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Steve Barile wrote: <duplicate post from one in market.buy-sell-trade> Steve, consider looking into how to use your news reader to post to multiple groups... it helps keep threads together! (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Do these elements exist in green? If you have some will you sell?
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followups set to trains... (...) However, they are a bit more selectively compressed than I care for. :-) Mine has two motors, of course, instead of a stubby second truck. Also, I think the shoulder isn't quite right. I never do ascii art but here (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Larry's Switcher
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Hi Larry, I justy wanted to share with you the SW1200-ish switcher I built. There is a BN and a LIRR. I just recently added decals to the BN (its toward the top of) (URL) I also have been fishing for comments on my EP2 articulated electric engine. (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 1999 NL sets 4533, 4553, 4556, 4557
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(...) If you happen to need someone in the Netherlands, I can help, if you want. just let me know. :) Jasper (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Not at all. Sorry if I left that impression. The conversion to lay 9V track where the current track lies is extremely easy. It's basically a case of removing the track and replacing it. It is dimensionally exactly the same except for the (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You are probably right. I looked at the box for my HO scale model and Bachmann calls it a gandy dancer. That is what I have always called it. (...) Correct. (...) I have downloaded the entire book, but having an original copy would be nice. (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Since all the track is the same gauge, it can all be easily replaced to work with the other systems. The only exception that I know of is the original Level Crossing piece, because the rails were individually laid in. I have 7835, and the 9v (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 4559 works with 7835?
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According to my site... (URL) and 7835 are both maunual 7866 is remote control (not automatic, it has no sensors) 7834 and 7866 are 12V because they come with the centre 12V conductor rails, 7835 does not, so without modification it only works with (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: List of Current Available Trains??
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Thanks! Now I know what to put on my birthday list... Bryan Barbara Sproat wrote in message ... (...) Hope (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <sound of palm hitting forehead> I downloaded the entire 7777 book to a Zip disk and did not even think to look there.... Thanks for the heads up. Unfortunately, due to a nasty, incapacitating bought of the flu, I did not do any building this (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 4559 works with 7835?
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That's 7866, not 7825. Sorry. -- Thomas Main main@appstate.edu (...) ^^^^ (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 4559 works with 7835?
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Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> I used to have both 7866 12V Automatic Level Crossing and 7834 Level Crossing. 7834 is a manual crossing. 7825, however, is automatic. It operated like many 12V train accesories did - with a two button (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Wife's commentary on my building
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(...) Funny thing about those wives. Sometimes they can nail it on the head in a second. Every once in a while I'll be watching a tv show/movie and she'll walk in, watch it for 15 seconds, exclaim, "This is dumb," walk out, and I'll spend the next (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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So I guess my 7835 has no actual use in my Legocity unless I buy a new set of train that works on this type of rail. Also, how come there's a sign saying 7835 is a 4.5V set on my instruction? I'm really confused in this issue. Larry Pieniazek wrote (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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PS, welcome to LUGNET! (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) 7835 is 12V. The track is not compatible since it has plastic outer rails. To use it, buy a box of straight track (4515?) and rebuild it using 9V track. Since this crossing is manually operated, you'll be all set. Or, buy a new one and sell (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, I believe it's called a handcar. And, I believe gandy dancer is slang for a track worker. So called because the process of setting ties, laying tie plates, dropping rail, setting spikes, and driving them home, when properly executed by a (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | FS/T 7851 Curved Rails
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I have a 7851 Curved Rails that has been sitting in my closet for a few years now (no idea what possessed me to buy it since I have no Lego trains). Would anyone be interested in buying or trading for it? Here's the data from Lugnet: (URL) me if (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I usually refer to it as a gandy dancer. The game LEGO LOCO comes with one. There are also instructions to build one in the 7777 Train Idea Book: (URL) the way, if anyone wants to sell a 7777, please let me know. Russell (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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