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(...) Thanks! Your son is an inspiration to me, so we're even and no, I don't remember being around her 17 years ago...i'd be 23 though, and my 20's were big parties and lotsa excess... Well.. maybe not :) Just watching the vid from work, I have a (...) (18 years ago, 27-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) <snip> (...) Hey, really fun to watch. Of course, it makes my head spin with all of that there engineering stuff. But I love the sound effect! I am left with two thoughts: First, my son is going to really flip out when he sees this; and (...) (18 years ago, 27-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> Ahh, the internet--a beautiful place-- YouTube-- (URL) better for watching! :) Dave K (18 years ago, 27-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks! I just wish it worked better ... I'll probably continue to tweak it a bit over the next few weeks--hate the look of the coal car for starters... and maybe it'll be good enough to do a loop of track at the hobby show--compete with the (...) (18 years ago, 27-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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David... That's... Awesome... !!!! Derek (18 years ago, 27-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> a smaller movie can be found here-- (URL) K (18 years ago, 27-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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An idea forming in the mind many years ago was to take the pneumatic cylinders and actually make a 'steam' engine. Inspired by Trevyn a few years back at hte hobby show, when he showed up with a pneumatic engine that ran on the duplo tracks, I (...) (18 years ago, 27-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Here in North Carolina (USA), tank cars don't seem to come in very exciting colors - those belonging to Cargill are all black (Cargill ships grain products like vegetable oil and corn syrup in their tank cars). The other frequent operator, (...) (18 years ago, 26-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If the situation in NA is anything like in the UK, black tankers carry heavy oils and bitumen etc. while lighter oils (petrol/gas) and other products are carried in coloured tankers. Its for a simple practical reason, spillages of heavy oils (...) (18 years ago, 26-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Jordan, I'm not usually into retro-settery but you've done a great job making a model that stands on its own out of the limited pallette at Factory. Both these models have a real "Lego set" feel which is appealling. Tim PS. For the benefit (...) (18 years ago, 26-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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