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(...) Why to run them on the new Lego 6-wide rails in the Temple of Doom set. The designer has been quoted as saying the new rails elements were designed for making a wide variety of layouts. (15 years ago, 11-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Texas State Railroad Engine #500
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(2 URLs) Gallery>, including work in progress shots. Texas State Railroad Pacific (4-6-2) Engine #500. From the TSRR Website: Built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1911, engine 500 began its career with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (...) (15 years ago, 5-Nov-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Texas State Railroad Engine #300
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(2 URLs) Gallery>, including work in progress shots. Texas State Railroad Consolidation (2-8-0) Engine #300. From the TSRR Website: Engine 300 is one of two surviving United States Army “Pershing” engines. This type of engine was named after General (...) (15 years ago, 2-Nov-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | Old Swaybacked Flatcar (No Freeloading!)
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I am please to bring you: (URL) Old Swaybacked Flatcar (No Freeloading!)> (URL) enjoy kurt (15 years ago, 27-Oct-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | LEGO set #10183 Hobby Train Online Instructions (.pdf format)
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For people who have notice that LEGO has taken down the online digital copy of the Hobby Train instructions set #10183 from 'Factory.LEGO.com'. Brickshelf user: Holodoc has all 30 sets in .pdf format. (URL) For train fans. (15 years ago, 24-Oct-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: The Lindbergh Special "The Train That Raced A Plane"
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(...) I've seen photos of B60's both with and with out end windows. The standard RR of the world wasn't always very standard. Though as luck would have it I can't find any photos of one with windows on the web so it appears they were a lot rarer (...) (15 years ago, 23-Oct-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: The Lindbergh Special "The Train That Raced A Plane"
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(...) Very nice (as usual). I would have thunk that the end doors of the baggage car would not have had windows (but...?). I am still floored by the detailing you put on the interior of your cars. I'm almost half tempted to dare you to try that (...) (15 years ago, 22-Oct-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | The Lindbergh Special "The Train That Raced A Plane"
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The Lindbergh Special "The Train That Raced A Plane" (URL) When celebrated pioneer aviator Charles Lindbergh returned to the United States on June 11, 1927 following his successful solo transatlantic flight from New York City to Paris, he was (...) (15 years ago, 19-Oct-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | A couple of scratch-built track links.
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Ran across this interesting hack, turning O-gauge flex track into Lego track: (URL) got out the calipers and measured some 9V rail. Code 250 rail is almost exactly the right height, although different profile of course. Here is a source for Code 250 (...) (15 years ago, 11-Oct-09, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 6 Stud Tankers
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(...) Hi, I saw these parts in a LEGO show room, and if I remember well, they are split only in two. For the height, I don't really remember. But the better is they also exists in white, in the 2010 airport tower control. I already planned to make (...) (15 years ago, 9-Oct-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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