 | | 'Train Roof 6 x 6 Double Slope 45 / Slope 33' in White!
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From the 2007 catalog scans on 1000 Steine, it looks like the 'Train Roof 6 x 6 Double Slope 45 / Slope 33' (2876) will be available in white. It has previously appeared in black and grey (new and old). For those of you who stocked up on the 4561 (...) (18 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Missing R/C Trains on Lego.com and AFOL "Dream Train Set"
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"Jordan Schwarz" <jbschwarz@ThisIsRea...gmail.com> wrote in message news:JAx377.Ep0@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] The set is supposed to cost about $100. It doesn't contain a motor (it will need to be purchased (...) (18 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Question for you knowledgeable Train-heads
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(...) This reminds me of the modeling dilemma I faced when I first started building Thomas characters in LEGO-- do I model the prototype upon which the character was based, or do I try and faithfully model the character itself? I ended up deciding (...) (18 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Question for you knowledgeable Train-heads
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(...) Exactly. Who now knows that Annie and Clarabel are bogie coaches? Tim (18 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Missing R/C Trains on Lego.com and AFOL "Dream Train Set"
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(...) ::snip:: (...) Clifton, You're right that battery trains are "missing" from the menus on the trains page at LEGO at the time being, though this seems to be little more than a website glitch. Right now, the items are out of stock, as were many (...) (18 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Question for you knowledgeable Train-heads
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(...) I'd heard that "Ring a Ring of Roses" referred to the markings produced by bubonic plague :-) (...) The original books were based firmly on various railways in the UK (my daughter was ecstatic when we visited the Talyllyn Railway in 1991 and (...) (18 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: From the TCLTC Proving Grounds....
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(...) You are correct (as it is placed in the video). I think my Ross got a little lazy there with that render. Nice catch:-) JOHN (18 years ago, 26-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | Re: From the TCLTC Proving Grounds....
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(...) get power to all 3 tracks via the points? ROSCO (18 years ago, 26-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | Re: Missing R/C Trains on Lego.com and AFOL "Dream Train Set"
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(...) That does seem odd, but I don't think it means much other than LEGO's got there web site messed up somehow. The IR Remote controlled trains are still on sale in the LEGO store in Burlington, MA. (Just my humble opinion as an outside observer.) (...) (18 years ago, 26-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Question for you knowledgeable Train-heads
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(...) Well, I've always suspected that it's a sort of mnemonic code, like "Ring a Ring of Roses" or "The Pied Piper of Hamlin." As for the "working without pay" bit, I fear that many of the bottom-rung "employees" did exactly that, alas. (...) Of (...) (18 years ago, 26-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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