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  Re: NGLTC at Flowery Branch train depot
 
Pictures are now available from the NGLTC event at the Flowery Branch Georgia fall festival. This was our first opportunity to use the LEGO event kit and it was a big hit, the kids really enjoyed it. The festival itself was super, it's so nice (...) (21 years ago, 21-Sep-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.ga)  
 
  Re: United States Army Rail
 
(...) I have seen yellow Navy locomotives and dark blue Air Force locomotives. I'm not positive but I don't think they have any military operators left, they hire civilians as needed. Their operations mostly involve cargo transfer between the (...) (21 years ago, 21-Sep-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Classic W2 class tram
 
(URL) Classic W2 class tram>> After seeing a (URL) large model> in a local retail store, and a challenge by a fellow AFOL, I decided to build a slightly smaller version. (URL) Here> is the result. Enjoy! ROSCO PS: I guess that's another Aussie icon (...) (21 years ago, 21-Sep-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) ! 
 
  Re: United States Army Rail
 
(...) Ken, do each of the armed services operate their own railroads, and what are the differences between them in terms of operation, location, color schemes, etc.? I'm very familiar with the 60cm gauge railways that the army operated during WWI. (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Rolling Stock
 
Hi Mark, Nice work. You've also taken some great shots of it as well. -Anne (...) -- For SCO to attack IBM using IP (\`--/') _ _______ .-r-. is somewhat like trying to eat >.~.\ `` ` `,`,`. ,'_'~`. a live tiger. -Ian Lance Taylor (v_," ; `,-\ ; : ; (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Rolling Stock
 
(...) very true, wonderfull view. heres my question, how did you get that clear texture so perfect? (URL) tell (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  Re: Moonbase: Starting to put up the rail standard
 
(...) Yeah, I'll do that. And I'll experiment with reasonably-constructed trains to see what can fit under the new connectors. Being a spacehead also heavily invested in trains, I have experience using both. (...) The NWBC layout should be huge, so (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
 
  United States Army Rail
 
You may have already stumbled upon these pages as I've been building them up the past couple of months. I've finaly got them to the state I feel they're worth a puplic announcment, so if you havn't seen them I invite you to see the state of Army (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Rolling Stock
 
(...) That's gorgeous. Very cool. later, James Mathis (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  Re: Rolling Stock
 
Thanks, guys! (...) This is the snippet of code I used to add the picture in the background: object plane z,0 pigment imagemap jpeg "img2608.jpg" maptype 0 interpolate 2 once translate <-0.5,-0.5,0> scale 4000 rotate 180*z rotate -20*y translate (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  Re: is it a relay or is it yet another motorized switch?
 
A couple corrections. 1. Just noticed I have a 2 x 4 plate on top of a 1 x 4 brick. You should probably replace these two pieces with a 2 x 4 brick or similar. The extra plate of height is unnecessary (though it doesn't hurt anything). 2. In a 5 x 7 (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.trains)
 
  is it a relay or is it yet another motorized switch?
 
Seeing the pitiful designs I've made for motorized 9v train points, my brother Chris came up with one. Put a housing over it, and people will swear it's a relay. Not too many down sides with this one. There's no getting around the 6 brick height (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.trains)
 
  Press releases
 
Anyone have any sample press releases they'd be willing to share? Knowing how the press release fared when sent out (in terms of whether it got any coverage as a result) certainly would be nice too, but not required. Thanks! (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org)
 
  Re: Rolling Stock
 
Awesome stuff! How did you get the background in this (and similar) pic?: (URL) cool, the way the image refracts in the glass. -Stefan- (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  MichLTC to display @ Hamburg Railroad Days - Hamburg, MI - September 20th
 
The city of Hamburg, MI is having their annual Railroad Days festival and MichLTC will be diplaying. Our members have been busy working on new creations to fill those city blocks. We will have an area approximately 19'x13'. The current plan includes (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org) ! 
 
  LDCC decoder - WARNING!
 
The Uhlenbrock DCC decoders do not work with LDCC!!! I bought an Uhlenbrock 73500 decoder which fitted nicely into the LEGO train motor, but I discovered some problems using it: I could read the registers, but not write. I sometimes lost contact (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: lugnet.trains.dcc?
 
(...) Great idea! I allways do a dcc search when reading lugnet.trains anyway. :-) Thomas (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Rolling Stock
 
Outstanding work! Thanks for posting the pics. The center beam car is way cool as well as the Santa Fe club car. Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Riley" <markril@hotmail.com> To: <lugnet.trains@lugnet.com> Sent: Wednesday, September (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Rolling Stock
 
(...) Amazing & Beautiful, may have to make one or 2 to go with the train! Josh (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  NGLTC at Flowery Branch train depot
 
The North Georgia LEGO Train Club (NGLTC) will be displaying in the Flowery Branch Train Depot this weekend as a part of Flowery Branch Better Home Town fall festival. The Flowery Branch Depot was built in 1901 by the Southern Railway because of the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.ga.atl, lugnet.loc.us.ga)


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