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(...) It's probably a gon. I think the defining characteristic of a hopper is that it has bottom doors. However there is some muddyness... In particular, you often will hear unit train cars called hoppers, but they have no bottom doors/chutes, they (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yup, that would be a gondola. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Larry shield: Is this a gondola not a hopper??? SteveB Steven Barile wrote in message ... (...) fact (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi all, I just added a couple shots of a new hopper car. Not much to it, in fact I'm sure I saw this technique before, but I'm not sure who from. The only stroke of gray matter is the gray stripes, they seem to set off the thin wall bricks. My last (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Taryton. But not old enough to remember how to spell it;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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The flag "ice block door" is an interesteing detail I hadn't thought about. I'll give it a try. SteveB (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Sorry for the confusion This is the full URL (URL) it doesn't work try going to www.pnltc.org or directly (URL) Thanks for all the interest. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Interesting - I'm using Navigator 4.06 and I get a "Your browser is forbidden to access this page" error Is Steve limiting access to IE only? Paul Sinasohn, who would rather fight than switch (and is anyone else old enough to remember that slogan?) (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) His hyperlink didn't work:-) Click here> (URL) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Excuse my ignorance, but what do I do with this address? (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) week. (...) Worked on a modification to the roof-line: both above the front control cab and above the upperdeck windows. Pictures at above link. For the area above the front control cab, I wanted to try to get the gray color to "drop" down to (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) later, James Mathis (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think I'd use the 2x2 flag attached to one of those 1x2 plates with side rod and just have it sit on top of the sloped roof. Not very precise but conveys the notion. (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I couldn't get a look at it so can't answer now. (...) "dubbledekker" (...) Dutch (...) The Dutch railways operate two types of doubeldeckers. One type (for 'long' distances[1]) is pulled by the dutch loco which James build (1600 series- off (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Nice box cars, Steve. I like the doors and use of the tiles. It looks like the doors really slide open. Ashley (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) that if this is a modern reefer, there should be some sort of cooling unit built in. On the older reefers, there would be hatches in the roof for ice, those could be easily replicated on a flat roof, but I'm not so sure about a peaked one. On (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I still like the door open trick. It makes me beleive that the doors really open and close! Keep using those decals. Compare the State of Maine box car and the Union Refrigerated cars; same design, but the State of Maine box car is a LEGO plain (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Nice. Very nice. Except for those pesky decals. :-) one nit... the grab irons (on the right side) are too close together. They should be spaced the spacing of a widely spaced ladder rung. (yes, I know that's the spacing of the minifig ladder, but (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ooops, sorry. Erhm...maybe it is this Dutch locomotive? (URL) down on the above web page to see a picture of Marklin's model of this Dutch locomotive. The European Railway Picture Gallery probably has some photos of this locomotive, but it (...) (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) that (...) shop (...) (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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