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(...) IIRC there are at least two liveries for the red and yellow EWS. One which has a sort of jagged stripe (like you see on the 66's). I really liked the BR one as it is a brand spanking new paintjob and the colours are almost exactly Lego ones (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Samsonite 118 Train set
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I just posted the 1968 FAO Schwarz catalog here: (URL) the Samsonite 118 train which has always been something of a mystery. Here's what the instructions look like: (URL) also contains the 223 Adventure set which was a nice find. Enjoy, Eric (19 years ago, 4-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: TCLTC's version of Mathis Club Trolley
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(...) Killer Trolley John... Guess I’ll have to build a Tampa TECO Street Car now. And Larry was nice enough take all kinds of images of it last time he was in town and share them with me:) Build on... Robin Werner GFLTC (19 years ago, 4-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: NOS train show pictures are up!
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(...) Wow, Great layout! Would love to see more images... so keep us posted. Robin Werner GFLTC (19 years ago, 4-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains.org.spltc, FTX)
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| | Re: TCLTC's version of Mathis Club Trolley
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(...) Ha! Remember: it is a James Mathis design. Although we lengthened it a bit, we resisted the urge to widen it:-) I just got the final few elements needed to complete it, so I'll have to shoot some final pics... JOHN (19 years ago, 4-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | A Call for Sessions at BrickFest™ 2005
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A Call for Sessions at BrickFest™ 2005 (URL) One of the key parts of activities at BrickFest™ is a chance to share your knowledge and experiences, and learn from each other. So, once again we would like to offer an invitation to all individuals, (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jun-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.people, lugnet.org, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.events, lugnet.cad, FTX) !!
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| | Re: ILTCO at the National NMRA convention in Cincinnati, July 2005
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(...) Yep, and for those not making it to NMRA, we've had a request for it to be on the train layout at Brickfest. With the announcement of a challenge/competition over at Brickfest, we're definitely wanting to bring it now! (19 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: TCLTC's version of Mathis Club Trolley
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(snip) To quote Paris Hilton--"That's Hot!" Now, to see if we can get that to fit in the CUT... ;) Scott (19 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: A french BB 62400
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(...) That is a perfectly legitimate reason, and I can certainly respect that! Play On! JOHN (19 years ago, 4-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Two British 37s - and another soon!
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(...) There are quite a few liveries of Class 37s. I've just completed one in Railfreight grey with red stripe, based on this: (URL) With this livery the roof colour varies between locos - I've done mine in black. I hope to post some pictures soon. (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk, FTX)
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| | Re: A french BB 62400
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(...) I also faced some challenges and decided to use the old style railings, although no yellow-grey engines ever had the short style ;) See (URL) for a detail shot of the short nose. (19 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A french BB 62400
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Hello all, (...) Again great feedbacks from many persons, thanks to you all. This discussion improves a lot how I can do with buiding MOCs. John, I surely like to build in 6 wide, I also went to look into 7 wide. But for 8 wide, I have a major (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: A french BB 62400
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Hello Niels, (...) Thanks for these accurate pictures. Now I have to try to render the new livery... a terrible challenge :) Philippe "frogleap" Label (19 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: ILTCO at the National NMRA convention in Cincinnati, July 2005
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Sorry everyone!!! Some cut and Paste has resulted in the propagation of the mix up... This is the correct schedule (below)! I will fix the ILTCO dates now! SteveB Wednesday July 6: 1 PM - 6 PM: Set-up for clubs only (not for dealers) Thursday July (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: ILTCO at the National NMRA convention in Cincinnati, July 2005
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(...) It's not too late. Or.. it's about a 6hr drive from Chicago to Cincinnati, maybe a carpool could be arranged for those of us not lucky enough to attend the whole deal? (...) I expect that LTCs will be displaying at the NMRA National Train Show (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: ILTCO at the National NMRA convention in Cincinnati, July 2005
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(...) ... (...) Dang. I wish I'd known about this a month or two ago; I would have flown out to Cincinnati just to see it. Would you expect this to be an annual event? Thanks, - Joe (19 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: ILTCO at the National NMRA convention in Cincinnati, July 2005
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(...) Sorry to be a little grumpy here, but this doesn't match what's written on the ILTCO Page. (URL) example it says July 9, 6PM tear-down. Implying no show on Sunday. It is very important for people having to book vacation and travel to know when (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: My use of 16 BBB Large Wheels
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(...) I have uploaded more pics. These are the trucks and how they get around LEGO curves. On the Engine: Front truck and front drive wheels: (URL) pic 1,> (URL) pic 2,> (URL) pic 3,> Rear drive wheels and truck: (URL) pic 1,> (URL) pic 2,> The (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | NOS train show pictures are up!
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Hi! The first round of pictures from our train show at the National Orange Show are now up. Expect to see more in the next few days. (URL) John Gramley SPLTC (19 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org.spltc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: ILTCO at the National NMRA convention in Cincinnati, July 2005
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In lugnet.announce, Paul Janssen wrote: I was notified that the dates in my post were somewhat incorrect. The Train Show is from July 8-10, the opening dates/times were corrected, but the summary was shifted by a day. Schedule: Wednesday July 6: 1 (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: ILTCO at the National NMRA convention in Cincinnati, July 2005
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(...) (beauty) JOHN (19 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: ILTCO at the National NMRA convention in Cincinnati, July 2005
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(snip) Here's a teaser of something coming to the show... (URL) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Club Trolley Revisited
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(...) My renders of the other color schemes got nixed half-way through the render process. I hadn't bothered to re-render them. I will now that you are curious. They're nothing special. The trolley should have had dark grey doors instead of brown (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Club Trolley Revisited
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(...) Oh, baby, this version: (URL) only using dark red-- please make into a set, TLG! :-d~ ~ JOHN (19 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Club Trolley Revisited
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(...) I've received a couple of private e-mails requesting additional renders of this trolley with train club logos that I did not include. My apologies if I offended any club by not rendering your club's logo on the trolley. I was very lazy (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | TCLTC's version of Mathis Club Trolley
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I was going to wait for a few needed parts (ironically, from Hans-Juergen's BL store, who posted the first variation pics of James' trolley:-) but since the subject is hot, I shot some pics and will share now: (after moderation) (URL) Some notes: I (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Club Trolley Revisited
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(...) Well, I guess I couldn't resist the Barney Urge-- guess that's because I have a 7 week old baby in the house ;-) (...) I was just thinking about lengthening this trolley by 4 studs, as well. The v7 trolley now uses the standard black 6x24 (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Club Trolley Revisited
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(...) I think James was basing this new color scheme upon the most readily available parts colors from BL (purple windows notwithstanding, which are also plentiful) JOHN (19 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: ILTCO at the National NMRA convention in Cincinnati, July 2005
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(...) <ahem> The 13 club number is derived from LTCs who are actually displaying their layouts at the show, not from representatives who might also attend. HTH, JOHN (19 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Two British 37s
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Hi, Since people have kindly informed me of the serial number for this train (see (URL) here>) and I found a picture of a retro-liveried version (37425 for those who care) I've decided to post some pics of my 37 series train in EWS livery and (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk, FTX)
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| | Re: Club Trolley Revisited
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I was thinking about a purple window one also. Am I missing something? I only see the same color scheme with different logos...??? SteveB (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Club Trolley Revisited
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(...) This is fantastic, James:-) Funny about the purple-- my initial impulse was to actually build our car in that color (because I already have the windows left over from a killer Knight bus MOC that I never finished...) and call it the "Barney (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Club Trolley Revisited
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(...) Thanks James, This was a nice surprise to see our logo on one of your famous models! Calum (19 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Club Trolley Revisited
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(...) Thanks James, The library is still moderated, but I already plan to make a white and green varient, as this is the coloring for the old trolly lines in San Diego, where I live. So far this has been an evolving design, but I'm sure I'll make my (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Club Trolley Revisited
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I've twiddled with the trolley design a bit further-- mostly color combos as dictated by train window colors available at BrickLink. Interestingly enough, purple 2-wide and 4-wide train windows seem most plentiful from the Harry Potter Night Bus (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: ILTCO at the National NMRA convention in Cincinnati, July 2005
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(...) Once again, J-2 is out of the loop. Hopefully the GMLTC will have a representative or two there at the big show - it depends if I'll be able to get out of work for a few days. <sigh> JohnG, GMLTC (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: ILTCO at the National NMRA convention in Cincinnati, July 2005
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(...) Actually, you were correct with 13, as you included the GMLTC on your list and shouldn't have. JOHN (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: ILTCO at the National NMRA convention in Cincinnati, July 2005
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(...) Indeed, I'm charging the camera and the video camera already! Really looking forward to being there to see this come togehter. Jake --- Jake McKee Community Liaison LEGO Community Team (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: A french BB 62400
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(...) I found a couple of pictures from above: (2 URLs) The 2nd picture shows the new french livery with lightgray, darkgray and red with yellow fronts. This yellow is brighter than the dutch yellow. On the right is 662432 (being repainted in the (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: A french BB 62400
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(...) Right, I can see it now. It's the tile on top that's offset a little because the stud it's on (the transparent brick) isn't in a natural position. Of course, it would probably have been simpler to use two clear 1x2 plates with a tile on top, (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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