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John Neal wrote in message <38D95EDE.7BFAE53A@u...st.net>... (...) studs (...) think (...) Big (...) <not (...) Here's an interesting page: (URL) you define "steam engine" as powered by steam, then the biggest in many ways is The Norfolk and (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <not (...) According to: (URL) are _both_ wrong. N&W's Jawn Henry was the longest steam engine, at 161 feet or so :) So, moral of the story is to check the web, because all answers can be found somewhere. :) James P (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Mike Poindexter writes: <snip> (...) <snip> Serious question: How likely is it that we'll ever be at a show where we need to think of "compatible modules"? The closest other train club (so far) to us is where? Georgia? PNTLC? We (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Ropes? Huh?? ;-) The GMLTC lets kids get right up to our layout. Touching is discouraged, but it still happens. Yes, we get the occasional *crash*, but we can always rebuild. We had a great one this weekend, kid got his fingers in front of my (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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I would venture to say that 45" x 60" would be better. The reason there is that even though you lose 5" on the length, you keep the modules in increments of lg. gray baseplates. That is important if you want to allow another group to slip module (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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