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I am looking for an image for the cover page of my 9v idea book. It has to be an image that showcases the full gamut of 9v trains and what can be done with them. I was thinking of a sutable picture of one of those large train club layoute. -- (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Slight Error (Was: WAMALUG Meeting Announcement and Event Reminder)
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(...) This should be 3:00 pm. Sorry!! Jeff, Legotaku and WAMALUG Announcement God WAMALUG Homepage: (URL) Personal Homepage: (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.md, lugnet.loc.us.dc, lugnet.loc.us.va)
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| | WAMALUG Meeting Announcement and Event Reminder
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Hello Everyone, The WAMALUG Announcement God here to announce the next meeting and remind you all of our upcoming shows. The February Meeting will be held on Sunday, February 6. It will be located in Rosslyn VA as usual, and will begin at 2:00 pm. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.md, lugnet.loc.us.dc, lugnet.loc.us.va)
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| | Re: Train nose-pieces
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(...) Sort of. You can't make it exactly, though. Neither the bottom part nor the top part admit of exact duplication because they have compound slopes. (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Train nose-pieces
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(...) I don't use ldraw. But ray-tracers..... :-) -Rich (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Spoked Train Wheels?
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Thanks for the information people! I'll keep my eyes open for some of those spoked wheels. George. (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: I appologise for the way I handled the 9v trains idea book idea.
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(...) Who, me? I think you mean John Neal. I'm pretty much a conventional 6 wide kind of guy. Some of my models have slight protrusions beyond 6, but none are based on 8 wide floors like John Neal's are... (I think you'd agree that even though (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | I am looking for an inventory of 2126
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I am looking for an inventory of the 2126 train cars set (NOT the one at www.lugnet.com/inv/, that one is incorrect because for example it does not list the train buffer beams). I need an inventory of the whole set but if anyone has done/can do an (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | I appologise for the way I handled the 9v trains idea book idea.
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I appologise for the way I handled the 9v trains idea book idea, and not thinking of the poor sods using macs etc. I was in a hurry and said some stuff the wrong way. Here is what I am going to say about the book. Everything else I said before is (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Anyone ever build the Glacier Express?
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(...) I built some cars and a loco modelled after this line. Unfortunately I don't have any really decent pictures of it. You can see it on these pages: (URL) both show the less-prototypical cars better than the very prototypical engine and (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 2126 Missing Pieces?
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Hi Mike, I own 15 sets of 2126 right now, but I noticed no missing pieses so far. Regards, Ben (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Longest train...
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(...) Yes, this is the normal use of the term, it is usually used with electric power supplies...Steam wasn't rated in the same way, when you use HEP from the prime mover (read the Diesel that drives the train) there is less power to move the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 2126 Missing Pieces?
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(...) the black 1x2 brick hinges, there were two male pieces and no female. I went through 8 sets and ended with 7 female and 9 male. Weird, kinda. At least it wasn't a really rare piece replaced with a common one, like a glass 1x4x5 left door (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Longest train...
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(...) Head End Power. That is, engines on the front instead of spliced into the middle as mid train helpers, or pushing from behind as "regular" helpers. In American practice, I believe HEP isn't used that way, and it's just referred to as what's (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Future plans
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(...) Toss the 4561 shroudplate as it's not going to be much help. Build your engine frame from plates and use a technic plate as a place to pivot your trucks. Or use the red wagon plate still available from S@H if you like red... This question (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 2126 Missing Pieces?
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I received a couple of 2126 ((URL) this week and assembled the first one last night. This is the first LEGO set that I have had that is missing pieces. It is missing two (a black ladder and a black 1x4 plate with hinge fingers) and has a few extra (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Do decals come off?
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Thanks for all the info. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Longest train...
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(...) I know very little about model trains sooooo, what is HEP? (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Do decals come off?
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(...) I'd be cautious about using any sort of soluvant to remove stickers. I used some "goo-gone" or something like that to remove the sticker goo on the back of a CD case and ended up having the stuff eat the cd case! (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Future plans
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Yesterday I picked up a second 4559, next on the agenda (soon) two or three 4561s...the car chassis from the 4559s will be turned into TTX type flatcars and the passenger cars from 4561s will be "modified to create better looking passenger cars...my (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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