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Anyone else get the small station or sneeuwruimer (snow remover, but i have much fun trying to pronounce the other word) yet? Mine shipped way earlier than S@H said they would. What do people think of this new stuff? Patricia (25 years ago, 16-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: What does everyone think of the Freight and Crane Railway?
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Hey Kirk Unit, haven't seen YOU in a coon's age... the 4565 engine evokes GE 44 tonner to me, sort of. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: What does everyone think of the Freight and Crane Railway?
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(...) the 4564 is modeled after a Swiss/German/French?? diesel engine. go to: www.roco.com and look at the diesels engines. The 4565 bugs me a bit because it doesn't seem to be based on anything. (25 years ago, 16-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Dealing with GATS?
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(...) GATS - I'm not sure if there were two catagories or not. There were only 4 clubs (maybe 5) with layouts and we were shocked when we discovered we won third place! (25 years ago, 16-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: LEGO TGV thalys train in POVray and LdraW/relics of the long ago
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(...) second car now. (...) enchanted forest/7190? named (...) comments appreciated (...) plus alot of the cool (...) Excellent rendering, Thomas. I've thought about using that Star Wars element as a diesel powerplant, but only in a diorama of an (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | holding older stickers on?
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Anyone have any suggestions on reinforcing older stickers without using any substances that could damage LEGO bricks? I'm looking for something not too thick that doesn't eat into ABS. My 4551's corner stickers don't want to stay fastened. :( (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Technic piece wanted.
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followups to bst because this is a wanted... I need a boatload of the technic light grey 1 1/3 connector.. you know the one, it's a technic pin on one side, the grey kind so it's loose, and a hollow stud on the other side. I use 24 of these in each (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jun-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Macs (was Re: GMLTC Teaser page)
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(...) Yup. I wonder if they *will* survive another decade? When I came to UTK in 1993 the ratio of Macs to PCs in the student labs was around 10 to 1, maybe worse. Now it's almost the other way around. And the ed market has always been Apple's (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: GMLTC Teaser page
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(...) I want a t-shirt with the logo. :) I've worn the AFOL shirt so much it's beginning to fray on one of the seams. So I need more. :) (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general)
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| | wanted - old train traction tire
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I have aquired a motor and battery box similiar to that in set # 116. I am going to try and recreate the engine and tender from this set. The motor has four train wheels attached, but only three have the rubber traction tires. I am looking for one (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: A4 British Locomotive
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(...) The problem is that Lego makes it *very* difficult to build things in proportion, lengthwise. The nose slope should actually be much shallower ("witch dresses" at the most for the bottom layer) but you'd end up having half the length of the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: A4 British Locomotive
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(...) Ahh, I see what you mean now. Yep, i did build it flat on the top previously, but im not sure how i felt about the look of it. As of right now, i only have two pics to work from, and they are 3/4s views, and not side views. I think i decided (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: [HELP]: Info needed on train wagon chassis
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For a start I'd say the 182 battery train and many sets from that era. Mark H. (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A4 British Locomotive
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(...) Well, I noticed that the top of the boiler in teh LDraw pic is horizontal, and the same height as the firebox top, and in the model as built the firebox is a plate higher than th eboiler top, and there is a step in the boiler top about halfway (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: A4 British Locomotive
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(...) Im not sure i get your drift when you say horizontal... The LDraw render of it is a preliminary idea of what i wanted to do, then the pics are what it is currently,except for the functionality of the wheels/drivers. If you didnt find the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New MOC:TGV in Orange
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(...) You mean "Cowtown" as in Fort Worth, TX or somewhere else? Hey, Ft Worth is close to Ork lahoma, isn't it? Alan C Austin TX area (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | [HELP]: Info needed on train wagon chassis
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Anybody knows what sets you could find this kind of black wagon chassis in, and when it was made? (URL) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New MOC:TGV in Orange
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They named a train after my home town? Wow. Does "grande vitesse" imply anything in French other than "very fast"? If it doesn't, I think Grand Rapids should get a refund on The Calder. Steve See (URL) for more on Calder. Maybe they'll someday learn (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Question about old train set
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(...) Yes the 3x3 (low sloped) corner yellow bricks did come in the 7740 (4 to a set). But I contacted the eBay seller of the bid (where there were 18 of these). He (living in Israel) works part time for TLG, and got these slopes in a special (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Train tables
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Paul Foster wrote: > (...) Yes, unless one built some sort of "wye" module, all the modules in use must form a single closed loop (in the meta sense) to allow continuous running. (25 years ago, 7-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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