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Wow, what a wonderful work! You must be a proud ol'man to have a son with that much talent. That's as good if not better than many AFOL train MOCs. BTW: How come none of us ever built a chain driven train before, or used a combo driver wheels (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Yeah you did! I can't wait to see the pics! Any idea of how many people were in attendence. I can imagain that a GATs in a large metro area like LA or NY could be 5x what we get in the smaller cities. Although we're all eager to see the pics, take (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Just a few notes about the playmobil tires. They do fit around the large red wheels. (not the small ones on 7740) Sorry for the confusion. I have fitted them on my 4-4-0 that uses these wheels and they seem to work good. Maybe even to good, now my (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Adrian, Congratulations to you and the rest of the SCLTC crew. Train shows are a blast. The layout give the impression of a number of interesting buildings. I look forward to seeing the pictures. -Jason +---...---+ Jason Spears Michlug - (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Well, it vaguely resembles just about any "safety cab" road switcher of recent vintage from EMD or GM. But only vaguely as it's pretty short. The radiators (at the back) look slightly more EMDish but not much. (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I like it. In the first picture you show, it looks kind of squat, but I see that isn't the case with the others. I like how you have the starwars electronic plates behind the doors. Cross Posted to .trains, to see if anyone recognizes the type (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.trains)
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After many, many months of getting people to join in, planning and building, Southern California REALLY DOES HAVE A LEGO TRAIN CLUB! Our participation at this weekend's GATS in Anaheim, CA proved to be very successful and we came out with a first (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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I'm really quite impressed with this. Now, if it were a 0-8-0, it would probably look more like a "real" loco than my Caribou that is downstairs! Please congratulate your son for the good work. (Caribou is a 0-8-0 3.5" gauge live steam engine-I joke (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, with my thousands, I can still tell when someone has used a brick! Sometimes... (...) Train motor... Its 8-wide too ;-) Josh (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Ben, Thanks very much for the tip i will go to my local bike shop and hunt for the tire, and yes the train sets are nice i have never really been into trains before but now i am going crazy re-building my town to accomadate the trains. Take care (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) My goodness that is an AMAZING present. I LOVE that engine. It REALLY looks good. It looks so AMERICAN. Excuse my foaming but wow. That is really GREAT. It REALLY raises the bar of small american steamers. (...) Um... I dunno, what do you (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) lol, all of the Neal family bricks are sorted together, so I didn't miss a few among 100,000s;-) Or are they his Personal parts? I think I'll hide my 4-4-0 (...) Why? Even a 6 wide engine would shroud a motor from vision-- or are you referring (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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WOW! I love how its powered (Chain drive...)! Did you notice missing parts!? Or are they his Personal parts? I think I'll hide my 4-4-0 American longer... Gotta catch some of that detail. Just wish those 9v motors came in red. Anyways, GREAT job! (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes: (snip) (...) Oh yeah! Congratulations to your son, he is a very good builder. Hope to see more of his stuff in the future! Pedro (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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My 12 year old son presented me with this loco for Christmas (which he secretly built)-- I was, to say the least, quite impressed with it! Here is how he describes it: It is an 8 wide engine with a 5 wide boiler, with the six drivers powered by a 9 (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes: ... (...) Thanks, Ben. I added it to the FAQ Cary (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Dear Craig, I got a tip (see below) from Pascal Breard from France a few weeks ago. It's about his experiences with bicycle tube and it sounded very interesing to me, but I still have not tested it myself. Kind Regards, Ben P.s.: Congrats! (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) No worries mate. Do update us on how you get on, I'm sure Cary would love to add a bit to that FAQ entry. ++Lar (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks Larry, I am in Australia so will have to try and find some here have tried dick smiths and tandys here showed them the wheels they could not come up with anything so now the search is on. Thanks again mate. Craig Roberts (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) (URL) may need to fix linewrapping, you may need to search in your own country, not sure) I cannot vouch for these as I have not received mine yet... but a club I'm associated with ordered some and I should have some soon. I am not sure if (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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