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Scott E. Sanburn wrote in message <38A00ED4.5C16FF1@cl...eb.net>... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) So far the motor seems to handle the load just fine. It definitely prefers to pull the two car load instead of pushing it however. I would be (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Carrie, Welcome to train world! Be careful of 8 wide, and you'll be fine! ;) Scott S. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Excellent. I would love to see another monorail - train supplement for custom monorail trains. Does the motor bog down at all when you add more cars? Great job, Mike! Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net Systems (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's about the rubbers rims on the 12V motors, it prevents the wheels from skidding over the track. I have the same problem as Arjen with my 12V motors, I talked to the LEGO Customer Service and they told me that they are out of replacements (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm sorry, it's probably a shortcoming of my knowledge in the english language. I mean the grey elastical thingies that are put around the wheels of a train locomotive to prevent the locomotive from slipping. I hope this clears something up. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Most people don't get asked this question... (...) high school assignment, sorry.) I wish my teachers would have asked this type of thing...I just love my Union Pacific diesel switcher. It's tough, speedy and can pull just about anything I (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi all, Now I can ask train questions and get a reply, not just wait for someone else to hopefully answer it for me in a later post. Thanks LUGNET and the trains group, you provide lots of information. Time to visit! Carrie (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hmm, somehow I think this HP 2100 is a little more powerfull and usefull than the HP 2100 I learned to program on... (that HP 2100 was essentially a PDP-8 clone). This post just jumped out of the Lugnet summary listings and begged to be (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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This evening I added a third car to my Airport Shuttle (6399). I am sure I am not the first person to do this but I have not seen any other pictures of one. This is my version of a three car Airport Shuttle: (URL) I had more red train windows (I (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I only had one model built that I was truly proud to bring to my first WAMALUG meeting (A great time, I might add), and Dan was nice enough to take a few pictures of it and put it up on his page. Check it out and let me know what you think: (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Jon, My theoretical helix has not been made reality yet. The Lego budget has been used for acquiring parts from Todd's AucZILLA auction to make copies of Larry's hopper car among other things. The theoretical helix is really a rounded off (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes I realize that, but I haven't found a way to simulate lumber yet where my 4 year old can easily "play" with it. She likes cars where she can remove what they carry and switch them around. So the bulkhead was both sturdy enough for the play (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I'll just say this. I have an HP 2100. That's a 600 dpi REAL laser printer. So far I have printed all instructions fresh. No photocopies. They look good. Very good. Sometimes I go 2 up to get the paper count to 19 pages printed on 10 pieces of (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I don't know what a rubber is, but LEGO will probably replace it for free. Once a train motor of mine broke, and they replaced. Alan This message's random set is: 6881, www.lego.com/pause/s...query=6881 (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) and (...) ran, (...) more (...) planned complete with a helix-in-a-mountain (...) is an (...) the (...) you (...) get (...) mountain (...) John/Jim, Just picked up on this one. Like you, I have started on my own permanent layout which is based (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Dunno for certain.. I'd hate to pay $20 (for example) for some cheapie B&W photocopies... On the other hand, having ripped your design :) as best I could from photos and one LD image, I can respect the time and effort that went into putting (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sure... how much would you pay? (...) NOW how much would you pay? (...) But wait, there's more! What if I threw in printouts of the bulkhead flat and SWx instructions too? Now how much would you pay? But wait, I'm STILL not done. We'll add a (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes: [with plenty of snippage...] (...) With this in mind, would you be interested/willing to sell the instructions w/o the huge (and ultimately pricey) collection of parts? Maybe a signed/numbered limited (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) on (...) I lived for 1/2 year in England in 1981. I was 11 years old. At this time I got to see, touch, and experience the LEGO 12volt trains that LEGO USA was, and had been, denying availability in the USA. I was awestruck. I simply couldn't (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Before getting more requests about the thing above: I was talking of the best Lego-Train-Year 1983. And at that time the 7750 was still in the shelfes..... Regards Ben (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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