| | Re: Tilting trains (Used to be: how did James Mathis make his tilting trains?)
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Some tilting train reading if you're interested: (URL) Mathis (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Tilting trains (Used to be: how did James Mathis make his tilting trains?)
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John: Thanks for quantifying that the "tilt allows speeds up to 30% higher then normal". Sounds like a good couple of pages of reading in that 'Ultimate Visual Dictionary'. later, James Mathis (...) (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Tilting trains (Used to be: how did James Mathis make his tilting trains?)
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(...) LECTURE LECTURE LECTURE LECTURE LECTURE LECTURE LECTURE LECTURE LECTURE I have a 'Ultimate Visual Dictionary' and it has a pair of pages about tilting trains, though it only mentions the Pendolino and a 'French tilting train' that it dosn't (...) (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Surprise, new train set
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I was really just kidding, but you never know :) I just noticed the piece count, 436: That's more than all 4 cars in set 2126 (359 pieces) put together (URL) than all 3 cars in set (not-so) Classic Train Set 3225 (281 pieces) put together (URL) than (...) (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Surprise, new train set
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(...) yup...you are right...its there....but not available (yet) what worries me is the part about it being a "special numbered" limited addition...does this mean that it will be extremely rare??? If so, I guess 10001 Metroliner set will be on (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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