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(...) A variation of this (that I had in my bedroom as a kid) is to have the layout hinged on one edge and fixed to a (strong) shelf. When not used it folds up against the wall. Mine was hollow, with an operating well/hole in the middle. (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I've had these built for some time, but I never got around to photographing them. I built these mainly for TexLUG events to amuse the kiddies. I apologize for the poor quality of the photos. Heavy Duty Depressed Center Flatcar with John Deere (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Ahh, two happy endings in one nite-- yours and the ending of the non-ending for Brickshelf:-) JOHN (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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[ ... snipped ... ] (...) If you are in the Chicago area or caught it on the news, you know the weather last night was not very good for anyone traveling. A large thunderstorm closed O'Hare cancelling my flight home (along with thousands of other (...) (17 years ago, 19-Jul-07, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ooh, no worries! :-) Looks like Kevin is going to keep Brickshelf going, and we will become paying customers, so the site won't need restoring after all. Brilliant! JOHN (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, FTX)
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(...) One of the classic solutions used by non-Lego model railroaders might work for you as well. It does require a largish garage, however. The idea is to have a layout on a platform that can be raised up by chains or ropes so that you can park (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.trains)
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Several people here on Lugnet own copies of 139 (the 4.5V Electronic train control unit), and even though I am not quite eager enough to try to acquire a copy for myself, I'm still very much interested in this set, as it was a childhood dream of (...) (17 years ago, 19-Jul-07, to lugnet.trains)
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I was in Schaumburg (Chicago) today for work and had a some time before my flight so I stopped off at Woodfield Mall LEGO Store to see if they had anything new or interesting. The Pick-A-Brick choices were pretty weak, nothing I couldn't live (...) (17 years ago, 19-Jul-07, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains)
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A long time ago I made a 4 wide big rig and thought that it might be fun to take standard HO track and build LEGO cases for a standard loco chassis. The I got to thinking about how to attach HO trucks to LEGO and dropped the idea because it was (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Years ago, I did some HO rolling stock for fun: (2 URLs) JOHN (17 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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