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(...) Thanks. Considering my N&W beat out your Union Pacific GE and Brian Williams Dunn & Duffy Circus train it was quite an honor. Both were excelent MOCs. Cale (URL) (16 years ago, 15-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Thanks. The front truck doesn't support any of the locos weight which isn't prototypical but it works. As I was building #6 I was worried that the lack of truck support and the solid boiler would cause it to be nose heavy. I even had boat (...) (16 years ago, 15-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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That front truck is a masterpiece, does it support any of the weight of the loco or is it held on the track purely by its own weight? Tim (16 years ago, 14-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Great work! I also want to congradulate you on your Norfolk and Western getting elected the best train at BrickWorld. Your trains and rail cars are certainly some of the best that I've seen. I look forward to seeing more of your work. Scott (16 years ago, 14-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains)
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Ma & Pa 4-4-0 #6 Originally formed in 1901 from several narrow gauge lines, the now standard gauge Maryland & Pennsylvania RR railroad (Ma & Pa to its fans) traced a meandering seventy-seven mile route to connect Baltimore, MD and York, PA, two (...) (16 years ago, 14-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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Ma & Pa 700 series Box Cars The Ma & Pa built these cars in the late 1920s using parts from previous cars. These wooden truss rod cars served the railroad for many years with a few lasting into the early 60's long after other railroads would have (...) (16 years ago, 14-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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(...) I have lots of photo which may help you build a similar design, Send me an email and I'll dig them out. I have a very limited collection of pieces so the design challenge is always to build the best model with my current bricks. But I acquire (...) (16 years ago, 13-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Very nice crane, I really like the way the cargo is moved from train to train. This is a great combionation of two of my favorite Lego themes...trains and Mindstorms. Do you happen to have building instructions for this creation? Brian (16 years ago, 12-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Check out my latest build, a fully automatic mindstorm crane (URL) A movie on YouTube. It’s over 4 minutes so if your in a hurry start at 03:50 (URL) Bodville website also has new content. (URL) Some more crane pictures are on Brickshelf. (8 URLs) (...) (16 years ago, 12-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I suspect all of these are probably on Bricklink by now, they sold out within a few hours.. (16 years ago, 11-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains)
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