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Just a note to locate a few additional cog railways. There is one which takes you to the top of Pikes Peak, just west of Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Larry, that is 2.5 hours from Lakewood, without rush hour traffic.) I've never ridden this one (...) (26 years ago, 11-Dec-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Looking for review of 4555
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Sorry, I'm a week behind reading LUGNET. Jeremy Dailey <jpdailey@ne.mediaone.net> had said: (...) Which items have problems clearing the side of the overhead crane? (That is, assuming that you are using models as originally released or their (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 1999 Trains
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(...) I'm not so sure, if you look at the Direct catalogue (which is much more clearer) I think the piece is just a standard 4x1 black lighting brick whoch is used on the freight trains, then there are inverted slope pieces underneath. Carbon 60 (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New pics from LEGOLAND
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(...) :p (...) OK, 'cog railway' is a term I know. Thanks for straightening me out. Seems like someone has done this in LEGO. Maybe if I followed trains more closely, I'd remember who. (...) Cool. Sounds like a "the yesterday that never was" sort of (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 9volt motor problems -- I think
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(...) Dacta sell it don't they? Matt (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 9volt motor problems -- I think
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An update for those of you who were curious: Matt Bates was correct -- the front wheels were lifting the motor wheels off the tracks just enough to disrupt the electrical contact. The motor is fine, my construction techniques are not. So, I had to (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 1999 Trains
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BTW, anyone noticed the first passenger car is in reverse in the official catalog picture (compare to s@h picture). Eric (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New pics from LEGOLAND
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(...) Well, duh. It's a railway with a rack. Seriously. :-) More detail... these are sometimes also called "cog" railways. They are so called because in addition to the two weight bearing rails there is a central rack (linear toothed) that a powered (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New pics from LEGOLAND
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(...) A) What's a rack railway? B) What're the details on the one in Houghton? Did they run it up the side of the MEEM? Nah, then the ROTC's wouldn't have anything to rappel... Steve (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New pics from LEGOLAND
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(...) There used to be one of these at Niagara Falls, somewhere, and I rode it when I was about 7 or so. Pretty neat, especially when you get to the middle and the other car passes you. I think there is one in Pittsburgh too. What I like better, (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 1999 Trains
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(...) I want these parts, they are wicked cool. (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 1999 Train 4561
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(...) Nope. Those could never circus load. The trucks have small wheels and there is clever engineering to get the floor as low as possible, but the floor is the same level from one bridge plate to the other. (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 1999 Trains
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(...) The 2x2 plate toward the top of the signal is actually a hinged piece (parts# 2429 & 2430). It looks like one 1x2 side is attached below the 1x2 trans red piece. The other side of the 2x2 probably swings up (to make a 1x4 piece) covering the (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Ordered a 4555
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I ordered a 4555, mainly because I'll likely want it at some point. :) Calum (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | LEGO 4560
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Well, Everybody seems consumed in criticizing the 4561 model, but I wonder where is 4560? Did they skip this model altogether or are they going to release it later in the year? Is this the only new train for '99 (besides the cheesy 3225, albeit good (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 1999 Train 4561
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(...) You should repost this to lugnet.dear-lego. Seriously. Steve (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 1999 Train 4561
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(...) Well my limited empirical evidence would suggest otherwise. My 2 1/2 year old son doesn't like to build, he likes to play (or take apart). One feature of Town/Train Jr seems to be no working doors. Guess what he likes to best about my Lego? (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 1999 Train 4561
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(...) But the *size* of the sets is not being reduced. If anything, the mass and size of sets are increasing. Also, the Town Jr. parts are, on average, more complex than prior sets. More-complex dies/molds are more expensive to create, not less. (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 1999 Train 4561
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(...) I'd guess that TLG is more focused on increasing the playing:building ratio, in favor of playing. That means reduced piece counts. But they probably count reduced costs as a plus. The drop-center doesn't affect the floor-to-ceiling height of (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 1999 Trains
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Thinking about it, that lower black nose piece with the headlights in it must be new as well, the old one had slopes top and bottom, this just has them below. Which means they really did develop some new train pieces for '99, so that makes me even (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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