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Q. What do spacemen do on their days off? A. Train spotting of course. The train spotting triplets are mindstorm controlled by the same brick that runs the stopping of trains at the main station. I got the idea after seeing some cows (I only had (...) (17 years ago, 11-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: ATSF "Beep"
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(...) As some of you may have seen at NMRA, I built the Santa Fe Beep IRL and debuted it at the show. I had to completely re-do the letters because they didn't work out in real life. Now the inside of the hood has lots of yummy snot going on. :P (...) (17 years ago, 10-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: You Suck - was ...Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11!
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(...) Chris, I have some a picture of the underside of the road plates (URL) here> and very short video (URL) here> of Steve's awesome magnet cars. (17 years ago, 9-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: I'm steamed...
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(...) I'm sorry to hear about the Hiawatha... have you localized the exact problem when it goes into the uneven track? I've run into the same problem before on most of my steamers, and I've found some solutions and still looking for others. Do you (...) (17 years ago, 9-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: I'm steamed...
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(...) That's funny! And yet sad;-) JOHN (17 years ago, 9-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: I'm steamed...
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(...) Well, after building my Hiawatha last year I threw in the steam engine towel for a while. The locomotive ran fine at home, but couldn't take the bumpy track we have at shows and it dirtied the track like no tomorrow. Then I saw what you and (...) (17 years ago, 9-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego Trains at Malkara (Canberra Australia)
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The story behind this video starts with me wining an Ebay auction for a MindStorm set for a sweet price. My Uncle opened the set for the first time the night before Malkara to get him in a Lego mood. A couple of hours later he had the robot made (...) (17 years ago, 8-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Scott Wardlaw's GE Dash 9 in Union Pacific Trim
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(...) Added to the sidebar, sorry for the slackness in doing an update. Nice model, you've caputured the shape and bulk well. My only issue would be the your choice of part for the handrails down the sides but the stickers are great. Although being (...) (17 years ago, 7-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: I'm steamed...
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(...) Thanks for the NMRA Steam Roster, Benn! It's really nice to have it all at one glance. Makes one wish there was some sort of LEGO Steam Engine link list somewhere (is there?)... but I don't wish there was one because then someone would suggest (...) (17 years ago, 7-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: I'm steamed...
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(...) Well it would have been great to see your steam engines in person, but there were still a few steam engines on hand. Here's a quick review of most of the ones I saw. Click on the thumbnail for a larger image, and click here for the (URL) Full (...) (17 years ago, 7-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | Re: Scott Wardlaw's GE Dash 9 in Union Pacific Trim
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For the real stickers, I used Avery Sticker Paper, both clear and Matte White. How do I get this MOC listed on the main lugnet.trains page as a recent MOC? Scott (17 years ago, 7-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego Trains at Malkara (Canberra Australia)
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The first movie is on brickshelf (URL) YouTube (URL) a time lapse movie of the setup, more to come. (17 years ago, 6-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Scott Wardlaw's GE Dash 9 in Union Pacific Trim
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Great looking model. I love the sticks created for LDraw. Overall a great looking model that successfully represents the real model. Did you use water slides for the decals? (17 years ago, 6-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | PennLUG to display at Euro East Train Show, August 11th, 12th
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For the second year in row PennLUG (Pennsylvania LEGO Users Group) will be displaying a LEGO train layout at the (URL) Euro East Train Show> in Marietta, PA. Euro East is the largest European train show east of the Rockies featuring several (...) (17 years ago, 6-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.pennlug, lugnet.loc.us.pa, FTX)
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| | Scott Wardlaw's GE Dash 9 in Union Pacific Trim
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(URL) I've had this one for a while, but this is my first post to lugnet.trains. It took several hours to make the stickers, and then several more hours to create a computer program that would turn them into an LDRAW part file, so that I could (...) (17 years ago, 6-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Two silly train cars
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(URL) 'Cause not everyone found the John Deere tractor as amusing as I did. --Tony (17 years ago, 5-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Combining RC-Train and Blue Rails
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(...) Especially this: (URL) forgot this one: (URL) (17 years ago, 3-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | New train station
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just saw it now on (URL) like it, it is simple, "junorised" as some would say, but in my mind perfect for a small town/village, with little population and not much traffic. (17 years ago, 3-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Combining RC-Train and Blue Rails
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(...) Hi Havent been here for a long time... I used this in 2000 or 2001 here: (URL) Especially see: (URL) have some broken pieces i wanted to convert 2 a mixed track - the idea was to have a layout with 2 "contries" connected by a railwaybridge, (...) (17 years ago, 3-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Trains at Merrist Wood
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(...) In a similar vein here are two videos from 2005, one is footage from an on-board (wireless) camera. (URL) (17 years ago, 3-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk, FTX)
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