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(...) Which begs the question (or asks for it nicely, anyway): Has anybody ever had any problems with the contacts in 9v train motors getting dirty / corroded? ROSCO (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Brit speak? Hahaha. I thought the language was called English... It's you Americans that are changing the words - A refresher course : Color is spelt C-O-L-O-U-R. Aluminium is pronounced Al-u-min-ee-um. The the day comes -before- the month, ie - (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Naaa... the #1 place to shave studs is off the hoods, he has them going right out to the very end but there ought to be end walkways/steps... So shave a stud or two off the hood length. I know that getting him to build 6 wide would be like (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Back when I was running 12v track, I found a few tricks to keep the trains running reliably. Clean track is a much bigger issue in 12v than in 9v, due to the sliding (rather than rolling) contacts. The two big problems were that (1) dust (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Heh. I got my mania mag today too. :) The caption that accompanies it is "Press a button to magically toss the luggage out of the train." Incidently, the mania mag also has pictures of the HP actors next to their minifigs - thumbs up on the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Troy's Surplus Lego wrote in message ... (...) I just about fell off my chair laughing when I saw that pic (treasure chest flying out top of engine boiler) in the Mania mag. It''s not in any of the HP books, so some Lego designer must have been (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Mark Williams wrote in message ... (...) Methylated spirits = Brit speak for NA methyl alcohol, methanol. Rubbing alcohol would probably work fine too. Won't melt the plastic ties unless you leave them soaking in it for a long time. Kevin ---...--- (...) (23 years ago, 20-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Josh (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi,John, it's a nice engine,for two reasons: 1) it's 8wide 2) it's 8wide :-)) and also because I've always liked the UP colors. Congratulations to your son! This locomotive reminded me that here in italy we have a US switcher (we call it (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Would it help if I told him to shave off 2 studs in width? ;-) (...) Looks pretty rectangular to me ((URL) and although I agree that the front slopes forward, I would venture to guess that the 1x2x3 extreme slope is *too* angled, but I (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
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