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Jacob, THANK YOU!!!! That pointer to the Train Depot is pure gold!! For a roller coaster, I actually need a much more severe angle than the method Matt outlines, but there's a lot there to explore, and I like the drawings of the support pillars he (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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There are two Train ideas books - 7777 (82 pages of the 12volt trains, my favorite) and 242 (100 pages of older trains). They are both tough to find and expensive, like most Train related Lego products, but there are scans of 7777 on (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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7777 springs to mind. I found scans of this book a while back, it's a treat. I have *once* seen a paper copy. It is hard to find in the flesh, if someone had a copy they were itching to sell, it would be swell if they contacted me... Try this URL: (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Not an Idea book, but this site will stimulate your creative juices. (URL) Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) Ferrari <giuliof@iol.it> wrote in message news:37DCE7A6.F13471...@iol.it... (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Here is a spot for tracks. (URL) Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) Ferrari <giuliof@iol.it> wrote in message news:37DCE7A6.F13471...@iol.it... (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi all, since I'm new to Lego Trains, I need some help, please. Is there a Lego Idea Book about trains? Anyone knows how to get a copy of it? Are there websites about designing & building tracks? Thanks Giulio giuliof@iol.it (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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[ FUT lugnet.trains ] Paul Sinasohn: (...) You just put plates under your track. There is a piece on this topic at the Train Depot[1]. Play well, Jacob 1) <URL:(URL) ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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Frank Filz and Brian Darrow posted messages about building trains powerful enough to handles grades, but I'm wondering how you would actually lay track to start up a hill. Has lego ever made uphill or downhill curves, like you would find at the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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David Graham <david@graham167.fre...rve.co.uk> wrote in message news:FHt4to.MoI@lugnet.com... (...) If exciting includes trains wrecks then my layout is much more exciting! Scott Smallbeck scotts@contactics.com (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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With the introduction of the new crossover 4515, has anybody designed any exciting (compact) layouts using them. I was diapointed with the standard designs on the in-set leaflet - just the same ones as the 12V crossover. (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sorry, I was referring to the KCS (Kansas City Southern Lines) custom hopper/gondola cars they built. (...) Yes, drop-bottom gons are another hybrid type, but different. Those were literary gons whose bottoms dropped [1]. The hopper/gondola I (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) What do you mean by "these" in this context? I mention a lot of car types. cars in coal fields in Kansas and Arkansas and (...) I know that drop bottom gons were used in MOW service a fair bit, they are capable of carrying ballast and dumping (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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copied from RTL Subject: Engine Roundhouse Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 09:25:28 +0200 From: Reinhard Beneke <r.beneke@tu-bs.de> Organization: TU Braunschweig, Germany To: r.beneke@tu-bs.de Newsgroups: rec.toys.lego Hi all! I've just finished modelling a (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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KCS (?) used these cars in coal fields in Kansas and Arkansas and presumably intended them as dual-purpose equipment. They were built in the company shops in Pittsburgh, KANSAS and were used in service until the '80s. As for other lines using this (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Although I have several of the train door sliding type 1 (URL) I really like what others have done with the non operating doors set out 1/2 brick. I came up with the following way to hang a 1x8 brick door flush against a wall, and yet allow it to (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Hmm... not sure I agree. At least not totally. It's muddy, and different railroads use different terms, as do different car manufacturers. I spent some time chasing my tail starting from www.nmra.org but didn't come up with anything definitive. I (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Frank Filz wrote: What you have failed to consider is the hopper/gondola hybrid, which looks like a cut-off hopper car. Of course, I would defer to Lar for definitive details;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Must have misunderstood me. Those ladders are even farther from the mark, IMHO. Try going back to the plate with side rod, but put a brick between each two "rung" plates instead of just a plate. Or at least 2 plates between each two rungs... (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The most definitive thing I see as characterizing a gondola v.s. a hopper is that hoppers are tall and gondolas are short. Gondolas with bottom doors/chutes are usually refered to as drop bottom gondolas. (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi All, When it feels good build and keep building. However I think these colors don't work as well. Black is a really hard color to model with. But I strut the green stripe. I come from the old days when green was rare and orange didn't exist! I (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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