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Back in the 80s I used to ride the MARC train (a commuter service run by the State of Maryland) from College Park to DC. I rode the "B&0" line which used a lot of old Budd RDCs (Rail Diesel Car), usually in three car sets. The Budd RDC became my (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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| | Re: Wacky Prototypes: Those crazy "critters"
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(...) Or, as I like to call them, "6 wide trains" >;^D JOHN (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Wacky Prototypes: Those crazy "critters"
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(...) Or, as they're known in the UK, "Ffestiniog". ;-) Steam: (3 URLs) think you'll find the first two diesels are priceless examples. Jason J Railton (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Wacky Prototypes: Those crazy "critters"
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Need some inspiration? Got weird parts that don't seem to fit in your town/train MOCs? Maybe you should model some Critters! Generally Critters include (but are not limited to) small industrial locomotives and tramways. According to the site at the (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Looking for someone to take over the LUG Map...
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(...) You make a good point, Christina. Perhaps I may have spoken too quickly. I do know that the ILTCO is planning on maintaining an *LTC* map on their website, and so that information could be easily linked to or utilized (If there is a desire to (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: House layout (Was: Re: SAAB JAS 39 Gripen, step 1 - planning.)
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(...) Um. My layout has 6 holes in walls. (Right now only 4 have track in them- and not all of that is connected) Grade is 2 plates/track piece, and it would not really be practical to go overhead for each door regardless of how you did it (rack). (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Cleaning/Reparing electrical items
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(...) I've also since managed to repair a 4.5V train carriage roof (thanks to the Brickish Association member who supplied me a broken one for price of postage). I might see if I can put a page together with photographs in the near future. Peter (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Train Wheel Friction?
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(...) a (...) I tried a Dremel tool, a small file and a hobby knife (in that order). Of those, the knife produced the best results by far. Not only is it quicker, but there is little or no collateral damage to the block. Also, for some reason I've (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: House layout (Was: Re: SAAB JAS 39 Gripen, step 1 - planning.)
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Thanks Brian and Jason! /Tobbe (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: House layout (Was: Re: SAAB JAS 39 Gripen, step 1 - planning.)
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(...) Err. I think that's 'number' as in 'lot' or 'situation'. Specifically a comfortable position in life. Jason J Railton (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: House layout (Was: Re: SAAB JAS 39 Gripen, step 1 - planning.)
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(...) [snip] (...) I'm a native speaker, but I still had to go to the dictionary to be sure: cushy Pronunciation: 'ku-shE Etymology: Hindi khush pleasant, from Persian khush : entailing little hardship or difficulty <a cushy job with a high salary> (...) (22 years ago, 24-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | House layout (Was: Re: SAAB JAS 39 Gripen, step 1 - planning.)
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Copy to: lugnet.trains FUT: lugnet.trains (...) Windows is also a problem, of course it can pass by the window but it's inconvinient if they open inwards. (...) Since it's a regular apartment there is no staircase :) (...) The idea was to drive (...) (22 years ago, 24-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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| | NGLTC at Atlanta History Center Sundaes on Sunday
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This Sunday the NGLTC held a Rail Racers exhibit to help support the Atlanta History Center. It was their "Sundaes on Sunday" event. Not only where the children treated to drag racing LEGO trains, they also had face paintings, arts and crafts, (...) (22 years ago, 24-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.ga.atl, lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | Re: Train Wheel Friction?
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(...) Someone mentioned a while back that they found a good thin-walled rubber hose about the right diameter, and cut rings off that to provide grip for the old 4.5v wheels. I can't lay my hands on the post right now.... ROSCO (22 years ago, 23-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Looking for someone to take over the LUG Map...
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(...) All well and good, However the LTC map is just one of the maps that needs to be maintained. (22 years ago, 23-Feb-03, to lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Looking for someone to take over the LUG Map...
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(...) If a split is decided upon, no-one else wants it, and there's no objection, I would be happy to take on Europe. Psi (22 years ago, 23-Feb-03, to lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Train Width Question
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(...) Have a look at this message & threads. From zero wide on up! (URL) (22 years ago, 23-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | ozBricks Fans Websites
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Hi everybody. Since a lot of LEGO fans have websites under ozBricks, and most of us don't even know of their existence, I made a website that contains a full list of links to those websites. www.ozbricks.net/links It's divided so far to sectors like (...) (22 years ago, 23-Feb-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics) !!
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| | Re: Train Width Question
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(...) 8 width trains? Nah, it will never catch on... ;-) Jeroen (22 years ago, 23-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Train Width Question
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Has anyone tried to make a train car 8 studs across? I was thinking this would be a pretty cool idea for a working Hogwarts train. On the left side of the train, you have the wall, and like the santa fe, the windows have elbow space, as does the (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Looking for someone to take over the LUG Map...
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(...) Thanks John, Super ILTCO to save the day! Bert Waters (22 years ago, 23-Feb-03, to lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Looking for someone to take over the LUG Map...
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YAY! Now I can get on the map!! -Rob MSLTC/CARLUG "John" <John@TCLTC.org> wrote in message news:HAq4z0.J9x@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) havn't (...) free (...) state (...) in (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Train Wheel Friction?
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(...) I too have been using a sharp knife to take small slivers of plastic out from each wheel block. As a result, there has been a tremendous improvement in the performance of each train. Previously the Santa Fe engine was struggling to pull more (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Looking for someone to take over the LUG Map...
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(...) touch with you to relieve your burden:-) Thanks for starting it-- it is a great resource! JOHN (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: FBTB's Coverage of NY Toy Fair 2003
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Are there any pictures of the other wagons in this set? David (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Looking for someone to take over the LUG Map...
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Unfortunately I really don't have the time needed to keep the LUG Map up to date. There have been several clubs waiting to be included but I just havn't had the time. Having a new infant and a 2 year old tend to take up any free time one has... (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: Train Wheel Friction?
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(...) Well, this is really a different issue, but it seems appropriate to mention it here. In the MOT instructions, it has the the motor as the front bogie, but in practice this causes a lot of slippage even with a small number of carriages being (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Train Wheel Friction?
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I contacted Lego Direct and presented the problem to them stating that there was significant drag on the gray wheel sets. In the course of the discussion the lady (name escapes me) who is the customer service rep for trains was not aware of this (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | GFLTC at GATS this weekend!
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LEGO Train Fans, The Greater Florida LEGO Train Club (GFLTC) will have a 18x25 layout at the Great American Train Show, February 22-23, 2003 in St Petersburg, Florida. We will also have a expanded Kids Area with four large play tables. See some (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.org.us.gflug)
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| | Re: New Engine Shed
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(...) No, Chris... we all like your building! Really! (don't we???) In fact I hear someone is going to copy it! Well, er, they were until they went to BL and saw that there is no dark red left at all! (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Train Wheel Friction?
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(...) My modest LEGO train collection consists of one MOT kit, one Santa Fe Kit (full train, not starter), and one Metroliner kit. These are all sets with the "new" wheelsets. For the most part I think I lucked out with the MOT and Santa Fe. Both (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: New Engine Shed
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(...) Don't get me wrong-- I think it looks great in red. I built one years ago in red: (URL)If (...) Bingo! Ashcan worthy:-) [1] (...) :-) But I can't defy the laws of physics, McKee-- I must have more dark red to work with! [2] JOHN [1] apologizes (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Engine Shed
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(...) Jake ,send me a copy of the set and I'll use some of my dark red bricks and let you know how it came out:-) You have to admit the building I did looks alot better in dark red then it would have in regular red ...however I have mostly lt. gray (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Train crane MOC
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(...) Thanks for that. I took a look at your solution, then at John Barnes' solution. If I decide to keep the model, I'll most likely try one or the other. That, by the way, is one fine, compact, extention boom you came up with. In the meantime, (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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| | Train Wheel Friction?
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There was a thread several months ago dealing with the issue of the new train wheels rubbing on the blocks. The thread mostly mentioned the problem in relation to the gray wheelsets that come with the Santa Fe loco and cars. However, I've also (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Engine Shed
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(...) I don't know if I agree. I think that the regular red was a good choice. If dark red was used against a black roof and dark gray highlights along the side, the whole structure would have looked washed out and dull. Of course, I guess we will (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Engine Shed
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"Bryan Kinkel" <helpdesk@loseyourmind.com> wrote in message news:HAnwIn.I3D@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (URL) Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com (URL) - North Carolina LEGO Train Club (URL) - Carolina Train Builders (URL) - CTB/Brick (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Engine Shed
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What sets have the dark red bricks in them? Bryan "John" <John@TCLTC.org> wrote in message news:HAKxF3.Evz@lugnet.com... (...) dark (...) the (...) have (...) offerings (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Hmmmm ok did someone like the logo I did? Someones elses building (URL) and my building (URL) Chris MichLTC (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Questions about product rotation
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(...) Trains follows this rotation less than some other lines do, has been my experience. 4565, for example, has been out for a very long time. I would expect it to be gone sometime soon but who knows? Other parts of the line do rotate out briskly, (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Questions about product rotation
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I have questions the more experienced members may be able to answer, especially attendees at BricksWest2003. Do the train sets follow the normal two year product rotations? Will the current set of train cars ( hopper, tank car, etc.) cycle out this (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: New Engine Shed
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(...) Thanks Bert, for bringing up this topic into lugnet trains. I have not seen it mentioned anywhere here, but at 1000steine.de/forum it has been reviewed (and - what else? - praised). A really cool train building after the somewhat dissapointing (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Engine Shed
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(...) It does look brilliant. A dark red version may be asking a lot, but if I could just drop my own hint... I hope they make an extra lot of those 1x4x5 windows in WHITE, and make them into a service pack. I'm afraid the black ones just aren't as (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Any interest in a Train Club?
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"Chris Phillips" <drvegetable@attbi.com> wrote in message news:HAM156.Jp0@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) on (...) people (...) Chris' last statement is really important. If you need incentives to do a show, you are missing the point. (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.ma.spr, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: New Engine Shed
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(...) I thought it was 4000 bulk offerings? Jonathan (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Any interest in a Train Club?
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(...) Mike is absolutely correct. NELUG holds our train shows with the participation of typically between 6 and 8 members when we do our "large" 10'x20' layout. Next month, we plan to do a smaller 7'x10' layout with the participation of only four (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.ma.spr, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: New Engine Shed
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(...) lol But of course-- in spades! John (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: FBTB's Coverage of NY Toy Fair 2003
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(...) The freight loco is absolutely... uh... Well, it's got awesome parts!! (URL) grey train windshield(s!), 4 container door sets (assuming the other side has 'em), a 4x8 plate/tile, round tiles with vent pattern, green corrugated bricks... and (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: FBTB's Coverage of NY Toy Fair 2003
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I've just 40 more images from Spidey, Potter, Trains, World City and the cool new Make and Create - enjoy! (URL) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.year.2003, lugnet.announce, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Any interest in a Train Club?
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"Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam....away.com> wrote in message news:HAL7yr.KHD@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) You don't need 10 people to do a successful train show. It helps but it isn't absolutely necessary. We here in North Carolina (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.ma.spr, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Any interest in a Train Club?
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(...) Yeah, a small train club out here does sound like a lot of fun, but that critical mass problem is a tough one to get past, way out here in the woods of Southern N.E. I suspect it would take some sort of spectacular event to coax 10 potential (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.ma.spr, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: New Engine Shed
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(...) John....Well dark red in bulk 400 buckets would be nice but not as nice as regular bulk packs!(One can dream can't he? :-) ) Ya I had a tough time getting all those bricks but I think the building came out pretty good...the question is was it (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Engine Shed
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Is that a pneumatic tee connector in the blue vise? (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Engine Shed
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(...) practically had to stand on your head to build it in dark red because of the limited availability of the color-- releasing this shed in dark red would have gone a long way to proliferating the color better. But all would be forgiven if dark (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Engine Shed
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Anyone know how much it is going to cost? Thanks! James (22 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Engine Shed
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(...) One word, WOW. You can really tell that TLG did their homework, and actually put time into designing this set, due to the beautiful craftsmanship it has. At first I actually thought it was a MOC that an AFOL designed it and brought to the (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Cleaning/Reparing electrical items
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In lugnet.trains, Peter Naulls writes: <snip> Xposted to lugnet.faq as it's good info... those interested should follow the thread up (22 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: New Engine Shed
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(...) I agree with John..from the pictures I have seen the shed is a decent design from Lego but would have looked MUCH better in dark red...Besides dark red is my new favorite color to make town/train buildings out of..hee hee (URL) Chris (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 2003 - Return of of the 6546 Container Door
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(...) key as you can make it (essentially) out of plates and tiles. But ya, is this great or what? 2003 may well be my favorite year since I came aware again. (22 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Engine Shed
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(...) It is a wonderful train structure-- by far the best TLC has ever produced, at least since the Retrostation. My only comment to Brad was that I wish they had decided to chose *dark red* instead of red to simulate the brick. That would have (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | New Engine Shed
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In Larry's transcript of the keynote he wrote: <SNIP SNIP> Last bit:it has ben said we have neglected this or that ir the other hting in trains… so we did 8 wide… JUST KIDDING. We have instead decided to do structures… there is an engine shed that (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Cleaning/Reparing electrical items
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I know this is far from a new topic, and has probably been discussed before, but I thought people might be interested, or have something to add. I've received lots with electrical lego parts, and have had some success in cleaning them. You will (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 2003 - Return of of the 6546 Container Door
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(...) There is a mold! These doors are gorgeous, hopefully whe see them re-appear in bright colours also. I would buy some assorted colours bulk packs containing these doors and their frames, for instance with blue, green, red, yellow and white (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Casting a large net
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The "casting of a large net" is a very interesting topic. In fact I think it is one of the most over looked concepts in the formation of a new club. In the early stages of forming a club the biggest hurdle is achieving critical mass. So by covering (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.ma.spr, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Any interest in a Train Club?
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(...) Jake, First, let me say that I am located in southeastern Massachusetts, and would certainly consider driving for a couple hours to participate in train shows with you. But your very question tips another issue that has long been festering in (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.ma.spr, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Train Track Design Study and presentation
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Ben, Thank you for posting the slides! Th eI will be attempting the mods this weekend and I most likely will be asking questions then. Kind Regards, Robert Powell SCLTC (22 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Train Track Design Study and presentation
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All, Last weekend, at the Brickswest conference, I presented a talk on LEGO train track geometry. In summary, I talked about modifications to existing track and switches to make them more flexible. The presentation can be found at: (URL) reader (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Any interest in a Train Club?
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(...) Just when you think you have reached your LEGO passion limits.... (...) That's great!! That makes a lot of sense! (...) Wondeful! I will ABSOLUTELY be asking for help! ILTCO Membership, here I come! Jake --- Jake McKee LEGO Enthusiast (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ma.spr, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Any interest in a Train Club?
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(...) Wow Jake I thought you were pretty inspired as it was... ;-) I know we (NELUG) have been asked to do shows in Hartford, Providence, and Springfield in the past but we just havn't been able to build a large enough local base to make doing one (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ma.spr, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Huge Castle & AT-AT & More
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...at NALUG's show yesterday at Capilano Mall (east end of Edmonton, AB) (URL) finished his awesome minifig scale AT-AT at about 2am while James was working on his huge and amazing (as usual) castle till 8am Andrew and John just got back from (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains) !
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| | Re: Any interest in a Train Club?
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(...) Jake (22 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ma.spr, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Annoying color changes to 2003 sets
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(...) It is a very interesting topic. My guess is that the box art is just preliminary work of a concept artist, (in pre-production) where as the models at the fair are what the company decided to go with. I hope not... I too like the old models (in (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Train crane MOC
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(...) Of course we do, we're raving mad crane lovers, it's nice to see something different then all the all terrain cranes (not that there are anything wrong with those)... Good work Chuck! Best regards, /Tobbe (URL) SPAM when e-mailing) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Annoying color changes to 2003 sets
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(...) I do agree that the old version was more appealing to me but I do have to make the argument that I think the color change was a good idea. I say this mostly because the change makes the set more appealing to kids and is more likely to catch (...) (22 years ago, 17-Feb-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Annoying color changes to 2003 sets
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In lugnet.town, Brad Hamilton writes: [snip]>Passenger Train: (...) the box the train has a pantograph and 2 small windows while the "real thing" misses those. Jeroen (22 years ago, 17-Feb-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Annoying color changes to 2003 sets
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With the latest round of 2003 postings, I noticed that two of my favorite town/train sets have new, significantly more obnoxious, colors as compared to older shots. Train station: Old: (URL) Train: (old on the box top, new as actual model in front) (...) (22 years ago, 17-Feb-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] Train4 Photos
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(...) In the picture of the dockyard, the dockyard fence... is that made of rolling garage door sections?!?!?! or what? (OK now I see in a different pic, they are gratings. They look great!) Very, very nice work guys. I really like the sloped road (...) (22 years ago, 17-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | [rtlToronto] Train4 Photos
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Hi folks, Here are some selected photos from the rtlToronto/train4 Lego Train Show up in warm and sunny Toronto, Ontario, Canada, this past January 18th, 2003: (URL) like to thank Jeff Elliott for organizing this layout, as well as the key builders (...) (22 years ago, 17-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains)
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| | In SoCal for a few days and looking for places to crash and people to meet and creations to photograph
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Hey SoCal, I'm having a total blast here at BricksWest meeting people and photographing creations. Some of the stuff here is just mindblowing. After BricksWest I'm actually going to be hanging around in SoCal for a few days, and then I fly out LAX (...) (22 years ago, 17-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la)
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| | Re: Train crane MOC
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(...) Have you thought about using the technique I used in my all terrain crane for elevating the boom? It provides much finer control than pneumatics, and is easily motorised! It probably also slightly less real-estate. See it at (URL) added (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: New LEGO photos from Toy Fair 2003
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(...) Cool. Thanks for the links. I notice that the Star Wars mini MTT comes with four 2x2 45° concave corner slopes in brown! Outstanding! Finally, I can get a few in Cat.A! ;-) Jason J Railton (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.year.2003, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: 5 things I would like to see from TLC/Lego Direct...
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Mark wrote: (...) Hope nobody minds me hijacking the thread... After some serious planning I decided to release a special Santa Fe B-unit, available from my Bricklink shop Brick Piles. It's designed to fit perfectly together with LEGO's A-unit. More (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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| | Train crane MOC
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I've completed a rebuild of my site and have posted a crane. I wanted a rail crane and started out by looking at set# 8460. The result is an 8-wide with manual outriggers, a pneumatic assembly to raise and lower the boom, and powered crane assembly (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Great "Train Part" in New Spiderman Set
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Yep - this has been discussed before and it does look like it would make a great part for Lego Trains. The best thing is that it is also available in Orange and yellow in the Jack Stone type models; (URL) think I also saw a leaked JS set that had it (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 2003 - Return of of the 6546 Container Door
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The new 2003 Freight Train features the 6546 container door in dark grey. (URL) part hasn't been available in quite a while, according to Peeron, since 1995. (URL) in 2003 we get in not only in dark grey in new train set but also in black in one of (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I just took a look at: (URL) red front windshield piece would be great for a train front! Bob Hayes (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Tram of Strasbourg motorized and real...
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AWESOME!!! In all my traction tire trains, I've never realized the potential of those bushings! I never even realized they were the same size! Very, very cool! The tram design itself is also very nice! Thank goodness for those 1-piece roofs, eh? :^) (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I have just finished the construction of the tram in real with bricks after Mlcad. For the motorization I used 2 motors 8735 and a small battery box 9V. Its speed (compared with the 4559 Express train) is 1 (Speed Regulator graduated from 1 to 6), (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 5 things I would like to see from TLC/Lego Direct...
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(...) Hi Jake, No need for debate since I agree. Of course you're right. I was just venting. My original intention for that post was just to make sure LEGO Direct didn't think all AFOLs had the same resources. In retrospect I'm sure LEGO Direct knew (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 5 things I would like to see from TLC/Lego Direct...
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"Jake McKee" <jacob.mckee@america.lego.com> wrote in message news:HADMr1.IFD@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) get (...) [ ... snipped ....] Based on the conversation I had with Steve the other day I would say the answer to that question is (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Don't think that those of us with rather more substantal collections don't have to prioritize as well. I have ~202K bricks _from sets_, and probably another 10K from brickbay/link & other trades. I still cannot build everything that I have (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Here's to the overwhelming "lurking" majority with limited resources! Thank you Paul for your postings. I wholeheartedly understand your ranting and raving. Thank you Manfred for pointing out those of us who are "lurking" but who do want to (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 5 things I would like to see from TLC/Lego Direct...
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Paul S. D'Urbano writes: <SNIP-O-RAMA> (...) Not to start a debate (ok, maybe a little one), but isn't that the eternal "LEGO Question"? I mean I can imagine my collection growing to be hundreds of millions of pieces and still (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Tangentially, I agree, the process of evaluating whether you have parts to build a MOC and gaining the knowledge of who has what parts for sale to complete it is indeed tedious. However... watch for an upcoming release of BrikTrak... it will (...) (22 years ago, 15-Feb-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Minority ? You would be surprised how many AFOL's are much more like you. I'm sure there is a overwhelming "lurking" majority with limitid resources out there. With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (22 years ago, 15-Feb-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.trains)
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(...) you know, if it makes you feel any better, pretty much every instruction i've made was a much cleaned up version of my original MOC. while i can't speak for every model up on the instruction portal, at least some of us that make instructions (...) (22 years ago, 15-Feb-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 5 things I would like to see from TLC/Lego Direct...
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(...) Oops, sorry for venting there. I guess I didn't realize I had such a sore spot there myself. I'm just sometimes frustrated by the really cool things other AFOLs demonstrate is possible but I can't achieve for time/money reasons. (...) Don't (...) (22 years ago, 15-Feb-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.trains)
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(...) <major snippage> (...) Yeeeowch. Ok, sore spot, got it. This is why I asked. (I don't build many trains you see...) But really do you think you're a majority or a minority of the LEGO buyer? If you really must have one of these models it is (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.trains)
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(...) All AFOLs aren't created equal. I'm an AFOL who's trying to keep to a budget and manage my personal free time between my family and my bricks. If I have to buy three 10020s so I can build a proper B-unit (i.e. three gray port holes per side (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Good idea! (was Re: Can't we all just get along?)
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(...) Could you convert it to run on monorails? Allister (22 years ago, 12-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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