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| Dean Husby wrote in message <38C3182A.3A1FFE59@a....bc.ca>... (...) do (...) closing? I (...) Same basic system exists in Toronto on the SRT, so I've got a local version I can relate to (^; (...) are (...) until (...) VERY nice! What sort of chime (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Not LEGO, but trains
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| A scale model is probably impractical (do the math, you'd need a football field to build it in) but a selectively compressed model would be an amazing centerpiece to a very large layout (c.f. Hell Gate bridge which, selectively compressed, is the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Stickers - Problems
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| (...) Wall Wart, That one took me a second to figure out. Then I laughed. (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Not LEGO, but trains
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| Hi all, While poking around on other train sites someone saw my name and sent me the address to a Louisianna trains site. (URL) far I have only checked out the parts about the Huey P Long bridge and the train yard that is near where I live, and the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Model of MATRA VAL System
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| Iain, This is an ingeneous bit of work! I've looped through the .avi movie several times. I love it! later, James Mathis (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Nope the wheight of the train is on the rubber tires, the beam are there only for protection in case a tire blow out. Thay are also resopnsible for track switching. Martin (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: DCC and LEGO Trains
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| (...) ...I actually had a similar idea to this. But rather than input/output thru the top plate, just run a normal small jumper up thru the top part. On a master engine, the decoder would power it and the motor at the same time (leaving the top (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
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| (...) ...Lol! yes, u got there just before another problem with DCC happened. The shunter was driving a small cargo train and rear ended a stationary train rite on a curve. The shunter and a number of cars took a tumble and the shunter ended up in a (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Great posts( was Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
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| (...) I hope GATS decides to do this, we almost always had a crowd at our table. Greenberg is also very interested in getting more LEGO layouts into their shows. (...) I am amazed at our amazing start as well, we came a long way since August. Here's (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.trains.org)
| | | | | Re: Stickers - Problems
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| (...) The 4560 is cheaper - £44 I think. (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, Scott A (<FqzsKC.4tK@lugnet.com>) wrote at 08:50:01 (...) You can also buy a 4561 from Busy Bee, sans controller, for a reduction in price. (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) My question exactly. But of course in the US we can ONLY get the 4561. I called S@H and begged for the 4560 but that was mostly just to amuse myself, I already knew what they would say. So I have a bunch of extra stuff like curved track and (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Nope, although they and the glass are nice:-) I needed the 4x3 black low slopes for my double stall engine shed (10 came per set). -John (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I aggree, they vcould have made the engine better. How about making an anerical 440 class steam locomotive TLG? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| "John Neal" <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:38C30982.EE4F5B...est.net... (...) problems. A (...) rule. This stinks. Lets hope TLC get tired of us calling up and asking for replacments - then they may sort the problem out. Why did you (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| "Larry Pieniazek" <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:38C28072.77256A...ger.net... (...) No. No. No. The 4559 is quite good. Sure it has problems, but these can mostly be sorted. My kids really like this set. So much so that they have 5 between (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) going to (...) like (...) Why buy a 4561 when you can get a 4560? Scott A (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Bulk Ordering Train windows... My Thoughts
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| (...) Right, I'll do about a 50car freight train, but I'd like to finish the 20car grey 4558 and the 5-10 car black 4558 before diving deeply into the freight train ;-) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Bulk Ordering Train windows... My Thoughts
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| (...) Spoken like a man with terminal Train Jones. Thing is, I have it too, and I probably can hold off somewhat, because, while passenger is nice, FREIGHT is where all the action is. (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Stickers - Problems
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| (...) Ah, no. We've had that debate already. MOST sets have track and a power pack included but it's not required. I think I've been active in MR since before you were born. (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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