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hmmmm sounds like fun. I do models on CAD thought. since im in the marines, my lego collection is at home in NY. i live near san clemente now. of coarse my models are of modern rr freight cars (like a road railer or a 72 foot center beem flat) (25 years ago, 3-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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The is just a funny name. Can you imagine the unvailing ceremony? As the vail drop to the floor..."And now we introduce our new engine," drum roll," the Dog Face!" Chris (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I would like to be part of a California Lego Train Club but as Zonker said I'm one of those who live down in San Diego. I'm more in tune toward a Southern Cal LTC. Adrian Mike Poindexter <lego@poindexter.cc> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.fno)
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| | Re: strange idea
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You know, I'm leaving in a little over 24 hours for a drive from CA to OH and back. I think this time I WILL stop into MOA, rather than drive right past it...should be somewhere around the 13-16th. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) Can someone repost the link to the NMRA convention site? I'm going on Saturday, will you be there all weekend? (25 years ago, 3-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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How about Minneapolis, weekend after next? ;-) That's when the NMRA convention is and the GMLTC will be unveiling their new engine service facility. I intend to be there. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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Dave, I have the set of plans Ben Fleskes made up and although I hade a similar table made, I was going to make more and decided to change to Ben's design, as mine was probably overkill. (My wife has trouble lifting her half of it.) As far as making (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.fno)
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| | Re: BOB train MPEG movie
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James, I've really got to say... I like your BOB train a lot! Very nice presentation with the movie. One of my favorite sounds is a Lego train cruising by on the tracks! Bryan Kinkel James Mathis <jmathis@arctic.nmt.edu> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I've been having some more fun with the digital camera (that I borrowed). My BOB passenger train has a movie clip, too. But, this time I used a higher image resolution, so this 5 second clip is about 473k. It just shows BOB running through an "S" (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: California Lego Train Club
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(...) Well, I know there are a few folks in the San Diego area, and a few in the SF Bay Area (maybe more than a few, but I haven't found 'em yet), and you and Carrie in the outer-reaches. I'm a big proponent of getting a train group going. To that (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.fno)
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Well, kick it around for a bit and see what comes up. Technically both of you are the same distance from BayLUG too. BTW, you don't have to live here in SF to be a BayLUG member. While getting together might be difficult, membership and contributing (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.fno)
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Hi Mike, I'd love to join up but I'm 4-5 hrs away drive up north!!! Carrie (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.fno)
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You go boy! SteveB PNLTC (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.fno)
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I was wondering if there was interest in having a California Lego Train Club? I live outside of Fresno, where I can find no AFOLs. I would like to start a train club and was wondering if anyone else in CA would like to discuss the idea. As I am near (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.fno)
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In article <377BB2B3.6439A1CD@c...lane.edu>, Christopher Masi <cmasi@cmasi.chem.tulane.edu> writes (...) Well, I know that kop means head, and honde probably = hound (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) snip Is dog face what Hondekop means? Chris (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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As I get closer to actually buying a house, I've been doing some more thinking about a future garden railroad. How well suited to a permanent outdoor setup is the Lego track? If it isn't suitable, is the guage close enough to any model railroad (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I added stepwise instructions of the Dutch Hondekop (dog face) train and Thalys engine. Instructions of Thalys car, and pictures of the finished models will appear in a week or so. Eric Eric Brok wrote in message ... (...) still (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: My experience at Legoland USA
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Of course I was not implying that our scale of model trains is inferior to those made by the master builders. In fact, I believe that ours is far superior to theirs. TLG markets train sets to minifig size. I think Miniland should have been geared (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: My experience at Legoland USA
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I'd put Miniland scale at more like G... what we do is fairly close to O, inasmuch as you can say that we work to any scale in particular. (...) I'd say that PNLTC and GMLTC layouts are no slouches, sizewise. (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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