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OH MY GOD!!! This is awesome, totally awesome!!!!! I love the digital control and the new engines! Looks like it's time to retire my computer control project and start saving my money now!! Long live trains!!! yippie! james Paul Rutenberg wrote in (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) older gray train in the middle? Puts most of the trains over the last few years to shame! Scott S. Scott E. Sanburn Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (URL) Soon: The Sanburn Systems Company (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) My mouth just hit the floor! They are wonderful. James (who has to go to schoool...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes: <raving> Two minor downsides I saw: - while we got new wheels in both powered and unpowered, we still don't have a good piston rod/valve gear solution - Looks like old motors may be obsolete. The DCC unit (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Pinch me and tell me I am not dreaming! 1/4 track sections brown and green wagons New sizes of wheels more realistic train station new COLORS of wheels AND Digital Control This is a happy day. Yahoo! ++Lar (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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4439 - automated switched! Looks like sets can use existing track! So happy.... Bryan Kinkel Paul Rutenberg <paul_germany@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FsA9v1.9Cs@lugnet.com... (...) gtfthis is (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) MOC's I've seen around here. And that's not bad! Fredrik (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Thank you for posting these fantastic pictures! Just looking at the models, we can all see that trains these don't look like Town Jr. I can't wait to see exactly what the new features of these trains are. Looking at 2.jpg, I see the word "PC" in (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello Look at following link, about time we get something before the USA, gtfthis is a scan of of upcoming sets for Lego end of the year, YEAHHH...HHH: (URL) happy 9V Trasin Collector and builder Paul (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains) !!
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(...) Good point. Perhaps instead of setting a length standard (although that is useful when calculating siding capacity) the standard should speak to the envelope of clearance that must be provided. (there must be 4 studs clearance from the edge of (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:38E35260.3D0D@m...ing.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) To complete the train front end you also need this roof piece: (URL) have only seen it in grey and black: Grey: 4563 - (URL) - (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I knew that there was something I forgot to include! I think 16 was what we mentioned for tunnel clearances. I LOVED Brian Williams' suggestion of having the entrance to the tunnel removable so that a smaller or larger "mouth" could be added to look (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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I'm not sure that we've really set a hard top yet. By guess is that 14 will be probably the high end, mostly because the tunnels start to look really silly if they need to let through cars that are taller than that. A lot of that will depend on how (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) 8x44 but I am not sure about the height. John Kelly? Note that 8x44 allows 7xM and 6xN (where N>M>44) due to curve effects, although I am not quite sure what the values of M and N are. That's why I personally am pleased to see layouts (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) point. For (...) Yes. You are correct, Sir! And, briefly, that means that the two outputs are tied together. The more difference in voltage values, theoretically the more strain is placed on the power supplies. However, actually, these (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The thing that I keep wondering about is when the motor is over the break point. For a brief time BOTH motor pickups are on two different circuits... Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Is there going to be a standard size car/rolling stock standard? i.e.,clearance on all tracks for something 8x44x14 (or whatever) I would think that this would be just as important as standard track interfaces and such, as this is going to be the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) ...Well, since most of the terrain is red bricks, it could also be shielding from the rolling rivers of lava... :-) ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wamalug guy ((URL) #160 (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) ...Yea, its closer, but overshoots some :-/ (sunken rail beds? :-) ...Its only a nuisance because its close to 2" for either version, and as we all know, LEGO trains do _not_ like going up or down slopes much :-/ (...) ...That's about all I'm (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) So to get our 20 bricks + a plate we have: Baseplate + 19 bricks + 1 plate (usually something big like 6x8) + 1 brick... Yea, it's cheating, but it works! ;-) JohnG, GMLTC (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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