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Here is a new Question: Has anyone attempted to order _ONLY_ the color kits from Lego without buying the rest of the My Own Train components? I am considering trying to do this. I would love to get my hands on several of the DarkGray, Green, and (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Super Chief Weight Issues
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(...) In my experience two motors should be enough to pull a very long and heavy train. Also, I've noticed that when you use 3 motors on a train, every now and then you loose nearly all tracktion power, because on these occasions it somehow drains (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Super Chief Weight Issues
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(...) I managed driving 2 A-units (one with motor), ML middlecar, ML clubcar and ML endcar (sans motor). My track is on a wooden floor. I will try this afternoon with some extra hopper waggons (2 axle and 4 axle), 7xxx waggons (which are both heavy (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Two questions about My Own Train engine
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(...) Thanks for the info! I have the older train lighting set, the one which comes with the light brick and the pieces to give a pair of yellow headlights to an engine. I have the silver reflector and a wire from other sets. I don't see how to add (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Shop At Home catalog Engine Shed
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(...) Has anyone found the instructions to this engine shed on the lego site? I got tired of waiting and have been building an LDraw model of it. I've got the outer structure done using only bulk pieces that lego currenlty sells. Current cost is (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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| | Super Chief Weight Issues
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Maybe this is just on my layout since it's on the rug and not a 'real' flat surface. Last night, I connected the #10001 Metorlinear with the superchief engine in the front just to see it in motion and I notice that my poor train could not move it. (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 8 Wide verses 6 Wide Super Chief Comparison
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(...) Go for NYC lightning stripe (two tone grey)! Or PRR tuscan red with multiple gold pinstripes. or SR cream and forest green... wait, those will all be harder. :-) Maybe you should do PC black. That one isn't too hard. Or even Santa Fe freight (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Super Chief Roof Shot: Flatter curve than you'd think
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(...) 1. This isn't a shot of a "Super Chief" it's a shot of an A-B-B-A lashup. 2. It's a model, not a prototype, so it's possible the model isn't quite curved right (it happens0 3. It's still a curve all the way from one side to the other even (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Max. Track Slope
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Hey Jon, (...) Any photos of this engine? I have some of my 24/5/6's (I have 2 of them) on my web page-I might be interested in a cl 37. James P (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: My Santa Fe Super Chief 'B' Engine Complete
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"John" <john@TCLTC.org> wrote in message news:3C81658C.9AE3F4...LTC.org... (...) here: (...) close (...) to (...) far (...) 2x3 (...) That's why I state above that the trucks are not done yet... ;-) Also, I put the "It also can't go around tight (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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