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On Sat, 5 Feb 2000, Larry Pieniazek (<389BAC04.526B6C95@...ager.net>) wrote at 04:50:12 (...) The one in 4564 bears a passing resemblance :-) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Favorite Lego Train?
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No, lately MISB 4558s have been going for $350-400. Luckily for me ;-) (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO-Direct
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Mostly agree, but one thing to note is that... (...) 4536 was an aberration. Lego has never made another hopper like it. (...) and these strange little contraptions (4565, 3225, 2126) are pretty much standard practice from years and years back. See, (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Favorite Lego Train?
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(...) My favorite is whatever I just finished designing myself. I'm a better designer (for the adult market) than LEGO are. But then I don't have the same constraints they do and I'm not nearly as constrained by piece count as they are... Currently (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Favorite Lego Train?
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I've got to agree, the 4565 is probally the best train set on the shelves right now...I much prefer the 4559 Cargo Railway to the newer 4561 but 4559s are getting hard to find. If you want a ready to go passenger train your pretty much stuck with (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Favorite Lego Train?
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The best currently availably train set is the 4565 Freight and Crane Railway. The best ever, in nearly everyone's opionion(including mine), is the 4558 Metroliner, but get out about $500 for one MISB. I own one and like it. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Favorite Lego Train?
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(...) My favorite train (and probably many others will agree) is 4558 Metroliner. :) Not only does it looks good, but the pieces are very versatile too! It also depends on what kind of trains you like, as in passenger or freight trains. The (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Favorite Lego Train?
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Greetings: I realize this is a simplistic question but what is your favorite Lego Train set? I am mostly a Lego Castle and Pirate collector but I was looking to get into Lego Trains. I have noticed a few train sets that look good but I was not sure. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Image for cover page???
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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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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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(...) I don't use ldraw. But ray-tracers..... :-) -Rich (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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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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