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(...) lot better. It has standard connectors on both FRONT and back instead of that goofy custom hookup on the cargo railway engine. It has a lot of window pieces and I like the black wagons. I have two comments in general about the out-of-the-box (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Mark Harrison wrote in message <37F785EF.6FB2B5E5@o...net.au>... (...) At least we have them in Austria, and I think I saw it in germany as well. They are arround 25% cheaper than the 4561 since the transformator is missing. Mike (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I purchased the 4561 as a first train. My only complaint is the train is too fragile for a child to play with. When the side dors are opened on the cars, they come loose from the roof hinges. I added a few peices to beef up the hinges. Mine is (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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snip (...) Yes. The stickers are stupid. I cut mine off so that they were not stamp'd (...) This is just reverting to a older way of doing things. I have plenty of 1*4 bricks with printed grills on them. James Powell (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.reviews)
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Yeah - I like it, and my mate Chris (a non-Internet AFOL) does too. I just got my 4561 on Friday and it looks a lot better built than it does in the catalogue. I won't say it's perfect - it has it's good and bad points. The obvious bad point is the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.reviews)
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Hi all, Now that my falcon is done (for now...) back to the wonderful world of LEGO trains. My first project, a rebuild of my 4449 Daylight train. The real 4449 is a 4-8- 4 steam engine with Southern Pacific 'Daylight' colors. I think they first ran (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Can anyone tell me which countries are selling 4560? Mark H. (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) of 4559 for parts too...) Th motor frame may come in handy for something, and the 1*3*4 windows (for lack of a better term) are quite handy for making coach bottoms (see my web page for a coach made using them) The cars are jr'ized, and I (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I think it is garbage. At least 4559 was remotely usefull for parts but 4561 stinks. I think that 1999 is the first year where trains have been fully junorised -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Hey the show is going great, the larger layout has made life so much easier. Here are a few early pictures from todays show, later this week I'll have some more overview pics and such. (URL) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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