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(...) And remember that gauge is measured as the distance between the rails, not between the centres, so it's a few mm less than five studs. (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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(...) Another misconception. There are some old roman roads around, but largely only in areas where there is no heavy traffic, or ever has been - e.g. up to or inside preserved large houses, walled towns etc. What is used is the route. The Romans (...) (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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Interesting. So...how to deal with the new plates... Actually, I have been noticing in "real-life" how roads with pavement over a year or two old tends to be sunbleached to a light gray similar to the old style Lego plates. Only the newest of (...) (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Actually it's five studs (40mm) center to center, since each rail is in the middle of the stud position. Jason J Railton (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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Forwarding this for exposure. I like these new road plates... The roads are black with a new design that makes them appear wider. (To bad NELUG already owns a couple hundred baseplates...) Note: You make have to cut and paste this link Eric K. (...) (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Are you going to the same as what you did with 10025? I fear there is too much weight with the cars. The piece count has to be super high. But maybe I should buy a new motor. Dan (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi all, I have received an email from S@H, saying that my 3 copies of the 10022 Santa Fe Cars have been shipped! This is incredible, since they weren't supposed to be shipped until 13 september here in Denmark. :-) Kecia Hansen (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Very funny bit of information on the guage of American Railroads (Not directly LEGO related)
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(...) I recall my visit to Pompeii, Italy, 10 years ago. The Romans there used stepping stones to cross streets from sidewalk to sidewalk, much like a zebra crossing type sidewalk today, but elevated. As I recall the stones were spaced so that (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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(...) When I drove a Renault LeCar for a while, I was very aware of ruts in the highways. It had a sufficiently narrower wheel spacing that it would ride either on the left or the right hand side of the lane. Every once in a while, it would lurch (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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(...) I want to hank Chris Dee for the scans. here are the cad versions (URL) police doors? (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)
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