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(...) <snip> (...) Ie, you (...) pieces (...) Yes, I can see and fully understand the concern. I've always brought just what I needed, (completed item for show, and stuff for sorting that I could build with). Though it has been alluded to by a (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Regarding your message above. Do you have problems of pieces going missing? Ie, you have less pieces after and event then before? We are about to start up a Lego club in Vancouver, BC Canada and are a little concerned about what to expect. I (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sounds fun. One of these days I'm going to drive up from North Carolina... Frank (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <<snip> (...) build (...) This has been a thought of mine for quite some time, (the build into the walls of my house, not the camera part, though, that would be kind of cool too..) The idea has been nay-say'd by the best of them, but I still (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) too (...) This is true, but then you could look at our current layout, or look at the area of what we have been given for any particular show, and, actively pettition and negotiate for a certain position on the layout. (A negotiated (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) they (...) regulator (...) multiple (...) I would really hope that they would provide a means to upgrade current motors to "DCC Ready", if that is in fact the case, personally I would love to see a LEGO product out of the box(es) be able to be (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Doug, CURRENT RCX are 8 studs wide. But if they make one specifically for trains, they don't have to worry about batteries, and can make it much smaller (think Scout size, or even multiple modules). The regulator on that type of system would just (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Major snip (...) I ran across an equally mysterious comment from the operator at US S@H to the effect that "it will blow your mind", I'm not quite sure about all of that but it does beg the question...an RCX "brick" is about 8 studs wide...hmmm, I (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Very nice designs. Well done! later, James Mathis (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks Larry, but the matched pair no longer exists. One of the blue engines was convereted to the SD40-2. I will am going to try to make a matched pair of dash 2's. But I still need to make a power unit. By the way, I finally found out what a GP30 (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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magundy wrote in message <38B00412.2687B9F1@home.net>... (...) I have NO experience with trains, monorails, etc, so please excuse the following arrogance: Are the aforementioned train tracks/gray tracks compatible with sets 6991 and 6990? I *will* (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) No, they are _NOT_ compatable with the monorails. James P (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Gotta run but just a quickie to say NICE! The matched pair is great. Can you post more details on how you did the tank car truck attach? (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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These have been put up on ebay (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Well, I keep mentioning it so it is about time I put it up. Here is my version of an EMD SD40-2. It was pulled out of the paint (figuratively) shop and put into service before the paint (figuratively again) job was done. I have also put up a redo of (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi! I am starting to use Track Designer 2.0. I was wondering if anybody who has the program has created any of the following baseplates and could e-mail them to me. I'm not really great at making them myself. Thanks! The baseplates are: -Street with (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks for the comments. Yes, Larry, I was so excited that I forgot to put the link up, but you were very correct in figuring it was here: (URL) tighter curve has put a lot of restrictions on me. Although the loops I have running right now are (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hmm, I think you are little ahead of your time. Perhaps in another five years when LEGO releases larger radius track, you'll be on to something. Building to scale should be as much about functionality as well as meeting exact scaling. But I leave (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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