is that, almost done. I've started on the UP covered hopper, & a UP Box car too. I'm also working on 2 60' mill gondola's. well i guess that was boring, but anyways... josh (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: double container waggon
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(...) Looks nice, but I was wondering why you had the large drop in the center of your car since the containers all rest on top of the car. Chris (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PNLTC's LEGOLAND photo gallery is up (finally)
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Tim - That is my MOC. It isn't intended as a volkswagon thing, but now you mention, it does look like one. I basically tried to compress one of the mininland cars shown in the DK lego book down to a 4-wide version. It's one of my favorite four wide (...) (23 years ago, 1-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PNLTC's LEGOLAND photo gallery is up (finally)
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(...) First I'd like to say that is an absolutely impressive display. Just breath-taking. I love all the details in each area. There are just too many wonderful MOC's to start commenting on them all. Congratulations on a job well done. That said, (...) (23 years ago, 1-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Lego train article in Garden Railways magazine
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(...) You're both right. In built up areas the rails are attached directly to concrete (very unprototypical) and in countryside settings, they rest on ties as you describe, But the ties are offscale, too large and too widely spaced. Frank's (...) (23 years ago, 1-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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My recollection of the trains at LEGOLAND California was that the gauge was larger than No. 1. I also remember the rail looking like rectangular aluminum stock with much of it fastened in concrete, although some of the "country" scenes had ties, as (...) (23 years ago, 1-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: double container waggon
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Nice car. I think you have captured the prototype well. I'm always looking for different intermodal ideas, and this is a type of car not seen in North America. "Jeroen de Haan" <jeroendehaan@mac.com> wrote in message news:GIx8C4.3tK@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 1-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: NYC Subway site
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Great site.... I found the metro used lately as a monorail model used lately at some American show: (URL) least I believe so. Sonnich Jake McKee <sink@countersinkdg.com> wrote in message news:GIwnLt.7n0@lugnet.com... (...) train (...) of (...) (23 years ago, 1-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PNLTC's LEGOLAND photo gallery is up (finally)
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(...) Wow. I've been looking at this on & off for a few days now, and I'm overwhelmed. There is so much fantastic work, I can't be superlative enough... trying to come up with highlights against a background like this is beyond me. This was a (...) (23 years ago, 1-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Lego train article in Garden Railways magazine
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(...) Hmmmm..... I don't have the magazine with me at work today but I recall the pictures I saw, had what looked like aluminium (or nickel) rails with wood ties. There definately were ties set in what looked like gravel/dirt. I don't remember off (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 12v Trains
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(...) A couple reasons: - I tried it before I acquired the step up transformer - the 741 transformer I have doesn't have a constant voltage source for accessories (and now that I see Ben's note in the other thread realize even if I had a 740 (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Lego train article in Garden Railways magazine
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(...) Sadly, the Legoland (at least California) train framework (track and trucks) is pretty lame. The track is strips of metal set vertcally in concrete (no ties, nowhere near the shape of real rail) and doesn't have working turnouts (points). The (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 12v Trains
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(...) Can I ask why you do this? If you have a 12v transformer working, I can't think of a reason why you'd want to run a 9v line to the points... what am I missing? -Greg (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Lego train article in Garden Railways magazine
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(...) The only thing I remember from my visit a few years ago to Billund was that the width of the cars was 18 studs. Steve Martin IndyLUG (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Radio Shack has a nice stepup transformer which is basically a wall wart. The only unfortunate thing about it is that it only has one euro plug, but I think it does have enough capacity to run two controllers. It was a bit pricy ($32 or so). (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 12 volt train track: Blue versus Gray
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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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| | One of life's little annoyances
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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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| | Lego train article in Garden Railways magazine
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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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| | double container waggon
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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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| | NCLUG/NCLTC Display at Southern Junction Railroad Show - Sept. 8-9
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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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| | Re: Rail Racers RCX control solution
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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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| | Re: Bricks on the Brain re-launches!
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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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| | 12v 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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| | Re: Hey! That's my town :-)
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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 )------
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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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| | Re: 12 volt train track: Blue versus Gray
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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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| | NYC Subway site
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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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| | Re: New Cathedral in XXL-size
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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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| | New Cathedral in XXL-size
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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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Is the blue 12v track compatible with the gray 12v track? What about the points (switches)? Also, as far as track geometry is concerned, is 12v track compatible with 9v track? I know the electrics are different. (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Bricks on the Brain re-launches!
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(...) That is actually the Monorail track and supports. The pic you are referencing was taken at the train layout at Brickfest 2001. Jake --- Jake McKee AFOL LUGNET Member #211 (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PNLTC's LEGOLAND photo gallery is up (finally)
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(...) Oh, no!!! Its been "Lugnetted"!!!!! ROSCO (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) ~5.6"). (...) Well I have the pieces in my hand right now and 8 pieces of track fit perfectly onto 4 32x32 (studs) baseplates end to end. My impression was that those baseplates were 10" square. So the track pieces would be approx. 5" each. I (...) (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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G'Day Nice work ! Question: In two of the views of your hopper cars (hopper.jpg, hopper2.jpg) there is some elevated track in the background, how did you do the support for the track ? Cheers Oliver <snip> (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PNLTC's LEGOLAND photo gallery is up (finally)
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Sorry for the slow- and non-loading pictures. We're aware of the problem and are working on a solution. And yes, traffic volume is almost certainly part of the problem. -- Tony Hafner www.pnltc.org (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I think there are two but I'm not sure. (...) (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Monorail and 9V trains have entirely different track so I don't think they're interchanglable. They aren't being produced either. (...) (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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They're still pretty much hit and miss for me, I'll get all the thumbnails and then only a few of the big pictures. But then I'll come back later and get only a few of the thumbnails and it kind of hangs up when I look at the bigger pictures. Maybe (...) (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I didn't remember correctly. It the overlap is offset by 1/2 stud making the total length only 17 studs (~5.35"). Steve (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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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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(...) 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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