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(...) My comment was more aimed at whether the number and style of windows matched the prototype. I actually use the open window look on my engines (I usually leave out one window on the engineer's side of the cab). Open window or not, it is still a (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) G' Morning, John! (...) I'm not Dirk, but I can try to tell him, you asked for him. He announces on this board now and then, so he might follow anyway... [length, width, weight]. (...) I would tend to compare even 3 waggons against 3 waggons (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) What about 0 studs ? For trains made out of just Lego stickers on their side. pete.w (what am I doing in this ng) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) ROSCO (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Dirk? Wo sind Sie? Lassen wir sprechen! (...) Proof! I need proof! Weigh your 7 wides against any 8 wides (but be sure to weigh the same lengths (2 8wides vs 3 6wides, for instance). (...) I must say that the coolest designs of LEGO trains (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I know, and I hope they do sell well. The freight train is probably the only one I'm interested in, but I might just stick to buying parts. I'd certainly like a closer look. (...) Don't forget the classic tan + brown. It really needs to be (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) widths), (...) I have do disagree somewhat, John! There IS in fact much difference. At least in one point which is quite important for classic Eurotrash: ask for e.g. Dirk 'Rollingbricks' Meyer for his problems with 8-wide 2-axle cars (as they (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Or at least add a "other" alternative to cover everything else... Best regards, /Tobbe (URL) SPAM when e-mailing) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Snip (...) Snip this does of course change with the different loading gauges used in countries, eg US is bigger than Europe which is bigger than UK, using the same track gauge. this has been covered before (URL)Nine would be okay, but going odd (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Who has made the last couple train-related polls? And why would he mention the subject now? (...) E=MC² (...) Seems to me that the numbers speak for themselves (...) There is no particular measure to 'fun', everybody enjoys a different degree (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) fingers (...) twice...." (...) Very kind words.... Thanks, you seem to have high expectations in my building abilities. But for the freight train I think that is a quite good design. And we always have to be aware: these are sets to aim at (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <snip> Hoping I can satisfy everyone with this one, (URL) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Very nicely done. The skylight is great. I will have to borrow that for my next town creation. The advertisments are neat too. The details everywhere are very nice. Is this to be part of a larger layout or creation? I am sure this would go (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) No, I think if Ben had faked some new sets he might actually have come up with ones I'd like to buy... Sorry. I'm all for expanding the train range. But these just don't have any huge appeal to me. By the way Ben, how's your building schedule? (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi All, Listed below are the current train sessions that are being presented at BW 2003. If you are interested in presenting or co-presenting a session please LMK. There's no topic concerning electronics or Mindstorms etc., that would be great. How (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Harvey, it has been me, who criticised your poll. Larry was only jumping in much later in the thread and he did not even uttered your name, was NOT speaking about your poll, but about making up polls in general. ***...*** Really, if people (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) I had nearly the same thought, Erik. The quality of these pictures is not so much better tham those in my year 2000 april fools joke. Models are dark and fuzzy, track is missing and the models are photographed in a way that they are partly out (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks for sharing this surprising design. Very well done! And your other brickshelf galleries (especially the bridges and the station) are worth to be visited as well - long time ago, since I had visited them. Kind Regards, Ben (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, and it was very clever of him to comment on the sets as if he had never seen them before. I'll bet the dark gray spray paint was still on his fingers when he posted! Crafty Ben..... "Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice...." ;-) JOHN (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Mr. Larry Pieniazek, I don't appreciate you slamming and insulting each and everything I have to say. Who cares if this poll doesn't include every possible option, LUGNET is (or was) supposed to be fun! I thought we had 'discussed' this before. Now (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general) !
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(...) And 2 wide! Which, after all, LEGO themselves did. (URL) did Shaun Sullivan. And that makes it official. :-) Really, if people are going to make polls (for anything other than trolling, that is), it would be nice if they did a little asking (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You also forgot 1-wide 8?) ROSCO (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Great? well... a few very nice parts: (2x) drk gray Santa Fe style windshield, drk gray train (4x) windows and (2x) doors, (8x) drk gray container doors, and (2x) gray big boxcar sliders, assuming symmetry. Go, all you Bricklink store keepers! (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) *Ideally*, given that the gauge of the track is just under 5 studs, the correct train width would be 10 studs wide (assuming standard gauge of 4 feet 8 1/2 inches). That puts you at a scale of 1 stud = 1 foot. That makes minifigs about 5 feet (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Excellent!!!! Well, there goes MY raise..... Play Well!!!! MCH (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <snip> (...) <snip> (...) <snip> LOL! Harvey (The Train Troll) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I think Ben should say if he made the pictures this time. I think Ben would have used more green and red colors, but maybe the low-key approach is part of the trick. (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Esben, Very nice interpretation. I really like your favorite picture as well. I love all the tiny little details in the minifigures and what they're doing above the platform. Excellent work, always nice to see a new station. -Kevin (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Never mind... the 420's a high nose, I got confused with the low nose generic. Both are great models though! (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Do you have a source for that assertion? It's been my observation with low noses that they tend to operate short hood first when on lead. It would be a rare road that operated a low nose long hood first as general practice, unless they got it (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Roy Gal writes: snip... (...) Indeed, looks like there are many excellent new sets coming out. It's going to be an expensive year! ;-) My question is, has anyone here setup an account with Marz Distribution? I haven't put a lot of (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks for the clarification and description of this beast. I haven't found any additional pictures, yet, of this exact Alco c420 style. I am wondering if the "hidden" side and front (lone end, as you describe) are different in any ways to my (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Gorgeous! My favorite little details are the phone booth and the escalator. Bruce (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <snip> Great choice of colors, and an ALCO is to drool over. They belch smoke and growl like a beast! Don't know if it makes any difference to you, but the long hood end is the front on these units (makes for a more dramatic appearance leading (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello all LEGO train fans! My most recent model is an underground station from the new Copenhagen MiniMetro opened October 2002. (URL) station is primarily based on the station Lergravsparken but includes elements from the other stations on the line (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.dk.kb.kob, lugnet.announce) !!
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Very nice! Thanks for including the cut-away shot that shows the construction technique. Bruce (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) No doubt about that!... Comparing to your own design (one of my favourites BTW), it becomes obvious that 6 wide is better for scale but 8 wide takes the prize for detail... :-) The 7 segments retain fairly accurate proportions, at least on a (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Took a cross-country Amtrak trip from Albuquerque to New York City this past Christmas. Road to Chicago on the Southwest Chief and then to NYC on the Lakeshore Limited. Saw a few locs to inspire some virtual construction. The first is a go at the (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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This tram model caught my attention. Uses a new windscreen element to achieve the perfect look for this imitation of the real thing. (URL) model Marc! later, James Mathis (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think it is a fantastic use of the 4-wide cockpit window element. Very cool how you integrated the sloping nose around 45 degree slopes and inverse slopes. Well done. Your metrostation and white/black metro train look good, too. Thanks for (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I agree. I try to build all new trains 7 wide. It's a bit more work but it does seem to be the ideal size for the track. KL (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Definitely. I bet you could even find a prototype for it somewhere if you hunted hard enough. Perhaps body mounted rather than truck mounted would be necessary to avoid somewhat silly looking trucks, though. (...) Yep. They're called unit (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hehe, that's my fault. I was the guy who answered his questions, and I told him a couple or 3 times that he needed to make sure to honor the LEGO(r) trademark, but only once about pluralization. I guess he forgot the part where I said "on (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) If the circle ends up being a bit too small to center the couplers, couldn't you build a different hopper that has the couplers a brick or two higher? Sure, it would only work with other hoppers with the same coupler design, but most of the (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello all LEGO train fans! Please have a look at my Blue Express passenger train on (URL) earlier trains have all been red or white so now I wanted to try the blue color. Also, I wanted to use all my transparent panes and the cool front window from (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.dk.kb.kob) !
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The inner trucks are just floating - this does lead to occasional (ok, often) derailments. The engine can handle turnouts and crossings, but not as consistantly as I would like. (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks for the comments Chris, I've often pondered the question of the side windows themselves. But then I recall that we often leave our cab windows open (in warm weather, if the loco's not air conditioner-equipped) so the gaps don't look too (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Looks very nice. I noticed that you are faced with a difficult choice. The airplane windows make an appropriately sized forward facing window, but it leaves an unsitely gap next to the side window. A 1x2x2 window would seal up the hole on the (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Nice show. I enjoyed flipping through the pictures. There are a lot of very nice structures. I could point out the especially impressive ones, but you know which one they are. I flipped through some of your older show to see your trains too. (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Knott's Rail Fan Weekend and Railroad Enthusiasts Day
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Larry, I've been told by the folks at Knotts that the pass should be honored as long as it has the 2003 cert. Ray (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sbe, lugnet.loc.us.ca.bak, lugnet.trains.org.scltc)
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7 Wide for me too + narrow guage of varying studs width depending on size of prototype Tim (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Right. Has to be else you have to decouple. However if the guestimated height someone posted elsewhere in the thread is correct it will be plenty high for 6 wide trains. 8 widers might be out of luck though. (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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"Martin Legault" <mlegault@nortelnetworks.com> wrote in message news:H8AG4z.E6@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) you. I (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Martin - thanks for your comments. The church was built by me with some help from my son (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: New Poll / only boring promotion for 7-wide trains once again.
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(...) Right Sonnich, I forgot to mention that this timme. Last point for 7-wide is the quite good relation between height (more or less same as 6-wides) and width. At least for European trains this should be somewhere around 1.2:1 for any closed (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <...> Hi Mike, It is a real good display that you have done there, congrat tho both of you. I would like to know who build that chruch (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.town)
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Agreed. The advantage of 7-wide is also that it runs fine on 12V track, 8-wide will not. My original idea of 7-wide was "broad gauge". 7 wide looks more real as wheels are really under the train. Still, front sheilds on engines are problems when (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You forgot one important answer, so I canot answer your poll at all: I build all stuff in 7 wide now, since that is my personal favorite compromise in running behaviour and look. Additionally 7 wide can still run among 6-wides. 7-wide = trains (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) personaly i dont think they will be large enough to build a rotary. this is mainly because the center point of the rotation gear is also in the same position as the couplers. this is at least in modern rotary dumps. a good solution might be to (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If it's round and made out of LEGO, it doesn't matter if the gear teeth mesh or not. The big problem with rotary dumps till now has been what is it that you rotate? till now nothing has been both large enough and round enough. Once you have (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Very nice. I would love to see how you have the inner trucks configured. They would almost have to be floating to make it around curves. -Rob "Bob Hayes" <bobhayes1@aol.com> wrote in message news:H882K7.Ao7@lugnet.com... (...) I (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Here is what I've calculated on this new component "gear wheel" (my calculations could be MILES off of correct, mind you): -Teeth count is approximately 96 on the outside. -Outside diameter is 24 studs -Inside diameter is 20 studs -The strip running (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) no its not you.. lego made to many for star wars. now all those starfighter windshields have to look nice on modern euro freight :) but the fact that its tinded windshields could make use if they ever got a liscence with universal for "fast (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Very Nice! I can't wait to try to build one. :-) Robert Powell SCLTC (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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"Stefan Garcia" <sastrei@netscape.net> wrote in message news:H89p1z.5Bt@lugnet.com... (...) <snip> I think you are right Stefan. As for inside, yes it looks like there might be gear teeth in there. -- Thanx~ Nicole Drumm MS (URL) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:H89nsn.1rI@lugnet.com... (...) and (...) up (...) Oh! The actual "wheels" themselves? -- Thanx~ Nicole Drumm MS (URL) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I think it has teeth like those found on the bionicle double-bevel gears. Might mesh, though I don't see any obvious connection points for anything else like technic pins or rods. -Stefan- (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Nice report, Jason! I like the direct link to the layout image. Have you always had that? Very informative. -Stefan- (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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*drool* That freight train rocks!!! Is it just me, or does Lego seem to have gone hog-wild with trans-dk. gray (smoke) parts? It's about time! -Stefan- (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Very cool! I for one would love to see instructions. Great detail work! -Stefan- (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I'm at it again... (URL) (The Train Troll) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) No, I mean the thing they are clasping. Really, it's round, it's dark grey, it's the biggest part in the model. It has what appear to be ridges or gear teeth on its outside circumference. (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Round parts on the side of ... (was Re: LEGO SW Haildire Droid will cost....
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message <snip> (...) Do you mean the parts the red arrows in this picture: (URL) pointing to? They look like technic non-studded angled beams to me. (...) Yup them's the part. -- Thanx~ Nicole (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Knott's Rail Fan Weekend and Railroad Enthusiasts Day
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In lugnet.trains (and a bazillion other groups), Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip 2 things> OK, 3 things... 3. Ray, you should have set FUT to a small subset of the original groups.. but failing that, **I** should have noticed it wasn't set, and (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sbe, lugnet.loc.us.ca.bak, lugnet.trains.org.scltc)
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(...) This is way cool. Two things: 1. it would have been nice to give more advance notice of this, if it was available... this is the sort of thing that some people would fly out for if they had enough notice. 2. will Knott's be honoring 2002 (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sbe, lugnet.loc.us.ca.bak, lugnet.trains.org.scltc)
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(...) Um, I'm not sure I gave a very good reference to the "big round thing"... the part I am talking about appears to be at least 10 studs in diameter and is a ring, it's dark grey. There is one on each side and the ship or whatever it is is built (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Maybe, if you build 6-wide... <grin> JohnG, GMLTC (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message (...) Hate to disappoint you Larry, but they look like the new hand shields from a Bohrok Kal. Decorative use only. :( If you get one of these for parts, and have no use for the shields, (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) What is that big round thing on each side? Are those gear teeth? Do we maybe have what trainheads need to make a rotary dump without a lot of trouble? (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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The SCLTC is proud to announce it's participation in the 2nd Annual Knott's Rail Fan Weekend and Railroad Enthusiasts Day, January 11-12, 2003, Knott's Theme Park, Buena Park, CA Our latest Multi-level Mountain town layout will be appearing for 2 (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sbe, lugnet.loc.us.ca.bak, lugnet.trains.org.scltc) !
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| | Re: 2003 Trains - great!
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(...) Interesting... It looks like the two new train sets just come with a couple straight tracks each. I think this may be a good idea. I think most people who have bought a few LEGO train sets in the past, each with it's own basic oval, have found (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 2003 Trains - great!
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(...) That's why I think that they do come with a full circle/oval of track, because the boxes don't have a part count, which is typical for US boxes. So, I think that we will see full track with them- probably no points, but a oval again. I'm (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10017 Mini-Hopper
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"Kevin Salm" <kdsalm@dreamscape.com> wrote in message news:H88yqy.I6v@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) (URL) [ ... snipped ... ] I have been running a Metroliner colored one (grey with red, white, and blue stripes). I have an A unit and a B (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10017 Mini-Hopper
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(...) I've seen it modified into many other things... it's a good starting point, if a bit short, for many different cab/cowl units. MichLTC's Stefan Garcia made a nice ALCO FA using it as a starting point, for instance. (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 2003 Trains - great!
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(...) If you look at the bullet train pic, it gives the impression that it does not come with a complete circle of track, at least to me. LEGO has always been careful not to put things that aren't included into their pics. (I am talking about the (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: "Ribbing"
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I agree with most of this (...) Wait! I thought that "Challenger 2.0" IS the subject? Isn't this thread about clubs *challenging* each other to do better? :-) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: "Ribbing"
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I hope we always keep it friendly! We're all proud (and some are arrogant) about our clubs. That's great - but we should also be proud of OTHER clubs. There are a lot of people that are displaying LEGO trains at various shows, a few hundred at (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10017 Mini-Hopper
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(...) I have seen the Santa Fe loco built in different colors. Actually, I built some in different colors immediately. I have Blue with Gray Stripes and Black with Light Gray. I have also seen some built to Union Pacific RailRoad color scheme -- (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | RE: NCLTC Christmas Layout Display Wrap Up - Long
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Great write-up Mike! I knew I should have tried harder to go see it! Thanx, Mark (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.town)
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| | RE: GG-1 Model Complete
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Bob, I'm always interested in steal......er....borrowing other peoples designs......;-) Thanx, Mark -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Bob Hayes Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 10:48 (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | RE: 2003 Trains - great!
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Harvey Henkelman Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 11:02 PM To: lugnet.trains@lugnet.com Subject: Re: 2003 Trains - great! Oh, oh.... My thoughts exactly Harvey, must.........resist............to .........use.................plas tic......... Thanx, (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 2003 Trains - great!
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(...) Looks like I'll be buying the Cargo train this year, looks to me like a recoloring of 4564 (drools at boxcar doors) -Harvey (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 2003 Trains - great!
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(...) Thanks for posting these picture links here! I just wanted to share a few spontanous thoughts of mine: - the bullet train looks a lot like the German ICE 3 train. How will the (one?) car look like? Airplane windows + no doors? What is the use (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: "Challenger" version 2.0
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(...) Don't forget we were published in the manaic mag Paul (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: 2003 Trains - great!
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Is there a transparent route chart on the platform? (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 2003 Trains - great!
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(...) It's a case of 2. So, it's actually $140. (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 2003 Trains - great!
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(...) Oh, I guess "each" means each carton. So the Bullet trains are $180 for two? They come two to a carton also, and both sets say "each". At $90 for the Bullet trains and $140 for the cargo trains, it looks - great! Bert (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 2003 Trains - great!
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"Bert Waters" <lhwaters@hsc.vcu.edu> wrote in message news:H8850G.I0G@lugnet.com... (...) haven't- (...) boxcar! (...) I believe the $280 SRP (suggested retail price) number is for both sets (there are two to a carton) making a single unit $140 (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: "Challenger" version 2.0
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"Robert Powell" <rpowell@soundvet.com> wrote in message news:H87yM9.M37@lugnet.com... (...) NCLTC also just completed a six week run. We were not on TV and we don't have a 70 brick tall dam but we were on the marquis, we did get a two page write in (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: 2003 Trains - great!
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(...) Bert Waters (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | NCLTC Christmas Layout Display Wrap Up - Long
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NCLTC just completed (it came down today) a six week run - our layout has been on display at a mall here in the Raleigh area since Thanksgiving. This was an interesting experience for us and it actually worked out much better than I expected. While (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.town) !
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