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(...) It's a great set to get back into legos (which I did upon getting it about a week ago). All those lovely pieces.... (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks for all the great pointers to Train oriented sites. I just wish my wife would let me open my 4559 Cargo Railway before Christmas...-- Bryan (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | A big week of Lego!!
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1) The location you clip wires onto the regulator contains two terminals. One of these terminals sources current to a load (e.g., a motor). The other of these terminals provides the return path for current (remember, an electrical circuit forms a (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) In addition to the info James gave you, Kevin Loch's (URL) is a great place for scanned instructions should you be missing any, or if you never bought certain sets but want to see if you can build them anyway. Welcome to LUGnet! From Tom (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi, Bryan, While I'm not a very frequent poster to these hallowed LEGO newsgroups, I thought I should welcome you back to the "LEGOLAND" :-) (...) I, too, am 28, collected LEGO from childhood, and had a time of LEGO absence during college. (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello, Just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Bryan Kinkel. I'm 28 and collected Lego's all through my childhood. My favorites during that period were the early Space and Town series. But what really made me excited were the Castle and Train (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Anyone else getting interminably slow responses? I liked what little I saw, and wish the pictures were bigger... but kept getting timed out. (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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After a few more Paradisia Cafe sets, the Monorail Bubble Station as received an addtion to its backside. It now has a more completely enclosed waiting platform area on one side of the station. The addition to the building continues to use the clear (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 4559 at TRU for $99.99
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fyi Saw a Toys R Us flier in the Sunday Paper advertising the 4559 Cargo Railway for $99.99 (26 years ago, 14-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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All, I have an old set #7720 and the battery box car and engine have died. Does anybody have one I can buy, trade or know of a place that might repair mine? Thanks, Brian (26 years ago, 13-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi On (URL) can find some pictures of danish trains. Also see the rest of my new homepage. What do you think? Esben Kolind, Denmark (26 years ago, 13-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Followed up in off-topic. (26 years ago, 11-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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Larry, Just a question, why did you feel the need to editoralize your feelings about Christmas in a LEGO trains newsgroup? Are you that paranoid about how people think you see Christmas? As you can tell, I didn't think it was appropriate here. Take (...) (26 years ago, 11-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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Tom McD and I have been corresponding offline about Christmas (3) trains. He told me that he's set up one with the Lego Santa on it and a bike and sleigh, and has had good results with it and his 2 year old. Since it was a private email, I'll let (...) (26 years ago, 11-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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Correct. Lego Pitsco/Dacta has a pack of two (2) weight elements for 8.50. They are at (URL) Irving Matthew Bates wrote in message ... (...) correct (...) (26 years ago, 11-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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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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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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(...) 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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(...) :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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