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(...) Never, never, NEVER apologize for asking a question in this forum, Larry! (URL) We are all here to share information and promote the LEGO train hobby. There's no room for elitism here! <snip> (...) The EN is a push train-- it doesn't come with (...) (15 years ago, 16-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Converting an Emerald Night to run on 9 volt track
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(...) Basically, a 9V train motor doesn't fit this engine very well, in terms of both the motor's size and look. I've thought about using a 9V motor, too, and personally I'd use it as one of the trucks on a passenger car, as close to the engine as (...) (15 years ago, 16-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, I haven't opened mine yet, so this isn't for sure, but a 9V motor really doesn't fit with the wheel configuration on the engine without severe changes. It could be put on the tender, although that has 8 wheels, so you'd have to change (...) (15 years ago, 16-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Please, please, PLEASE excuse this neophyte for such a simple question... I have note been able to even touch my LEGO train in over three years (it's been in storage) and I just learned about the Emerald Knight. The last time I had any (...) (15 years ago, 16-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You need the help of John Neal!!! My suggestion would be to go through Lugnet's train group and look for post by him. At the start of the decade, the train's group was simmering with activity and John N. was (and still is!) a strong proponent (...) (15 years ago, 15-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hello Anthony - LOL - I've just started reading the RAILBRICKS back issues, I've just started issue 3. Thanks for the info you sent me and I'll start looking through it later tonight. For right now, what I'd really like to build is something (...) (15 years ago, 15-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Howdy Larry! The RAILBRICKS website (www.railbricks.com) has many sets of instructions, though I'm afraid they mostly (if not all) 6 wide designs. However, it wouldn't be too terribly difficult to augment them to be 8 wide. RAILBRICKS Magazine (...) (15 years ago, 15-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 8879 no more?
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The remote is available for sale again with shipping starting April 2010: (URL) (15 years ago, 15-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello everyone! I hope this post goes through. Anyway, I only have one LEGO train set: Lego 4534-1 Express Deluxe that my wife got me for Christmas a few years back. I have been ogling all the trains that you all have built throughout the years. I (...) (15 years ago, 15-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Though I have already praised you for this beautiful pic elsewhere, I'll restate it here as well-- nicely staged and a nice MOC, too! It is certainly calendar-worthy. (URL) JOHN (15 years ago, 15-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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The next installment in my Sava Railways Scenic Tours photo series: "Painted Desert" (URL) Image is a link. As seen in the (URL) 2010 Calendar>. --Tony (15 years ago, 14-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Christmas Trolley in Metallic Silver (drool)
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(...) Ha, well, the full train is going to be more like today's tourist lines: a hodge-podge of various cars. I already have a 12 wide Hiawatha car that I have built which I need to convert to 14 wide, and a 14 wide Soo Caboose I built about 10 (...) (15 years ago, 13-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Oh, so that's where all the metallic silver went. John, you're insane (grin). But I can't wait to see the full train set (grin some more). Benn (15 years ago, 13-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Really nice, Tony! Lots of great details in there (Jack-in-the-box? FTW†) As an aside: I really wish that you were into fleshies.... Thanks for sharing, Elvis, and a Merry Christmas to you and yours as well! JOHN †For The Win (15 years ago, 10-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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The next installment in my Sava Railways Scenic Tours photo series: "Blue Christmas" (URL) Image is a link. Merry Christmas from Sava Railways! --Tony (15 years ago, 10-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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(...) Awwww, give us a big hug! (URL) JOHN (15 years ago, 9-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) There's the John I know and love! :) Dave K (15 years ago, 9-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Welcome to trains, Larry! Although the pedant in me compels me to politely suggest that such testing belongs (URL) HERE> Please don't be offended; I really can't help myself! (URL) JOHN (15 years ago, 9-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Just testing to see if this comes through. Cheers! Larry (15 years ago, 9-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Converting an Emerald Knight to run on 9 volt track
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(...) Not Brass, but they worked. (URL) I later had some steel wheels done up by a local machinist. I've also used some LIONEL 0 gauge wheels. The profile is similar, just a bit wider. Mat (15 years ago, 8-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Christmas Trolley in Metallic Silver (drool)
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In lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, David Koudys wrote: <snip> (...) Thanks, Dave. It is also quite sturdy, which is the real reason why I built it. I was running (URL) Trolley> around the tree, but our English Mastiff (URL) kept objecting!> (URL) I needed (...) (15 years ago, 7-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) It's beautiful, Tony. Should have been on the calendar! Now I'm reticent to post my version.... (URL) JOHN (15 years ago, 7-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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The next installment in my Sava Railways Scenic Tours photo series: "Into The Frozen North" (URL) Image is a link. A heavily photoshopped version of an older picture of my (URL) Polar Express MOC>. --Tony (15 years ago, 7-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Christmas Trolley in Metallic Silver (drool)
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In lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, John Neal wrote: <snip> (...) Nicely done! The complexity of the build is masked by the simple look of it all--I love it Dave K (15 years ago, 7-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains)
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| | GFLUG at Tampa Train Show - Dec 19-20, 2009
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For Immediate Release Contact: Robin Werner TAMPA, FLORIDA - The Greater Florida LEGO Users Group (GFLUG) is proud to announce its participation in the Tampa Model Train Show this December 19-20, 2009 at the Florida State Fairgrounds Special Events (...) (15 years ago, 7-Dec-09, to lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.org.us.gflug, FTX)
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| | Re: Steam Through the Piney Woods
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(...) .. (...) Tony- Just a beautiful scene in every way. -Ted (15 years ago, 6-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Christmas Trolley in Metallic Silver (drool)
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(...) The Nerd Herd cars are never smeared with sooty grease that I can recall. Utterly destroyed, on occassion, but otherwise they are clean and pristine. (...) Did I say functional model steam locomotives? Because I meant the kind that can flatten (...) (15 years ago, 6-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Christmas Trolley in Metallic Silver (drool)
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--snip-- (...) I remember how pleased I was with the brown 1x2 brick and 1x2 plate I got as horse filler back in the 80s. And green was what baseplates and trees came in. I can just remember when grey was rare. Of course those lucky dogs in the LEGO (...) (15 years ago, 6-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Dood! Model railroaders go to great lengths to get that "weathered look!" (URL) When I was with the GMLTC, we did a show that featured an amazing guy who scratch-built these beautiful 8" gauge live steam locos. They were unfreaking believable! (...) (15 years ago, 6-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) The painted silver parts can take a certain amount of abuse (I mean, the stuff doesn't flake off when you rub it, so...), and simply tipping over probably isn't enough to do much damage unless it's at high speed on, say, some sort of natural (...) (15 years ago, 5-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Lol, just bustin' your chops! (URL) (...) Yup. I took on the "dark blue" challenge with (URL) this trolley>. Ahh, the good old days. Remember when orange was new? Or how about green. JOHN (15 years ago, 6-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I assure you any laying down of challenges was entirely unintentional ;) (...) Hah! You're going to have a really fun time detailing that one. There's a certain charm to building in the metallic colours. It's like dark blue in the good old (...) (15 years ago, 6-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Not so fast, Speedy. Although that is a beautiful MOC (which I hadn't seen until now; thanks for showing it), you've never seen my first metallic silver effect that I built a few months ago. (You haven't seen it because I haven't posted a pic (...) (15 years ago, 5-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Christmas Trolley in Metallic Silver (drool)
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(...) Thanks, John! Being a sharp-eyed building connoisseur, you not doubt surmised that the "secret" to the roof is attaching all of the 2x2 tiles using only their center tube. The 1x6s are attached using perpendicular half studs. JOHN (15 years ago, 5-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Steam Through the Piney Woods
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(...) What John said. :^) (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) That was in fact the first part of the model that caught my eye. Well-played all around, John! (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Nice! Shiny toys are good. But... you're not the most insane user of metallic silver on a train. That honour goes to Peter Norman (URL) ;) Tim (15 years ago, 5-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Christmas Trolley in Metallic Silver (drool)
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(...) Whoa, thanks for the heads up. Our tree is in a carpeted room, and I doubt I'll ever run the thing except around Christmas time. It'll probably spend most of its life on display. Sad to hear about the scratching issues, Dave. I will remember (...) (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Christmas Trolley in Metallic Silver (drool)
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(...) In-home, floor level use is probably fine, but if you ever run that on a layout you better hope that it doesn't take a spill, or the silver paint is likely to get uglified. I was never really sure if they were painted or not, but recently I (...) (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Christmas Trolley in Metallic Silver (drool)
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Here is a little trolley that I built yesterday to run around the Christmas tree this year: (URL) Aside from the WOW factor of seeing a MOC completely in a rare color, it was a pretty straight-forward build. The only tricky part was the fact that I (...) (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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