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Back by popular demand, the Pacific Northwest Lego Train Club will be hosting an additional public weekend on August 24th and August 25th at the Beaverton Mall (outside Portland, OR). For those of you who have missed our two previous public (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.or.por) !
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I believe that involved an Amtrak train here in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Of course there was nothing left of the driver, and yes one of the victims still had their hands wrapped around the steering wheel when he fried to a crisp. -Harvey (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) There was a similar accident many years ago involving a truck full of fuel and a train colliding. Unfortunately it was during rush hour on a busy boulevard. There were many fatalities. The engineer survived. The train was going fast enough to (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Santa Fe Car Order
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(...) Oops I did it again! This is going rather well, don't ya think? Must have been sleeping while I did the piece count. ;-) Actually it is 10 elements that are left when you have built the RPO car: 4 light grey train doors (2 left, 2 right) 4 (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10025 Santa Fe Cars I - just received them!!
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(...) Hi Sorry, but I don't have the Green Goblin. "Pearl" could be a right description, and they ARE kind of shiny, especially if you hold them into the light. But I would not say that they are transparent, nor that you can see a little way into (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Has anyone got a Green Goblin hover-thingy then? The 2x6 printed slope/curve are in a sort of "pearl-silver" (is that a good enough description?) like some of the bricks I got from LLW. It looks like a slightly transparent shiny grey. You can (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Great train wrecks
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(...) Locomotives: (URL) the SD-60's involved in a rear-end run away: (URL) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Great train wrecks (was: Just couldn't resist posting this one...)
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(...) (URL) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Just couldn't resist posting this one...
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Take a look at when a 75-car freight train and 8000+ gallons of diesel fuel meet at a crossing... (URL) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Letter to the NMRA
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(...) And the 2004 National Convention will be in Seattle: (URL) just *guessing* that the PNTLC will be there in force! Hmmm... I might have to plan on a trip to Seattle in 2004. :-) JohnG, GMLTC (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: First MOC - Galloping Goose #6
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It's the goose that laid the golden egg. That's a fine piece of work you have there, and I especially like the nose section with the front wheels...looks very Galloping Goose-like. I assume the train motor is in the rear section? -Harvey (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | First MOC - Galloping Goose #6
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Well, almost 2 years in the making, I've finally come up with an MOC that I can post. Short version: Denver & Rio Grande utility engine #6, a Galloping Goose variant. Pictures are on Brickshelf at: (URL) version: About two years ago, I helped BAYLTC (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Re: Santa Fe Car Order
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(...) Oops Mail car is 16 elements, if you count door and window as 2 different pieces. 12 if you count them as 1. Kecia (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Dan The light grey 1 x 2 x 2's below the Santa Fe text are bricks. Building the bagage car will leave you with the 47 element all together. If you are building the mail car, you will have 12. Kecia (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Santa Fe Car Order
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I was reading about the Santa Fe in some old magazines and they had a car order from a excursion in 1991. It was pulled by a Northern(S.F. 3751)* and 2 backup Dash 8-40CW Diesels(844 and 840). 3463 Baggage(Tool) Car* 77 Baggage Car 67 Sleeper "Regal (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I read this and I thought 'how Lego-obsessed must he be to re-arrange his holiday' until I realised that that's exactly what I've done in postponing going to the Edinburgh Festival for two days so I can go on the Legoland Windsor 'modelmaking (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ouch :( That's frustrating indeed! Well I was supposed to drive of on holiday today, but just before I went out the door the postman brought me a package... S@H with my roof and red 1*x bricks! So I immediately postponed my vacation 1 day and (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) screen. (...) this is now much friendlier to use. I have a broadband connection here (with sometimes 400kB/s), but your pages did not load faster than 5 to 10 kB/s. So a 1-MB-picture took 100...200 seconds (3 minutes for 1 picture is simply (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sorry about that, getting quite spoiled by broadband here... I make a second album where all pics are resized to 512*384. It can be found here (URL) other links still work, for those that like the bigger pictures. With regards, -- Jan-Albert (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Loading time is quite long and looking at such partly seen pictures is pain.... Since this a preview, a 320x240 picture would have given the same amount of information in 5% of the time it took now. (...) Read this after I had tried to open (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10025 Santa Fe Cars I - just received them!!
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(...) Can't say. I don't have any of those sets and haven't looked at them in the store closely enough to tell. But probably. (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New MOC: Large scale 2-truck Shay
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In article <H01579.1Bv@lugnet.com>, "Will Vale" <mwvale@gemsoft.co.uk> wrote: snip (...) First, WOW! Second.... um.... don't put the power clips on a curve. That isn't cheating. You know, sometimes I think it is funny; when people see the awesome (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Engine shed update
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After acquiring a number of black slopes, windows and red bricks I started working on a second section and further completed the roof on part 1. As can be seen here, (URL) shed is modulair (some day I might even do a middle section) I used some (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Santa Fe Cars for US S@H
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Has anyone else had any trouble ordering the Santa Fe cars from the US S@H? I just placed and order for 2 10025 and 3 10022. They would honor the price of $148 but they had a real tough time finding the sets in their system. I got kind of an uneasy (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10025 Santa Fe Cars I - just received them!!
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(...) Possibly the same color as the 'Silver' Coca-Cola soccer player from Asia, then. Paul Sinasohn still waiting for his set of 5 (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10025 Santa Fe Cars I - just received them!!
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(...) Possibly the same color as the 'Silver' Coca-Cola soccer player from Asia, then. Paul Sinasohn still waiting for his set of 5 (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10025 Santa Fe Cars I - just received them!!
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(...) I think you can say it is. C3PO has that same kind of "strange glow" to it. But the Santa Fe pieces are of course, as you say, grey/silver coloured. Kecia (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Larry, is this essential a gray version of the C3PO that is .. gold I guess. But I guess C3PO doesn't have flecks if I remember correctly. (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Lar - Is this the same metallic gray that some of the Bionicle sets use (and I think one of the new Star Wars or Island Extreme sets used the same color - can't remember which as all the sets I have bought for parts recently have become blurred in (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Santa Fe cars
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(...) I think, that is the one, that was planned to be sent with any S@H order after the Brickfest. As I have heard (only kind of a rumor) Brad had planned to present the Santa Fe Coaches at brickfest. In a kind of bad luck (or even sabotage?!) it (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | RE: Santa Fe cars
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Hi, It seems I'm a bit out of the loop up here in Canada. What is this special trains catalog? What is the code? If I can get 5 for $148, I would consider purchasing some..... Bob Robert Horvath -----Original Message----- From: (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Very cool, Joe. I can't wait to see it on the NCLTC layout! Cary (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc)
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(...) Yes, you do. Unfortunately, you can't apply more than 1 code at once, so if you happen to be getting multiple Santa Fe sets and 5 or more bulk packs, you can only apply one of the discounts. :/ I'm not sure if that's WAD or not; my impression (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) (car... wagon is a euro term, these are passenger cars. :-) ) (...) no regular coaches were in the consist. These were premium cost trains, remember. (...) I don't think that's the case. I ordered 4 and 6 (10 total) and forgot to ask. I got (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10025 Santa Fe Cars I - just received them!!
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(...) Based on seeing the preproduction prototypes, I assert they are not that color. I would characterise them as being somewhat metallicised or iridescent, the plastic is a bit translucent to a small depth and there are flecks or sparkles in. I (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I am fine to think about answering some questions. The afore mentioned Fallen Flags site for The Super Chief shows several listings of wagon types for The Super Chief train: (URL)In my eyes it would be satisfieing enough to order just 7 (or (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I believe, it shoul be possible to (almost) build our own ones from 10022 (and spare parts from 10025?). (...) My suggestion would be mail - bagage - sleeper - dining - sleeper - observation. Of course this would take two sleeping cars, so you (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes - at least at 1000steine this has been discussed. Maybe we should ask James Mathis for background information? In my eyes it would be satisfieing enough to order just 7 (or more) waggons [1] then build the mailcar or sleeping car 2 times (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: MOC: 4-6-4 Hudson
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(...) Thanks, Mattias. (...) I'll try and take some pictures within the next week or so. Sadly, everything's been tucked in neat little boxes for the past two weeks, since we just moved into a new house and the setup of the LEGO room (yay!) is (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That was true in the Metroliner, there wasn't a pure sitting car, there was always tables,or beds. With a few alterations, i'm going to make the club car into a Dome Car with the left over pieces. But in a long train, I imagine that not many (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10025 Santa Fe Cars I - just received them!!
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(...) [Snip] (...) In the mosaic, there is just a colour that looks like two parts of the well known 'normal' grey and one part of white. (...) Seen that on your box scans a few minutes ago. Thanks for your information! Ben . . . P.s.: should I dare (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10025 Santa Fe Cars I - just received them!!
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(...) Hi I think you can say, they have kind of a "metallic glow" to them. Sorry, I don't have the mosaic set. End windows are in a 2 x 2 black panel, where you "push in" the blue windows, just like you do on the train doors. In other words... It's (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Santa Fe cars
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Has anyone else noticed that, amongst all the variants, there's no standard passenger car? Jason J Railton (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10025 Santa Fe Cars I - just received them!!
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(...) [Snip] (...) Thanks a lot for these informations! The new colour had been described as new kind of 'silver' (in the first spy-shots that appeared at 1000steine) so I expected some metallic effect as we know it from some of the late technic (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Ben Just uploaded some pictures of the box and stickers. Can be seen here: (URL) to mention, that there are 2 instruction books in this set. One is marked 10025-1 (builds the bagage car), the other one is 10025-2 (mail car). The silver (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) Hi Ben I suppose you mean those 1 x 2 bricks, that are in a little bit different color, than light grey? The colour is new to me, so it does looks a little strange. But I think they are fine. Just takes a little time to get used to the new (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10025 Santa Fe Cars I - just received them!!
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(...) Hi Kecia, that is amazingly fast! Wow. Could you try to discribe the 'silver' corrugated bricks of the train set. How do they look like? Is the quality top or do they look like too cheap plastic (like some of the wheel hubs in silver metal (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 10025 Santa Fe Cars I - just received them!!
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Hi Just received the sets I ordered from S@H. Woohoo!!! Kecia Denmark (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Santa Fe Cars I - now being shipped!
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Hi I just received an email from S@H, saying they have shipped the new 10025 Santa Fe Cars I to me!! Can't wait. Kecia Denmark (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Letter to the NMRA
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(...) ___...___ (...) Oh, they know about us. The GMLTC showed at the 1999 NMRA National Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota. We had a great time visiting with the president of the NMRA who exclaimed about our layout: "This (the GMLTC layout) is (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Letter to the NMRA
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Below is an excerpt of a recent letter I wrote to the NMRA. An obscure point perhaps, but worthy of consideration nonetheless... ___...___ As the NMRA membership may or may not know, there are a significant number of persons who build trains out of (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains) !
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| | Re: Waterspout for steamtrains
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(...) Pennsylvania Railroad, 4-4-2, Class E6s "Atlantic" type is in the Pennsylvania RR Museum in Strasburg PA: (URL) believe it is fitted with a water scoop as it stands in the museum. There are several photographs of the track pan in use including (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Google is your friend. Try a search with these keywords, about 1/2 of the first page is relevant references steam water track pan railroad This is not a bad reference (URL) and NYC (mad competitors on the NY-Chicago run) both used them to (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 5 points<long post>
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(...) My point was not can they make an interesting layout with the pieces, but more do they actually make parallel tracks and such using the differing radii. (...) A 1/4 or 1/2 section would be real nice (we really only need the 1/4 section), and (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Waterspout for steamtrains
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(...) Thanks! :-) -Frank (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I have a few pictures in books which I used as examples. I found a picture of an articulated waterspout online here: (URL)For your next trick, please build a functional track pan! (3) (...) I didn't know this way of taking water existed! I (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) In Holland, there was usually about 1/2 meter of leather "pipe" attached to the swivel head to allow for a bit more "play" in positioning the watersprout. Putting the engine in reverse was not allowed for passenger trains here, what was done (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Decidedly european, but nifty (double articulation/swivel points on the spout are not common IS practice IIRC (1), it was usually just a swivel(2) (if a standpipe) or a boom dropping down from the side of the water tank ) For your next trick, (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: MOC Funiculaire (Mountain train) Funicular?
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(...) Conincidently, a new Modern Marvels episode on the History Channel (US) tonight (10:00 PM eastern) Tuesday 6-Aug-02: "Towing" Tugboats; roller-coasters; *funicular railroads*; flat-bed truck; 747. -Rob. (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 5 points<long post>
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(...) the (...) I remember about all of it, and whenever I go to a childrens store I play with the Brio a little bit. I also had 3-way switches, that was a while ago though. But when I was real young, I had awesome layouts in the same part of my (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 5 points<long post>
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I think any of the 12V accessories would be good in a re-release though a system like DCC would be a hit from the posts and websites I've seen. (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 5 points<long post> - signals
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(...) I agree with 4. I love signals and all the lineside stuff. It wouldn't be that difficult to build working and lit signals, either: (URL) are to British outline, but the same principles would apply to upper quadrant US signals. Flex is a great (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | REMINDER: BayLTC at GATS this weekend
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The Bay Area LEGO Train Club (BayLTC) will be presenting our train layout at the Great America Train Show, August 10-11, 2002, at the Cow Palace, Daly City, CA. Here is some general admission information: Show Hours: 11am to 5pm, both Saturday and (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: 5 points<long post>
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:H0E9Fv.F7u@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snip ... ] (...) to (...) All of them. There is enough slop in the way Brio track connects that kids can make just about anything work. We have a layout (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 5 points<long post>
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(...) bridges... I wouldn't count ramps and bridges, at least in comparison to LEGO or other track systems (though these days you can get HO bridge track from at least one manufacturer, and bridge track is different from normal straight track, and (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Here to stay this time (i.e. My full return to the brick)
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On second thought, maybe not...(goes back into hiatus) -Harvey (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 5 points<long post>
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"Even the wooden track systems don't have than many different pieces, and that's a toy system almost exclusively for trains." Perhaps I miss read this, but Brio has a ton of track elements... Straights: 2", 4.25", 5.5", 8.5", & ramps. Curves: 3.5", (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 5 points<long post>
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(...) Actually, I would argue that the 4.5v/12v turnouts have a better geometry than the 9v. Adjacent tracks touching looks a lot better (and gets more yard into a small space) than adjacent tracks being so far apart. Of course the 4.5v/12v geometry (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: MOC Funiculaire (Mountain train) Funicular?
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I really like the work you did (should have said this sooner)!! While going through my LEGO train links I found a work built by another train enthusiast in 2000. (URL) looks like you didn't have to go through the headache of drawing the power from (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 5 points<long post>
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"John Gerlach" <john.gerlach@bestbu...ospam.com> wrote in message news:H0DKpp.9nt@lugnet.com... (...) Let's hope so, but let's hope also that the turnout geometry is fixed to allow a proper crossover between two tracks a standard width apart and (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 5 points<long post>
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(...) I am beginning to think that there is no real hope for this from TLC. I just don't think they can justify the R&D cost, the production ramp up cost, and the division of volume amongst more track components. The current track components work (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: MOC Funiculaire (Mountain train) Funicular?
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Jean-Marc Détraz <legomotive@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:H0DL8D.B75@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) need (...) stable (...) is (...) I (...) ;~) That is what I meant, the technic frame can move up and down, right? (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 5 points<long post>
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(...) [snip] my wishlist: 1. bigger drive wheels for steam engines in colour red and black (with an excenter hole for a technic peg => moving connecting rods) and with the possibility to connect them to a technic axle for synchronous drive). 2. (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 5 points<long post>
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(...) Yup. (...) Yup. (...) I'd settle for a complete overhaul of train wheels to American-style Bettendorf trucks. This possibly would be my number 1. Redesign the couplers, but I'm going to use non-LEGO anyway, so I really don't care if they do or (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: MOC Funiculaire (Mountain train) Funicular?
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(...) Thanks a lot. (...) Actually, I just fixed the tooth-plates off center for easier construction (and I don't have enough of Jumpers anyway). By using the technic gear 24 tooth crown, I have enough contact with the plates. (URL) think that you (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 5 points<long post>
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(...) Ok, since you asked: 1: Larger radius curved track. The current track geometry is good for small layouts, but difficult to work with for larger trains and larger layouts. There are rumors that LEGO is already working on this. 2: Larger driver (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 5 points<long post>
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If you could have 5 requests from Lego, what would they be? Here are mine: 5. Sante Fe Super Chief Accesory pack to build a B-Unit. 4. Signal and M.O.W. Kits.(Signals could even be dummies) 3. A M.O.T. Box Car with everything needed to build a (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Waterspout for steamtrains
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Hi, As part of my (steam)trainyard I've build a waterspout. An essential part in a steamtrain layout methinks! (URL) usual, let me know what you think! Work-in-progress is a small coal-loading station and a sanding tower, I'll post pictures when (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Now what?
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I just bought an 2003 Toyota Matrix for the same reason. I call it "hers" and let her drive it, but it hauls Lego really well! Rob "James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message news:H0DDCo.B8y@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) that (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New MOC: Large scale 2-truck Shay
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(...) It is very hard to get images of shays. Especially on the wrong-side. You can try the cass scenic railroad, but most don't offer much detail. I found a lot of images at (URL) build my shay, i was looking at several pictures in a history of (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Good looking model. Great work. Here some pictures of other funiculars: (URL) at your example it meets this: (URL) it also has a "pantograph" I'd like to see a picture of the tracks, did you use Jumper Bricks for the tooth-plates? I'd also like to (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks Rob, I bought it just for hauling LEGO, my wife was tired of me taking her van every month for train shows. jt (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Glad you like them Chris, I have the third one in production now. I agree that he mix wheel count is a pain, but until LEGO makes a 6 wheel engine I'm a bit hosed. Yes GP40T-2 where made, but these really aren't "T" even though that's what (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm a bit slow, but I wanted to chime in and say that those engines look great. I have always loved seeing big diesels paired up like that. The windows are excellent (are they that good looking in person?) I think the mixed wheel count (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Larry, Thanks a lot for your precisions about the different terminologies. I sure appreciate the links and I finally realized the difference between a funicular and a cog railway. When I lived in switzerland, we called all those train just (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Thats a nice truck JT. I especially like the personalized plate! -Rob "James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message news:H0BnwF.n0C@lugnet.com... (...) change (...) two (...) we (...) funny (...) supports (...) these (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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I dropped the Lego Direct group. LOL Man, I tried. Actually I had such a mess of things when I quit as a Model Builder they just let me take home 2 K8s of bricks rather than have to sort through them. -john (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Might want to give this site a try: (URL) Egli "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:H0C7KK.5tC@lugnet.com... (...) drive/motive (...) the (...) fast (...) you'll (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Like I posted before in various threads I agree we are not the target market. Maybe if you have the finances to buy tons of sets just to get a few parts you need you can build whatever you like, most of us probably can't. And even then, some (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Glad to be of service! (...) Good idea, although it'll be a digicam clip so not a very good framerate. Sadly the valve pistons are more for looks than authenticity - I couldn't find a way to get them to reciprocate in the opposite direction to (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks! (...) Cool. I looked at your Shay (Cass #5?) while I was hunting around for both prototype info and prior art. (...) Are there any good WWW resources with more than just a few grainy "piston side" photos of real Shays? I found some (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) railway or rack railway. (URL) particularly this part (URL) good info on funiculars. Funiculars are cable attached and drive/motive power comes from a lifthouse at the top (or bottom), not cogs in the power trucks. (I've ridden two Swiss ones, (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) OK, OK... you guys convinced me. The stuff I perceive as european is no more authentic (to european prototypes) than the stuff you perceive as american is (authentic to american prototypes, that is). But parts is parts. We. are. not. the. (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Hello There, I spent quite a few time thinking and building this funicular. Is it the right word? It's a mountain train wich is driven on a central cogwheel drive? Please help me with the translation... {;~)) (URL) saw this type a train/railway when (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Pocketses, my precious-sss...sss, Pocketses!! The secret to successful snarfing is lots of Pocketses. Gollum (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) 4563 : loco doesn't look much German/Dutch to me... maybe French, but then the colors wouldn't be right. The red closed freight car is OK-ish, the rest is pretty much simplified 4564 : loco is pretty decent, bit like the MaK diesel range. (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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You both have something that I tried for two years in the model shop to get my hands on to no avail. *grin* Congrats! Best I could do was some of the hand molded new elements that they used to prototype new model designs. -john 3 (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Actually I have some of those, I found them inside of the sculptures that we rescued ((URL) They're kind of a funny brown gray color with lots of swirls. These were used as structural supports inside of the sculptures. While repairing the (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) It's in the Train Catalog. I've seen it. 5 for $148 or 2 for $65. Paul SInasohn LUGNET #115 (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well, I have a couple dozen assorted 'swirly' bricks.... They are kept very securely locked up. Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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