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If it makes it into any GMLTC pix I'll see it :-) (I'm just jealous cuz I haven't seen it yet :-) -Tom McD. when replying, spamcake can absorb up to 47 times its weight in excess stomach acid. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Touché. Et tu, spamtus? -John (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I never thought I'd live long enough to hear that. But the other thing I wonder if I'll ever see is John's site displaying the said boxcar. ;-) -Tom McD. when replying, most postmen will not deliver to a house with a spamcake guarding the porch. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Very gracious of you to say so, Lar. Thank you...I think. All of this talk about the dark side makes me feel like Darth Wider or a Girth Maul;-) BTW Lar, what is keeping your pants up these days? You left your suspenders on my train layout! {:^D I'm (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) ...Ok, this is a piece we need to plan a secret night raid into LEGO headquarters to liberate... I could name at least 4,122 uses for those girders, not the least of which is to make great bridge supports... (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I hereby do admit that 8 wide CAN look good. John showed me a boxcar he has been working on, it has a FRED in the end, integrated grab iron ladders, sliding doors, separated roofwalk, and a whole bunch of other details. It looked really good. It (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I would be more inclined to go along with use 1 than 2... (...) That one seems obvious to the purist... because of where they originated. Decals come from MicroScale or Champion, not TLG. Note that you can find evidence of modest impurity on (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Just some friendly advise, It would be a good idea to capitlize the word LEGO on your site. I also hope that you capitlized the word LEGO in your letter you sent. Dave (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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Nice work. That is a very simple solution to the decoupling problem. Most other attempts (add this is what I was thinking of doing) pry the cars appart. Does your decoupler work reliably even with lightweight cars; for example, empty flat bed cars? (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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I doubt this pack is really all that rare, but one of my favorites is the 5071 Large Wheel Set. This set contains two red locomotive wheelsets of the style that comes in the 7750 12V Electric Steam Locomotive (and as far as I know, only in the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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Now I know how the Decoupler works! (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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Follow the "Trains" Link on my page: (URL) A Edinburgh, Scotland. (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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Looks like we have a few more to add, some mentioned by others and I "found" a few more. Added below ... (please correct if wrong) If anyone knows of any other colors or sets, please list. Thanks alot. Now how many parts/sets do we have left to (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I am looking for one or more 6 x 24 train baseplates from the 60s - 70s, like the one in set 153: (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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(...) someone mentioned brown and grey? which sets for those? (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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To the train crew especially, and the build folk as well, Well, it'll seem anti-climactic to try to show off my MOCs in the shadow of Eric Brok's magnificent Dutch Railway, and the GMLTC's startling show pics. But I'm proud of my stuff, anyway (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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Updated the list to include the swinging doors in the two train sets 7730 and 7820 Red 4 in 374 Fire Station 2 in 1592 Town Square 4 in 7820 Mail Van White 2 in 361 Garage 2 in 730 Building Set 4 in 7730 Goods Train Blue 2 in 6379 Riding Stable 2 in (...) (25 years ago, 11-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Cool thanks Paul, don't want to lose track of those pics! they are some durn good eye candy :) (...) Keep Bricken' -Tamy Follow the bouncing boxes! (URL) (mirror site) Lego isn't a toy, it's a way of life! (25 years ago, 11-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Add 2 yellow doors from 722, also an old Universal set. See (URL) for pic. (...) Alan (...) improvise (...) (25 years ago, 11-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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In case anyone is still interested, I had to move the GMLTC layout pictures to the following location due to disk full warnings. (URL) Paul Foster (URL) (25 years ago, 11-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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