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| To All, Michiana-LTC has been invited to partipate in the MHRS Railroad and Toy Show on Sunday, September 26th, 2004. We will be displaying a L-shaped 20x10 area, complete with 2 running loops of track, and a lot of neat creations from various (...) (20 years ago, 24-Sep-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.trains.org)
| | | | | Re: Worn Tyres and Rusty Rails
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| (...) I would note that all 5 10001s I got in the discount sale had yellow rails - every last rail was badly oxidized. I was not happy about that, but considering the price I got them at, I may not call Cons Aff about swapping them. (...) You can (...) (20 years ago, 24-Sep-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Worn Tyres and Rusty Rails
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| (...) Mark, I've had the same problem with the track. And had several damaged by mice droppings, they nested in a box of track! I had to use steel wool to remove the strains. I strongly recomend Satainless steel wool, the standard version will (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Worn Tyres and Rusty Rails
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| Jake, please would you put in a request for replacement train motor tyres to be made available separately, so that I can replace ones that have worn down through normal use. I suggest a pack of eight, and I will buy quite a few packs since I have (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: GP-38 MOC
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| (...) OK (7 URLs) Mat (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod)
| | | | | Re: GP-38 MOC
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| (...) How about some deep links until the folder is made public? Mike (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod)
| | | | | GP-38 MOC
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| I know that TLC is coming oout with a BNSF version of this. And that Jake has a version in his train book. But I wanted to do one myself. I had started by building the one in Jake's book. Then I went online and found several great sites for (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod)
| | | | | BWBrickCon™ 2004 Draft
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| As hinted at earlier, we are going to have a Draft! Okay, so what IS a Draft? It is an event where everyone brings one copy of the same (unopened) set. We open the sets, sort the pieces into piles and take turns Drafting the piles of pieces. The (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.castle, FTX) !
| | | | | H & R Train Show - October 1, 2 and 3, 2004
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| Hi all, (URL) For the 10th consecutive show the Greater Florida LEGO Train Club is proud to have a display at the H & R Trains Show. The show will take place outside of the H & R Trains Store in Pinellas Park, Florida, October 1, 2 and 3, 2004. See (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.org.us.gflug, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Thomas Train
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| (...) Well, I disagree. In fact, I'd bet that a LEGO Thomas would easily outsell (URL) set 10020> which IIRC is the most popular selling LEGO train ever. Make the Thomas set a numbered, limited edition one, and look out! JOHN (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Thomas Train
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| (...) Considering how many different Thomas train systems are out there right now, I dont see that "yet another" would succeed in the marketplace... (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Comcast On Demand & Thomas
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| (...) Cool! That would be excellent, Tim! Funny, one can't really even gauge scale from having seen the videos (I personally thought that they were closer to LEGO scale), but gauge 1 is larger. I actually own a gauge 1 Thomas (and James), although (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Thomas Train
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| (...) Thanks for the info, Russ. Hey, you should drop Mike a note so he can update it on the ILTCO site. JOHN (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Thomas Train
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| (...) lol Well, I never claimed that a few of them might not be pure;-) Actually, those are faces (Thomas and Percy) from 2 wind-up Ertl trains I "borrowed";-) They are the perfect size, and they served to calm the cherubs at train shows who would (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Comcast On Demand & Thomas
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| (...) I remeber reading an article in the British magazine Model Railway Constructor about the production of the Thomas the Tank Engine series. My dad still has the magazine so next time I visit I'll see if I can scan you a copy. The model were (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Thomas Train
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| (...) The one on the ILTCO website is way outdated. There is a more current version here, which is constantly updated: (URL) or you can go here: (URL) Russell BayLTC (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Thomas Train
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| (...) Hey, what did you use for the faceplate? That doesn't look very pure to me. Dave! (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Thomas Train
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| (...) lol someone? Everyone has:-) Personally, you can check out mine (URL) HERE> and (URL) HERE> There is a great PowerPoint preso (with PDFs as well) about LEGO Thomas trains by Russell Clark on the (URL) ILTCO> website (URL) HERE> As far as the (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | Thomas Train
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| Speaking of Thomas Train. . . I know this is horribly off-topic and Larry is going to want my head for this, but my 2 year old really enjoys playing with the wooden toys. I was wondering if any of you train guys knew a good place to buy the Thomas (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Comcast On Demand & Thomas
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| (...) My kids (especially my son, Ross) LOVED watching the Thomas videos growing up (we bought them all, and have even repurchased some on DVD:-) Just for fun, I still scream "Choo-choo!" when passing a train while driving with my (now teen-age) (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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