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(...) Superb, you see what a little bit of trans-atlantic team-work can yield. (...) Agree, I think this sunny snapshot shows the BNSF Heritage 1 scheme rather nicely: (URL) With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (20 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.1000steine-land, lugnet.lego, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | New, Modern BNSF Loco From TLC? (Re: Color me surprised...)
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(...) Of course you are correct! (the part about James remains to be seen). Also, an "SD" might be questionable, because of the added complication of adding the extra axle, so I would guess a "GP". But you never know.... I didn't quite understand (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.1000steine-land, lugnet.lego, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | NGLTC club house open house event pictures
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The North Georgia LEGO Train Club (NGLTC) held it’s first of three open houses at it’s Discover Mills Club house on June 26th. It was a very busy day at the mall thus making for a good crowd at the open house. Here are a few pictures from the event: (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general)
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(...) or something. Mr. Mathis hasn't been saying much lately... (URL) and look at the Heritage 1 scheme. There are better pics out there... (...) Ditto. Dark green is a sweet color. (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.1000steine-land, lugnet.lego, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 8 wide help needed
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(...) Yes;-) It really depends upon what you want to build. I have employed all three ideas: (URL) Here> is an example of using a 6 wide train baseplate (you can just see a hint of the gray baseplate). (URL) Here> I used basically just 6x8 plates. (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jul-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | One week left - more pics from BayLTC Pleasanton Show
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Since June 12, the Bay Area LEGO Train Club (BayLTC) has had a layout on display at the Amador-Livermore Valley Historical Society and Museum in Pleasanton, California. There is one week left until we take it down next weekend on July 11. This (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, FTX)
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(...) I custom build my baseplates using regular plate, 3 layers thick with 2x4 technic plates built in to accept the bogie pin. I place the technic plate length wise on one layer and sideways on the other. I find the 6x train bases too resticting (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) For short trucks with four wheels I use a standard 6x24 baseplate with 2xn plates along the edges (see brakevans from the link below) and make the single pairs of wheels rotate a bit with small belts to pull them back to straight. This is (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jul-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | RichLUG and HardLUG to Display at GATS - July 17 & 18
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The Richmond Lego Users Group (RichLUG) and Hampton Roads Lego Users Group (HardLUG) will present a join display at the GATS show in Richmond, Virginia, on July 17 and 18. The Showplace exhibition center, located at 3000 Mechanicsville Turnpike) (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.us.richlug, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: 8 wide help needed
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(...) Hello Adam , There are a few ways ,it can be done! If you are building no longer than 28 studs. Then use a 6 wide train base and put 2 wide plates on the edges of it. That would be the easiest way. I have used a 6 wide train base in my 8 wide (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jul-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 8 wide help needed
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Ladies and gents, I am hoping to build some 8 wide trains, but I'm curious as to what the best method for 8 wides in terms of the base. Do you use a regular 6 wide train base or make your own 8 wide train base or ??? (20 years ago, 4-Jul-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Last Call for Sessions at BrickFest 2004...
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Last Call for Sessions at BrickFest 2004... The submittal deadline for sessions is this Friday, July 2, 2004. There are still some good time slots available, so if you’re planning on presenting a session you should sign up ASAP at: (URL) Also (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.people, lugnet.org, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.events, FTX) !!
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| | Re: What's the longest distance your train has run?
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(...) I like the SD50. The outer circuit main line of my layout measures 13.53m (90 straights + 16 curves). The speed of the train is 2mph around this circuit, a scale speed of 78mph in 8mm:1ft scale (the maximum speed at which no derailments (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: What's the longest distance your train has run?
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Distance? Doesn't every LTC have at least *one* Mindstorms little speed/distance computer, built into a train car? :-) Remember the PNLTC Guinness World Record event in 2000? I guess, from now on, we'll have to build up a car to measure the (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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"Bill Ward" <bill@wards.net> wrote in message news:I01Cus.1vIB@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) history (...) operating it (...) it up (...) minuts (...) what (...) We (NCLTC) have done two Christmas layouts at a local mall. The first year (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm lazy too, let's get that straight, but I am also a numbers man.. a very, very, extremely, conservative estimate would be 600 miles. More realistic is 1400 miles. This is based on number of show days (40+), minimals hours/day (5), and (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | What next?
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(...) ...mmm... ...bridges... Bridges need to have lights on top for aircraft avoidance, and if they're across navigable channels, marker lights at the span bottom for the ship traffic to know where the channels are, and streetlights if they're road (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) BayLTC is currently in the midst of a month-long display at a local history museum that is running a special exhibit on trains. Since we are operating it five days a week, much of that unattended except by museum docents, we set it up on a (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: The Gallery - extreme lighting mod
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(...) I'm definitely not going to look at normal "mods" with the same enthusiasm now. You're right... (...) It took a month of drilling and wiring working on it about 5-6 hours a week. I'd say there are about 100 elements that have been touched by (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What's the longest distance your train has run?
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rtlTers: Sorry for the cross post to rtlT but you'll see why! (...) "The Plastic Dust is Normal"...(1) but the squeaking isn't! (...) 1 - (URL) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: The Gallery - extreme lighting mod
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(...) It will make everything plain now. How much drilling and cutting did you have to do to make it all fit? -Lenny (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) They said that they turned the trains off at night, but I am still not sure that they did. I probably should have kept the motor as it was... or maybe photo-documented its condition. It was really dirty with black dust; and it squeaked. I (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Too bad! Would have been much cooler to send it to Consumer Affairs, I bet they would love to do some analysis on it back in Billund. I THOUGHT it was you guys that would have the record (for now...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I am not sure what the total distance was, nor would I want to calculate it (1); however, it was my metroliner that ran the outer loop at the shrine show. Nearly 40 days, non-stop during the operating hours, same direction, almost full (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) At last year's Festival of Trees here in Atlanta, the NGLTC had a small 6'x6' (URL) loop set up under our tree display>. I had originally thought that the festival would shut down the power each night during the 9 day festival, thus giving the (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) So you're not counting stops, just total distance travelled? MichLTC tends to rotate trains in and out of service a lot so that no one train runs the whole time, making us not a contender. But if total distance travelled during a show is the (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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The GMLTC was in Moorhead, Minnesota for the 27th Annual (URL) Hjemkomst Festival> last weekend. We had a straight-line layout, they had us set up in a long hallway so we used six straight modules with a couple empty tables, and left two corner (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: The Gallery - extreme lighting mod
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(...) i'm really frightened...run little bricks, run ! :) (...) Your mods are cool Rob. This one is another great one applied to buildings. This time more room (space?) to put the batteries ! Mods are maybe not for purist but when they are "clean" , (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) One of our club members (Kenny Paul, BayLUG/LTC) has set up a similar kind of light show using standard LEGO parts only. Well, just the marquee part. Remember the fiber optic elements used in the UFO space sets? He put two of them together to (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | The Gallery - extreme lighting mod
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After a couple months work, I am proud to announce the latest mod from my scary laboratory... Jim Davis loaned me one of his MOC buildings to add few lights to. Little did I know it would end up with 41 lights in it! It's gonna make the rest of the (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: AM66 - AM70 Commuter trains
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(...) great work ludo. Links to real train pics : (2 URLs) Didier (20 years ago, 26-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) They look awesome! Specially the AM66 really managed to capture the look of the real train. This reminds me, I need to go do some railscouting in Belgium soon, before all is repainted. (20 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sorry, the folder isn't moderated yet, so we can't see them. Can you post deep links? The "i=NNNNN" url is not a deep link - we need the ".jpg" url. Thanks! (20 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | AM66 - AM70 Commuter trains
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Hi all, I posted this evening some pictures of 2 Belgian commuter trains. Those are both verry familiar, but have some minor differences. The commuter trains are the AM66 (Red) and AM70 (Blue - with labels). Both are stil in service, but most of (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Motorized Hogwarts and curves
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(...) It is reported by someone that does own it that no such provision has been made. (20 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Motorized Hogwarts and curves
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(...) Well I don't own the set yet. If I had to fathom a guess, I would assume the wheels are on a technic plate and are attached with a pin to the base so they can rotate freely. Of course, if that doesn't work, you could always rely on the classic (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Magic. (20 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Anyone know how this tender: (URL) supposed to go through curves? I just tried a plate with three wheelsets, each 1 brick apart, does not work. Paul (20 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: My First Train MOC
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(...) Like this (even without yellow windows, but with moving rods!) (URL) small, not so simple but very easy to recognise! Clue: add a technic motor with a wire to the train motor and use 8:24 and 12:12 ratios to the back wheels :-) Keep up the (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: VR S Class Diesel / T.G.B.S.L.I.L.A. entry
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(...) Hello Chris, Thanks for the interest in my trains. I really like the windshield design on my diesel,but this idea is not mine. I asked Dirk/Rolling bricks how he built his windsheild on his 8 wide Santa Fe Super Cheif, and he emailed me (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au)
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