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(...) One day I'll get the hang of this "writing everything I want" and "cross posting" business... Thanks to Pierre Normandin for the idea for the handles beside the doors and to anyone I've subconsciously ripped off. Plus, x-posted to announce.moc (...) (18 years ago, 20-May-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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I've finally gone American! I'd say this is my first try at real US stock anyway (I guess the NY Subway might count). A quick try at a six-wide version of a Genesis engine pulling a North Metro commuter train. The underdetails on the car might be (...) (18 years ago, 20-May-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: BLTG Train Show Next Weekend
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(...) Hello Gary , Any Photos !! Thanks Teunis , M>ltc (18 years ago, 19-May-06, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Brilliant station by dagealka
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(...) Its a work of genius IMHO. although I don't think it contains any SNOT techniques that haven't seen before, it seem to have them all in there. What makes it great tho, is the way they are melded together to create a building thats full of (...) (18 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) My goodness. This might either inspire people or make them give up the hobby. I won't make any SNOT/kleenex jokes, but will say, there is a ton of SNOT! Love the tan crates and the yellow pallet jacks among many other wonderful details. Along (...) (18 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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Hi all, This model appeared in BS recently and I think it's brilliant. User signed off as Daniel on the 100steine post so thanks Daniel for this excellent work. (2 URLs) BS Gallery> (URL) on 1000steine land> I'll leave it to you to find all the (...) (18 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | LDD Train parts are 9V...
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Using my contacts within the LEGO Factory team I have been able to determine that all train parts (Motor and Track) are from the 9V system not the new IR system. I am currently working to determine why there is such a large price differance between (...) (18 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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| | NMRA Nat'l Train Show July 7-9th, Philly, PA - USA
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Hi All, Well we are nearly ready for the NMRA National Train Show on July 7-9th in Philadelphia, PA. There are 10 clubs participating this year; COLTC, SHSL, IndyLUG, WamaLTC, MichLTC, GardensLUG, DelvaLUG, PennLUG, MichianaLTC, and TCLTC. We would (...) (18 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Save 9V Boxcar
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(...) Mike, you are not stepping on any toes. Actually there will be a lot of use for this and other designs. Within the next few days Save 9v Trains will be announcing a way for everyone to help the cause. I don't want to say much more but your (...) (18 years ago, 17-May-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Review of 7897 Passenger Train available at ILTCO site
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(...) They won't ship silly, they'll train!!!!! ROSCO (18 years ago, 17-May-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.fun)
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(...) If they ship at all... :( (18 years ago, 16-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(URL) is a simple boxcar for $19.02USD I made for the cause of saving 9V trains. I realize this could unintentionally step on the toes of (URL) this.> So if you can use those containers I would urge everyone to buy them instead. Simply because the (...) (18 years ago, 16-May-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | Re: Review of 7898 Cargo Train Deluxe available on ILTCO.org
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"Mike Walsh" <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:IzC7pM.19xu@lugnet.com... (...) (URL) Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com (URL) - North Carolina LEGO Train Club (URL) - Carolina Train Builders (URL) - CTB/Brick Depot (18 years ago, 16-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Review of 7898 Cargo Train Deluxe available on ILTCO.org
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Some follow-ups from the 7897 thread. There are 6 screws holding the motor together! There are either a "star" shaped driver or an Alan (hex driver) wrench. They are very small even too small for my reading glasses and a magnifying glass. So I tried (...) (18 years ago, 16-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Review of 7898 Cargo Train Deluxe available on ILTCO.org
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Thanks Mike :) (...) (18 years ago, 16-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Review of 7897 Passenger Train available at ILTCO site
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"ondrew hartigan" <roj2323@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Iz3qB7.1KFI@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I think they are supposed to be released in August but it seems that LEGO is beating their target ship dates these (...) (18 years ago, 16-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Review of 7898 Cargo Train Deluxe available on ILTCO.org
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Steve Barile was fortunate enough to receive a pre-release copy of the upcoming 7898 Cargo Train Deluxe set to review. Steve's review has been posted on the ILTCO web site at: (URL) (posting for Steve this evening) (18 years ago, 16-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Review of 7897 Passenger Train available at ILTCO site
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(...) Except that I was stuck in BOS till saturday AM and had no time to do any of the research... It will have to wait till next week. (...) Good question. I will try to see if I can find some of those controllers and try that. (18 years ago, 16-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Great writeup, Larry. Thanks for posting that and fielding questions. Now that the weekend is over and you're probably sick of handling requests from the peanut gallery, I have one more thing I was hoping to learn. Does the controller use the (...) (18 years ago, 16-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Attaching track to surface
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(...) I've never done it either, but one possibility might be to set it up once then cut notches in the panels where they meet deep enough to take some kind of locating device (dowel perhaps?). That way you can make sure they always line up the same (...) (18 years ago, 13-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I've never tried anything like this but if you didn't bolt the end pieces down you might gain a little more freedom of error. Tim (18 years ago, 13-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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This train newbie needs advice about attaching track to the layout surface. A 6' x 12' layout with 250 pieces of track has to be reassembled daily for several weeks. This is a camp activity and I fear the track won't take the punishment that 10 year (...) (18 years ago, 13-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: High speed train instructions: not quite an MOC
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(...) you're desparate to know what the link is drop me an email to tgould(.DoT)lego(A@T...l(DoT.)com Tim (18 years ago, 12-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Save 9 Volt Trains
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(...) Manfred, When I went to the moderation queue and saw this I laughed out loud. Very funny! I like it. -Eric (18 years ago, 12-May-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.clikits, FTX)
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| | Re: Save 9 Volt Trains
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Having looked upon the issue from her own prespective, Clikits-girl Heart decided to let her heart speak, and made her contribution to support the "(URL) Save 9V trains>"-campaign: (URL) With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen [XP to lugnet.clikits] (18 years ago, 12-May-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.clikits, FTX)
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Neither load for me from Florida. (...) Tom Stangl * (URL) DSM Visual FAQ home * 90 Talon AWD * (URL) Prius Visual FAQ Home * 04 Prius AM #7 * 06 Prius NL #7 (18 years ago, 12-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) for sure, no (copyrighted material). I don't think this link will solve the problem : (URL) those interested : (URL) (18 years ago, 12-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) 'Tis most definitely there. --01:51:00-- (URL) => `4494781.pdf' Resolving assets.lego.com... 213.225.138.44 Connecting to assets.lego.com|213.....44|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 6,580,465 (6.3M) (...) (18 years ago, 12-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm 100% sure and it is still working for me. It may be a regional blocking thing. Tim (18 years ago, 11-May-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Sorry, but I echo Ross... page not found. Are you sure the page you wanted to post is at assets .lego .com?? That's where the link points.... Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 (18 years ago, 11-May-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Very odd. It works fine for me. I just tested a couple of minutes ago. Tim (18 years ago, 11-May-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Seems the secrecy is very effective, as I get page not found. ROSCO (18 years ago, 11-May-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Review of 7897 Passenger Train available at ILTCO site
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(...) I think Ondrew was talking about the "time-out" mentioned somewhere, that the IR electronics switches off after a certain time if there's no signal from the controller. I'd be interested in knowing that too. Also, if you get a chance, could (...) (18 years ago, 11-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The perfect power strip...
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(...) While on the subject of power suppies. It's been mentioned in the past by others, but I recomend swapping in a slightly beefier transformer to run your trains. The LEGO train power controller can output upto 1 amp, but most of the wallwarts (...) (18 years ago, 11-May-06, to lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | High speed train instructions: not quite an MOC
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(URL) The instructions>. Tim PS. Secrecy inspired by Jason Railton (18 years ago, 11-May-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Review of 7897 Passenger Train available at ILTCO site
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(...) While you're at it, can you confirm how the motor box is seeled shut, glue, screws or deformed tas like the old 9v motor. Also the new technic axel wheels have the traction tire on them, perhaps that's why they are solid. Pity they didn't redo (...) (18 years ago, 11-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It struck me as being a lot like the 12V truck, set up to do just that. I could not find the right part to use to try to connect central wheels though. That's a failing of checking every pin type on my part though. (it would be an axle/pin (...) (18 years ago, 11-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lar(at@at)miltontra...t.dot)com> wrote in message news:Iz2ssx.63w@lugnet.com... (...) Would you comment on the center hole between the two motor wheels on the powered truck? Is it possible to utilize those holes to make a six (...) (18 years ago, 11-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Review of 7897 Passenger Train available at ILTCO site
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(...) This is what I wanted it for, but the big bulge above the baseplate will be very hard to disguise. That's why I went to Maplin for an IR kit I could fit into a brick-built box. It turned out a bit bigger than I planned, but I've hooked it up (...) (18 years ago, 11-May-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | The perfect power strip...
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OK, for those of us that have club layouts I am sure we have power strip issues. NELUG runs 3-4 trains plus we have an ammusement park that uses another 5-6 power supplies and then an additional 3-4 for other automation on our layout. I am sure most (...) (18 years ago, 11-May-06, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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