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(...) keeps (...) padded (...) locomotives to ride the LEGO rails. At first I thought the top color of the loco was gray, with bottom black. I couldn't figure out where the 1/4 curve box-cross-section pieces came from in gray!? I guess its my (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Eric Brok writes: > (...) I too would like to see a diamond crossing (that's what I call it anyway) but that would require a new style of points/switch. The current one curves one way and then starts curving back the other way, so even if Lego made (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Wow is that a cool engine. No one that I know of has done a US proto steam streamlined yet. It needs a tender, though. I like the black and white too! Your diesel captures the 1920s 30s "boxcab look" that was prevalent before diesels really (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I dunno, but here's a question in the same equivalence class: "Are you bidding on anything anywhere in the world that you actually wanted?" ++Lar (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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snip (...) BTW, only recently I noticed that this purpose is what the 6x4 extremely low slopes originally were used/designed for. It explains the odd indented back row. Ever since, we have come to know it as mainly a roof piece. Somehow this (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Gary Louie wrote in message <369D13E5.AFCF82B3@E...nk.Net>... (...) same (...) Yes, that's what I meant. There should be a crossing to connect switches/points in a dual cross-over setup. Eric Brok (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Dust OR hairs? I have to choose?..... No. They don't pick up anything. But dust and hairs do have a tendency to adhere when they come into contact with the surface of the rubber.(1) -- Terry K -- 1. Am I going to be sorry for bugging you? (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This was posted on rec.toys.lego: While ordering one of the weekly specials today (thanks, Mike), I had the rep check on the new Train sets we saw in that Dutch catalog...they are all in the S@H computer! They currently have availability dates (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) the (...) white. It seems to add to its "age" and really promotes an art-deco feel. Sure, you could make them other colors like the trains they are modeled after, but IMO they look fine the way they are. I've been to your site before, and this (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Urgle. THIS is one pick-up line I *HAVE* to hear. Come on, Lar, spit it out. Cheers, - Sproat (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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It looks like everyone has started to come out of the wood work and introduce themselves. I figured my time is past due - at least, that's what Jeremy keeps telling me. I've always been a fan of LEGO, and now I've started to explore the world of (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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"Matthew Bates" <train_depot@yahoo.com> wrote about the new 4553 Train Wash Equipment: (...) If it is just the track, like we think, it is fairly simple to just pop the 9V tracks and lay the 4.5 or 12V equivalents. I've done this several times in (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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"Eric Brok" <brok@fcjsvc.hvu.nl> wrote (...) Sheard crossing? What is a sheared crossing? Is it a non 90 degree crossing, like a 45/135 degree ctossing? I'm confused. Too bad Duplo trains can't run on 12V/4.5V/9V setups. Gary GaryLouie@EarthLink.Net (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Eeeeverybody's a comedian. OK, urp, sorry for the grammatical slip. Mine pick up dust and cat hairs. Do yours pick up dust or hairs? (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, they are. I wish they, and the Technic bricks that hold them, would get done in LDraw. (...) How the hell should I know? I have never been to your house. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hmm, that it is a good tip. *sigh* Does that mean I'll actually have to get that set now? (...) Actually no, as I'm allergic to cats. But usually if I find cat hair in my place I pick it up still attached to the cat and throw it out before (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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PS, I will use the James Mathis memorial technique (1) with my new scanner and get some pics of my baby as it is now, a little not green enough but still good, onto the web within a week or two of returning to GR... 1 - put the model on the bed of (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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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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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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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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