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(...) Wellllll....now, my handy dandy books show Mallard at 126 MPH and... In 1906 a steam powered car built by the Stanley brothers of Newtown, Massachusetts, and driven by Fred Marriott, set a new world land speed record of _127.66 mph_ at Ormond (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Jonathan Reynolds <scorch@tinyworld.co.uk> wrote in message news:FsM7IH.An2@lugnet.com... (...) conversation...Hmmm... (...) was (...) to (...) As they no longer make steam engines as the industry standard, it is unlikely to be broken. (...) I (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Your trains are dinky. There isn't much else that needs to be said, really. :-) ++Lar (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) thus (...) speaking, (...) wasn't (...) Running Joke? EuroTrash? Of course, As a responsible adult I would NEVER entertain the prolification of such a damaging line of conversation...Hmmm... ...who was it who invented the steam engine and the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I like your 4-4-0 very much. It is simple, elegant, and happy. I particularly like the cow catcher and the lantern. While many train MOCs have astonishing details, this simple locomotive looks like something Lego can and should make into an actual (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Pic of new tank car design (based on BenF's triangular lattice plate find) on PNLTC Gal under freight. (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You've got good eyes! later, James Mathis (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Looking at the new "Super Sport Coverage" soccer set, it sure looks to me like it includes two white 1x2x3 train windows! Go to www.zanybrainy.com and search for 'super sport coverage', and follow the link to the larger image. I suppose it's too (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I have several black 16x6 plates with large holes in the middle A couple have buffers moulded in as used in blue hopper wagons the rest do not and not sure what these were used in (other hoppers?, engines?) What sort of value do these have? Are they (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sorry, it's a running joke about American superiority over "Eurotrash"-- it wasn't meant to make sense... -John (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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