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----- Original Message ----- From: Tim David Newsgroups: lugnet.trains Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 6:09 AM Subject: Nominations for a trainset poll Following the long and rambling thread on the doublestack car one thing that (URL) came up> (1) (...) (19 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The French Capitole (URL) 1200 class (URL) then in it's old berlin-blue livery, with some plan E coaches (URL) • A complete train set consisting of no more than FOUR vehicles. TGV Sud-Est in original livery (URL) Hondekop, either a 2- or (...) (19 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Oh, very much so! Even steam locomotive drivers (in most US prototypes I'm aware of) are held in place by gravity, much less individual freight car trucks. But they have a bit more weight to work with. Most model railroad models don't use this (...) (19 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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Following the long and rambling thread on the doublestack car one thing that (URL) came up> (1) that inspired me was the idea of a 'famous trains' series. Purely for the sake of entertainment I'm looking for people to suggest ideas for hypothetical (...) (19 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) [snip] (...) But it is prototypical, isn't it :?) Chris (19 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Forgive the mundaneness of this question, but why the odd number of wells? How come 2 and 4 well cars aren't seen as often (or at all)? I see a lot of these cars come and go in the yards near me, I'll have to start counting the number of (...) (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Random thought: Has anyone tried using Bionicle-style ball-and-socket joints as bogie attachments? My guess is that they would have enough friction to keep the stock from tilting over yet have the articulation to handle track unevenness as (...) (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Jake, you answered my unmentioned question. I assumed selling 2 at a time was for the reason above, and selling 1 at a time would raise the per car price. So 2 at a time is great. Doing the math (2 end trucks, 1 center truck and connections) I (...) (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) I have used both 2x2 and 4x4 turntables to attach bogies. The 2x2 allows for a good amount of movement from the vertical, but is a pig to re-attach the bogies if they come off. The 4x4 allows very little such movement, but as the MOC in (...) (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I can satisfy the first part :-) (URL) The real ones run every day along the line south from Derby, probably 2 an hour, along with probably another 2 goods trains with other locos and several DMUs and HSTs. Mark (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Flying Scotsman in whichever green is closest to Apple Green (light green? - be great to get a range of parts in that colour). Complemented by chocolate and cream coaches - easy now we have chocolate brown! Though for goodness sake let them (...) (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I used this part to atach a 9v train motor to a train baseplate, with the motor centered on the wire hole. I wanted the motor closer to the center for a My Train steam engine. Mat (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ya Jake, hook us up with some reefer(s) man. No WONDER JoJo is insinuating what he's insinuating... XFUT off-topic.fun (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I believe that different car classes have different freight rates (just like they have different dunnage charges when they're empty)... a 5 well will be a different class than a 1 well. (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Right, the wieght and rolling savings aside, it's also cheaper to pay for 1 cor to roll on someone elses line then it is for 3 or 5. Mat (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Jake, I would like BOTH the Reefer AND European designs. David (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I can tell you that that probably is the best approach, especially when dealing with this sort of train car. My 5 well Huskey Stack: (URL) is a bear to set up, because I have to find the couplings blindly (2x2 turntables). Since it's been (...) (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(URL) FYI: A new article by Didier Enjary (FreeLUG) titled LEGO Trains - Decorative Color Schemes is now available in the ILTCO library! (URL) SteveB (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) <Shameless Self-Plug> I'm doing the same thing with my newest under-construction diesel: (URL) This image is a bit outdated although it gives you an idea why I did so. I may/may not put pics of the updated version. It's all classified at the (...) (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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