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I was looking at how to map out my layout and had a question on the current Freight Loading Station (or any older one, I guess): Does the container grabber require hands to assist in operating? If not, I am going to try to make a freight loading (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Favorite Lego Train?
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Sam Pusch wrote in message ... (...) Having come sort of late into the market, I don't have enough knowledge of the earlier sets to make a good determination. Of sets available at retail or through S@H in the past year, my favorite set which (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 4558 doors(x4) for exchange
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I looked a t this set, and I'm not totally sure how those doors look. Is there a chance that any of you have a scan of that particular piece. I'm not a train buff, but I have come across some more intresting pieces in the lots I've bought of ebay. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 4558 doors(x4) for exchange
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Oh boy do I WISH I had red doors :-( All I'd have to trade is black, green, or white. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Does your train layout move?
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(...) None of the above - yer all wrong. All o' ya. ;) It's the wind. K.M. (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Does your train layout move?
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On Sun, 6 Feb 2000, Larry Pieniazek (<389D99DF.DDE343DF@...ager.net>) wrote at 15:57:19 (...) Nah. It's far more complicated than that. It has to do with the longitudinal centre of gravity of the train, and the direction of travel, in relation to (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 4558 doors(x4) for exchange
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Hello there, I have 4 extra 4558 doors with windows. I'm looking for 6 red mates so if somebody is interested in an exchange, let me know. Contact me through e-mail, Thanks (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Does your train layout move?
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Tony Priestman wrote in message ... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Sure does, in fact, the track is indeed sliding in the direction of least resistance of the rug which makes perfect sense from a physics perspective. I am surprised that the train (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Does your train layout move?
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Tony Priestman wrote: <direction of pile determines the direction of motion...> Makes a great deal of sense to me. How, how about Berber, which doesn't really have a defined direction.... here I think that it has to do with floor slope. (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Does your train layout move?
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On Sun, 6 Feb 2000, Larry Pieniazek (<389D0754.5C6ED094@...ager.net>) wrote at 05:32:04 (...) The weight of the train will deflect the carpet pile downwards, and the fibres will tend to move in a circular motion vertically, like reeds in the wind. (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Does your train layout move?
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <389D0754.5C6ED094@v...er.net>... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) We do have a cat but she is old and for the most part stays out of my office. For some reason she shows no interest in the train at all. The carpet (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Does your train layout move?
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John Neal wrote in message <389D2F54.20DCCF8E@u...st.net>... (...) the (...) be (...) Pretty funny! Feel free to stop by the next time you are in the neighborhood! Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Does your train layout move?
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(...) Not ever having been to your house, I'd say no...;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Does your train layout move?
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(...) Yes. I assume you: have no cats that might be doing it, evilcreatures... and that you are running trains. If you're cat free and not running trains I dunno. But I can see layouts move even on top of carpet. When a train is running, it tends to (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO-Direct
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(...) Well, not a misteak, certainly, because I don't make them. This is a bit of a running gag. Whenever I claim not to make misteaks, I do so by spelling misteak in a way that some people (who don't know better) would claim is incorrect. But by (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Does your train layout move?
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I have a small layout in my office at home set up on the floor. In our house we have hardwood floors with area rugs. My layout is right near the edge of an area rug and it keeps sliding towards the edge of the rug. I don't run the train that often (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO-Direct
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(...) Alan This message's random set: 6432, www.lugnet.com/pause...query=6432 (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 4560/4561 question
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(...) Alan This message's random set:6984, www.lugnet.com/pause...query=6984 (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 4560/4561 question
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Does the light prisim on the engine in 4560/4561 accually light up? Or do you need to purchase a light brick piece seperatly? If you do which set(s) do you need to get to make it work. What color is the light brick (if there is one) that is (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO-Direct
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <389C3DFA.E7EC3ABC@v...er.net>... (...) Then what do you call that odd spelling of "mistake"? ;-) Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
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