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I'm not sure who did the original metroliner gif, but I just fiddled with the colors to make a black version with trans-lt-blue glass: (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: What kind of motor comes with the 4559?
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I'm not sure I understand the question exactly, but they all have the same motor. It's just incorporated differently into the engine model. The 4559 does not have the motor connected by a bogey plate, like the 4565, if that's what you're asking. It (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Actually, to light up the 4559, you only need the 1x2 light brick, and the 2x4 electric plate, both from 5310. I did this with my 4559. Tim Strutt 8^) (...) sure (...) 9v (...) how (...) "black (...) a (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Do you perhaps mean a different set? 4559 (ref: (URL) ) has a little tiny engine built on top of the motor unit. It's difficult to see how to give it two motors. Even the alternate steamer has only one. (oh how I long for the days when Lego (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Ben ... IMHO the 4559 locomotive is great! They just beg to be built with two motors ... they're just the right weight to give two motors excellent traction. Two two motor units will pull more cars than the magnetic couplers can handle! To add (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | PNLTC GATS
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We hopefully will be showing on Feb 19-20, 2000 at the Portland, OR GATS. We also got the "well, we might be full reply." I hope we get squeezed in! I'll post when I get more info. And we always enjoy VIPs (aka out of towners) for the weekend. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Looking for windows?
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They actually provide 7 train windows, since they are 6 wide and have a window on the back. Also, they have 2 6 wide windshields. Mike Jean-marc Détraz <moratel@auracom.com> wrote in message news:FoAtDz.B8I@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) powered (...) motors (...) engine (...) going (...) diffusers (...) Thats not quite right. Lego Dacta has a set of two light bricks for 10$. I don't have the catalog in front of me (for the part number), but its in the spares section. Wayne G. (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ya, I myself am pretty much beside myself with glee, and there isn't a trainhead around here who isn't at least mildly excited, I suspect. Some people are annoyed that the glass will be plain instead of the horizontally divided pane train (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Web Hosting Questions?
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I used Freeservers {www.freeservers.com} and you get your own domain name whatyouwant.8m.com ). They have different endings than 8m, but it is the shortest. There are no charges if you choose 20mb and ads. The ads are at the tops of pages. If you (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org)
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