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(...) Aha! Thanks Larry, I will keep an eye out for those. I think for now I'll replace the 4x4 round and make the whole boiler out of slopes: it does look a bit odd being half one thing and half the other, and really the 4x4 round is a bit small in (...) (26 years ago, 4-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi All, I finally talked a good friend out of his childhood lego collection as most of hadn't seen the light of day for over twenty years. He got most of it when he was 8 and he's now 41 and still single so no kids to keep it for. I always new he (...) (26 years ago, 4-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) YES PLEASE! This seems fodder for Matt Bates's site... this piece is used in only two sets and comes in two versions?? How fascinating. How often does THAT happen? (26 years ago, 4-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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Try the 8277 supplied propellor housing, or the 4x4 round with 4 side studs?? I have used both of those to attach tank car domes, a similar problem. (...) PS, we need pictures. (26 years ago, 4-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <36B8BDBD.3A7CD23A@v...er.net>... (...) There are at least 2 variants of that piece. I can't remember the details off-hand, but I have 2 4563's one of which has one type, and the other the other type. The (...) (26 years ago, 4-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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So I'm talking to myself. Better than nothing. Anyway, the chassis now has a body and it does run better. It's a Great Central Railway (Brit) class 1A 4-6-0, built in 1913-1915. It could also pass for a fair number of other GCR 4-6-0's since many of (...) (26 years ago, 4-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Whoa! Really. It's not done with a separate brick? Having two parts that large rather than one seems rather unlike TLG parts designer. I believe you but I have to go look at mine anyway, just to marvel! (26 years ago, 3-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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If one wanted to be anal about details, Lar, one would have to recognize that the cab front on the 4563 has a 2x4 notch in front to allow for the headlight cord to pass, whereas the 4551 does not, which would make them unique:) (...) (26 years ago, 3-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's a bit of a misnomer, but it looks a lot like the SWISS railways loco which was nicknamed the Crocodile by the swiss, I guess because it was green and because it had long snouts. (...) Well, ALMOST unique pieces. :-) To build one, you'd (...) (26 years ago, 3-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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Hi all I'm messing around with alternatives to the standard Lego train motor with its little wheels, since I'm into building steam engines (British outline). I have a 4-6-0 chassis running at the moment, close coupled to the standard motor as a (...) (26 years ago, 3-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Some browsers are reading the period as part of the address; it is not. (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Sorry, I wasn't paying attention and I used ALOT of bad filenames. Those have all (I hope) been fixed. I have also added more content too. The address is (URL) sorry for the errors before. Chris (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks everyone. I am glad to see I have created such a response. I finally finished the site, and I will be posting the rest of it tomorrow morning. Nope, I only worked at Lego in '86 and '87. Sorry, I was a bit vague about the front window. There (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Refer to my message on lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade for details of numerous Train items for sale. The subject of the message is "Toy Shop Closing, All Items Reduced". Grahame Reid (26 years ago, 31-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) same (...) James Mathis, here. The gondola may be seen at: (URL) gondola is no more. I dismantled it to build the following locomotive: German Federal Railways DB V140 (URL) the gondola and the DB V140 locomotive use two of the special 'cab' (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Many time I see your web sito I think that is beautiful please do you have same instructions for building your GONDOLA. Francesco (26 years ago, 30-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I know that many of you have a beautiful diorama or layout , please send me same photo or something like this I wont have same new idea about my diorama. Tanks a lot in advance. Francesco (26 years ago, 30-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I certainly would like to see a Lego train club in Southern California. I go off to these county fairs in the Summer and see other train modelers put up large track layouts(not always) and wished I could do the same with Lego but I alone don't have (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I finally got my RCX built into a train last night (sorry, no pictures yet). Initially I didn't think it would fit, the darn thing is so big. But I got it to fit into a heavily modified version of the boxcar from 4563. To make it fit I had make the (...) (26 years ago, 29-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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