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(...) Hmmm... I got the Futuron one from a neighbor, who didn't like LEGO'S that much. I got it for 80.00? I loved it. I played with that for hours, having it connect my Space Base with my city. for the 6399 Airport Shuttle, I saved for moths to get (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Define largest. Total weight? Weight on drivers? Length? (with or without the tender?) Number of wheels? Number of driven wheels? Tractive force produced? Depending on your metric you get different answers. I know that to be true, but I don't know (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) But that's part of the FUN of live steam, no? (...) Yes, I think you're right about that! Turbulent flow would be much more likely to disperse the smoke by the time it got back to the cab than laminar flow would. I wonder if streamlined (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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What is the largest lego steam engine ever built and who built it? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) think (...) The ZB in Dublin, CA had 6 left this afternoon. BTW the sales clerk didn't know that this set requires the speed regulator. Hope no kid ends up with one of these on Christmas morning and won't be able to use it. (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) MSRP --Todd (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.database)
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Hey, do you have pictures of your little steamer? They would be neat to see. Chris (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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When the first space monorail came out I was not very impressed, but I said to myself, "If they ever make a town monorail I will get one." LEGO did so I did. I walked in to Toys R Us just to see what was new, and there it was. I bought it with (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yep, My EuroTrash Live Steamer has them...where does the smoke blow? Right into my face! (Mind you, I'm 16/1 too big for the cab of the engine too!) (...) Actually, I think it has more to do with the size of the engine and the front drag of (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) These are called, (1) "smoke deflectors"... Very much more common on EuroTrash trains than on US proto (2). Good example of a US proto loco that uses them, though, is UP 8444 1 - In the best, totally unimaginative, tradition of railroad (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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