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(...) The GMLTC is currently researching the possibility. If it's going to happen, you'll definitely hear about it here first! (And we're estimating it would be 2500 to 2600 feet of track...) JohnG, GMLTC (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 5003 and counting...
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Number of posts in lugnet.trains. Although Robotics and Star Wars have more posts and now castle gets more posts than trains, we are still over 4% of the news traffic on lugnet. I think that the number of posts seems to be increasing rather quickly (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi all, Just doing some leasurely reading on (URL) set in 1992 "A Guinness record in railway line construction is set - 545 metres of LEGO rails with three model locomotives." So is the 2000 feet layout still up for the challenge? Santosh (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 5003 and counting...
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(...) Who is "we" and what are you counting? /Eric/ (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Isn't it amazing? we were at 4K only 2 months ago (well, the end of Jan)...now we are at 5K. (just making some interesting observations) James P (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Aahh. Even with the traditional bricks and plates, there are always new tricks for me to learn. Thanks for pointing it out. Hao-yang Wang (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Has anyone ever opened up one of these, I'm not willing to risk one of my 2 but I know some of you have hundreds :-) Basically I want to know if my theory of a planned expansion port around the back of the controller is true - the moulding is way (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Right, if they used a 2x2 brick they would then need a 3x3 plate which doesn't exist. Thanks! /Eric McC/ (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) There is a 2x3 plate that fits on top of the 1x2 plate in the next step. The studs from the 1x2 fit into the 'holes' of the 2x3, so the 1x2 tile is needed, otherwise the smokestack wouldn't fit on it at all. JohnG, GMLTC (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It sure looks that way! That's very amusing. I'd like to know the answer, too. /Eric McC/ (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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