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| John Warren wrote: Does anyone know the history of color schemes for (...) Not me, color schemes, especially prewar, are not my forte'. I DO think that UP switched to the Armour Yellow and grey with red stripe very early post war... (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| Never pass up an opportunity to promote 8 wide, eh? (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Despite the fact that a lot of people here use wall power, I think that CA is probably right in that the vast majority of mindstorms robots are vehicles. Ah well. Something for "Dear Lego".... (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
| | | | | Re: from RTL ... a roundhouse
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| Thanks Larry for posting this (old) news! The Roundhouse is now finished, but there are still no real good pics of the turntable online. Since we start a train event in Brunswick/Germany between X-mas and New Years Eve, we want to have some (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| Uhhhh, gee, I just used some extra-long wires I got from Dacta to extend the console over to next to the couch, and plugged it in there ;-) But yeah, I want to get a couple of IR remotes too, for when I take an 8448 to work, and for my future train (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
| | | | | Re: Quick 4565 Q
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| (...) TELL me about it. I built the Hot Rod version of 8448 last night (from printed directions off of the Lego site - (URL) - this is a login area that Dan Jezek mentioned off of (URL) where you enter in the lic plate # from the car to enter - it (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
| | | | | Re: Longest train?
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| (...) Speaking of CP, I just heard today that BNSF (The merged Burlington Northern and Santa Fe) and Canadian Pacific are merging to form the largest network of track in the world (50,000 miles) and is to be based in Montreal. What next, Coke and (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | | | Re: GATS Tampa Show...
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| As everyone says, it's minifig scale, BUT if you had to chose the closest model train scale, I would say O scale. Now, of course, minifig scale means cars and trains that can only fit one minifig width-wise. I, however, build my trains 8 studs wide (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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| Steven and Rogers just make sure that when you use the jack on the RCX use an adapter that LEGO makes like the one that comes with the train controller. This one is also designed for the RCX. A while back this information was posted on lugnet. Do a (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
| | | | | Color Schemes of Passenger Trains
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| I have a few questions about some of the history of passenger train color schemes. I'm deciding which color I want to build a passenger train. The book I'm using for reference (if you want to follow along) is the Walters HO 1999 reference book. On (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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