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(...) I'm using a borrowed design prototype from another post here - don't recall enough to credit them right now - but it's a motorized technic beam jutting out perpendicular to the track, intercepting the two magnets and forcing them apart. Wait - (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Now tell me how to make one without using anything that is not lego and without modifying any lego :) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) touch (...) counters (...) OK. You've got my attention now. I'm very interested. How does the train trip the touch sensor? (Please don't say it rams into it). Scott A (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) A wye is a method of reversing the direction of a engine, so that it faces the other way, like a turntable. (crude artwork ---...---(connetion to mainline, or could be mainline) ` ' ` ' y | One leg of it must be insulated, so that you can (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Can someone please tell me what a wye is? (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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In lugnet.trains, James Powell writes: <snip> James makes a number of excellent suggestions. Here's what I feel the most important is (and it's one that non RR's don't know to do), if you plan to do actual switching, that is, this yard is more than (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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(...) Unfortuanately, it can't be done without using something to create isolated blocks. Too see the problem, note that the outside rails of the turnouts are always connected. The inside rails are switched depending on the turnouts position. What (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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(...) I've been playing with that as well. I have about 4' by 10' for my entire layout. (Plus a little L shape on the end 2.5') I've been trying to build a yard that is small but useful. It's been tough. I've got an idea in the track designer have (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) What about yours? (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Near the roundhouse. Not in the yard (...) Usually yes, there would be. (...) No, make it single ended, you don't have enough lenght to make it double ended (...) As many as you can cram into the space you have, + a few more :) Need more info. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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I am trying to design a yard for the next WAMALUG display and I haven't come up with a decent design yet. Our previous yards were ok, but they were lacking in the function department(the switcher couldn't do anything without crossing the mainline). (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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Ed, Please hurry with the details, I like to here more about how you are "un-coupling" the train cars with the RCX. jt Ed McGlynn wrote in message ... (...) touch (...) counters (...) just (...) back (...) switching (...) this. (...) using (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Scott - Surely I left out a lot of detail regarding the RCX! The RCX is running the train around a circuit in a loop, with inputs from touch and light sensors to determine train passage and location. Randomized counters keep the program from (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Maybe (...) Oops, I mistyped yet again. : ) I was thinking of a train / LEGO club or something for around here. Like MATLUG or something. I think I am still subscribed to loc.us.mi. Scott S. -- Scott E. Sanburn Systems Administrator-Affiliated (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Like lugnet.loc.us.mi? Steve Bliss "Lowell, it's near Grand Rapids, just a few miles past the soap factory" (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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"Ed McGlynn" <ejmcglynn@juno.com> wrote in message news:FtoCwJ.314@lugnet.com... (...) manual (...) Does the train trip the RCX? If so, how? Scott A (...) the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) right. From my ScaleFour book: Switch Rails is the bit you are looking for (all are UK terms) Closure rails are the bits leading into the frog, the straight rail out of the frog is the point rail, the curved one is the splice rail, wing rails (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Dan Boger and I have been working on automating some of the points on the WAMALUG layout. We came up with one nifty solution that doesn't require modification to the points nor high torque motors. Our system uses micromotors and rubber bands to turn (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Also see my thoughts on this: (URL) use an RCX for most situations, but I also use a polarity switch for manual applications and for the kids to operate the switch. Ed (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) There are some schemes on the Leo & Lego site for automated points using the polarity switches: (URL) Buiting Visit the LEGO Lexicon: (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I've seen info on Matt's train depot web site about automating switching rails. I would like to be able to control the motors from the speed regulator. I was thinking of using the 5120 Polarity Switch to do this. Any thoughts on this? Is there a (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Ben, The door baseplate is 4 studs long! I have one, this was my first LEGO set and I hope to some day get it re-build. If could only find all the parts? Good luck... Robin W. (ICH BIN EIN BERLINER!) Greater Florida LEGO Train Club (GFLTC) (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Welcome to the group. Most everyone has answered all your questions so far, but in addition to looking up pictures of prototypes in cyclopedia this or Model Railroading catalogue that check out all the web pages that have been anounced in this news (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Of course he is, and this time even I have recognized it. As a wise man said: "Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. :-)" Was only kidding myself "**" ;-) Regards, Ben (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Kidding or not, he sure has a nice lot of trains there (and some of them are still wrapped in the plastic packaging--clearly unopened). Alan (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Dean Husby writes: <don't come crying wolf around here> Ya \"Ben\", you should have gotten one of your shills to post it for you. :-) Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. :-) Someday soon I am gonna post a (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Ben- I think you have been fished in-- I would bet he's only kidding:-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) ... a Legoerlebnis of the special type was as already said, today. The picture on this page I gepict just, it show the following sets: 1 x 7740 intertown center 12V of 1980 1 x 7735 goods train 1 x 7730 goods train of 1980 1 x 7727 goods train (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Yeah that's kind of what I got out of it too. My German is pretty crappy, but I got basically the same story out of it. Kind of reminds me of the time I was visiting LA (Spring 1997) for a convention and my cab stopped in front of a toy store in (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's the 'Cry Wolf' syndrome... It'll be awhile until many people will believe you... Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) All four lines are isolated. None of them connect to any other. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) My German is not that great, but basicly the person talks about how he went in to a toy store and found some 12V track, went to buy it and the cashier asks if he wants more than just track, like trains and crossings. So he bought it all, took (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Lar, got your two "+" back? but take a look at your calender: it's not April the first and this thing is no fake (as far as I know). Regards, Ben (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Fake, but what does the German translate to? Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Indeed! Very nice fake.. how'd you do it? :-) ++Lar (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Take a closer look at this picture: (URL) unbelievable..... Ben (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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In the building instruction of set 180 you can't see an important detail: is the fence doors baseplate 4 studs long (as the red ones used to be) or is it just 3 studs long (same as in set 167, which I got today)? Take a look at these pictures: (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) As people have mentioned that it works, I'd point out that the tracks MUST be insulated. If they aren't then the track will be shorted. If pairs of tracks were connected such as | | ---+---o--- | | ---o---+--- | | o = open + = connection Then (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This is caused (Mostly) by the cross wires. They stick up and the train wheels hit them. This causes a clicking sound from the wheels. Some even have a spring effect that can catapult your train off the tracks. Take a larger flat blade (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Ryan, (...) Heh, I live in Ann Arbor, Larry P. lives in Grand Rapids. there are a few other Michiganganders around, like Mark K., Gary Istok, among others. Maybe we will need a Michigan area one day. : ) Scott S. -- Scott E. Sanburn Systems (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Mike Poindexter <lego@poindexter.cc> wrote in message news:FtMr74.pD@lugnet.com... (...) chance (...) I live in southeast Michigan. (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Ryan, What part of the country (or world) are you located? There is an off chance that you might be near a Lego Train Club. It seems as though they are popping up all over the place. Mike Poindexter Bay Area Lego Train Club Ryan J Schave (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi Ryan "Hi, My Name is Steve. All together 'Hi Steve'" from a recent LA meeting... a little adiction humor there! There are several LEGO train clubs around the world with pages try, I hope you have all day to surf... here are a few (sorry if I left (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi James, Yes its possible. Im using three of them but I think they are a bit rough, youll have to cross them slowly, not at full speed. I personally dont like the sound of it, its sounds like an train is ready to go out of his tracks. Have fun and (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hey Ryan- Welcome to the wonderful world of TRAINSTRAINSTRAINS!! (...) Good for you:-) (...) I would suggest any issue of Model Railroader magazine, or if you really want a good source of schematics for most configurations of US trains, get Model (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Welcome to Lego Trains, remember not to go too fast as they fall off the tracks (just like real trains). I can't say i ever remember my 12V trains ever having this problem though. (...) A good source of information is Matthew Bates Lego Trains (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Start surfing here: www.nmra.com for good proto and model info... then go to a hobby shop and get last year's Walthers catalog which has lots of pictures. (...) Not really, no, but search this group for the term, and if you don't find it, ask (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I'm rather new to lego trains. The 4561 Railway Express was my first and I just picked up the 3225 Classic Train today. Now I'd like to start building my own... Can anyone suggest some good sources of pictures so that I can model real life trains? (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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If you are going to try the 1x6 technic plate you cloud try using a 2L axle and two 1/2 width bushings to hold the airtank in place. Just a thought, Chris (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello, In my childhood, I owned a 352 windmill, and I'm absolutely sure that it had a white door and white 2x2 classic window (I live in The Netherlands). Later on the bricks became mixed up in a big box, but I can't remember having any grey doors (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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That the beauty of it. There is no prototype that I know of, but it looks kinda cool. And typically that's what I'm after! The stud down is a good idea, I was thinking about a 1x6 technic plate with holes in stud positions 1 and 6. Maybe I can stuff (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) blank (...) I think Steve is trying to represent the springs on a US style truck. Frank (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Just rambling here in hopes of spurring some other ideas. Do you want the tank held down at the first stud level or just prevented from coming loose? If the latter, perhaps something with a stud reversed? If the former, barring using things (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi, If you use a piece(or two) of tubing (found in any pneumatic sets) you can squeeze it in and that will hold the air tank firmly. Eric. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi All, I tried a new truck design and need some help, pls look at the instructions at the URL: (URL) 3: shows the air tanks attached to the 1x2 single stud plate however... Step 6: shows a 2x4 plate "covering" the 1x2 single stud plate but it does (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Way back when, when Samsonite ran the Canadian Distribution for Lego, they offered a spare parts sale through the Lego Club. I was a wee tyke then, so it must have been around 1980 or so. I ordered a box of parts, and it turned out to include a (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) There were quite a few sets that had yellow 1x2x2 windows. The Police Station set #585 had the most ever, with 11 windows. There were a few basics sets that had these as well. Sets #510 and #517, both from the mid 1980's had 2 windows in each (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) Being new to trains, (1 Year on the 29th. 4565 B-Day prezzy from wife) I've gone from following directions to variations on the directions to MOC's. I have a cute little tanker that I did back before we pooled our LEGO. (My wife has much more (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That's been done... Mike Poindexter did it. However it's not clear that it was an improvement, per se. Bigger does not always automatically equate to Better. (also GD&R) Dean my advice to you is not to (try to) improve on my design... but to (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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That is a very clever design, Dean. Funny, I was just talking to Mike Poindexter last night and he was talking about doing the same thing! Now, here is what I think: If you can come up with this ingenious design to get around using rare parts, you (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sadly I hit the send button by mistake. I normally do cross post properly, honest! sigh... Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I gave you some positive feedback for this fine model, which does some very clever inversions, in your local group (lugnet.loc.ca.bc.<s...ething>... where you also posted this message. now here's some less glowing feedback. :-) Consider (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I've been trying to create a fleet of Hoppers without having to use rare parts that I do not posses. Below is my first attempt and I think it worked out pretty good. (URL) love to hear your comments. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) Yes I am! Happy Easter to all on Lugnet, especially to all on lugnet.trains, since that's my favorite newsgroup here. Regards, Ben my (non train) Lego® Easter picture: (URL) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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Reinhard \"Ben\" Beneke schreef: (...) I know 6689 (post office, 1984) had one 1x2x2 yellow window as well, and it's on eBay a lot for reasonable prices... (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) for e.g. set 149 fuel refilling station from 1976. another set is 368 taxi station. Regards, Ben (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) Do you have a picture? I know an alternative set number to 740 was 710 but that was blue also, I saw it on DEE-BAY. (URL) much help but anyway. Who made the transformer? The 740 I've just got is made by Siemens - says on the bottom. Does it (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi, I recently aquired a 12V train transformer that looks exactly like #740. However, instead of #740's blue color, this one is gray. Does anyone have info about this version of the set? Does it have different set number? What year did it come out? (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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All four rails are completely insulated. -John (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I do exactly this and it works without a problem. I have two loops that cross each other twice; I must admit that visitors can't resist the temptation to run one train into the other. Cary (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I have a simple question about the 4519 (URL) cross tracks. Is the voltage from one track isolated from the crossing track? Basically I want to have two mainlines cross each other while maintaining separate power supplies. Can this be done with a (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Gary (or anyone), Can you tell me what other sets (if the number isn't huge) come with the 1x2x2 yellow window. I have a few of these windows and I am pretty sure they did come from that old Shell set (325). I personlly found them at a garage sale (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes a collector friend in Germany told me about that rare 1x3x2 blue window. It's in the locomotive, if I remember correctly. It's the only occurrance of a 1x3x2 window in a color besides red or white. I hope that Brad Justus confirms that (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Gary R. Istok writes: <snipped-a-lot> (...) Black 1x2x2 windows appeared in the following 80s train sets that I know: 7727 (2x) 7750 (2x) 7810 (4x) Also the 7750 has 4 1x1x2 windows in black. The 7760 has 2 1x3x2 (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) Lindsay, 1x2x2 windows do exist in black. But I can't say in what set. I purchased two of these, as well as one 1x1x2 (thin tall) window in black in a German toy stores train parts box back in the 80's. This wooden box with lots of partitions (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) Lar, the (...) run of (...) fact that (...) Classic windows and the 3x3 low sloped corners have been part of a couple of sets: windows for e.g. in 7730, 7750. The sloped corners for e.g. in both of the train stations during the nineties, in (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) Those are indeed great items--and I'm amazed at how rare grey really are. The fact that they were never made in black, I find just...weird. I'm interested in what they eventually say about the *other* Classic window moulds (especially the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) OK. I scanned the entry from the catalog: (URL) Clark, BayLUG/BayLTC (URL) 39423705 (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Duhhhhhh!! In all my excitement, I forgot to post the website with the picture of the 352 Windmill set with the white windows/door: (URL) Istok (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) A few more ideas, can't the standard 1x4 lighting bar (5310) be used with a tile on top, etc. Alternatively you could use a pair of the lights used in 5310 on their side - I don't have any of those lights so I'm not sure about space. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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OK fellows, I want to chime in here for a moment..... I can't confirm this one way or another. What made me agree with Ben about this is the fact that those 352 Windmill instructions show the different levels of the building progression in different (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) I have a 1995 Stocking Stuffer's catalog. The flatcar with helicopter is in it, however my understanding is that it was never produced. The seller could be selling either counterfeits or preproduction models. The are not real LEGO either, but (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks for pointed this Acution out. I browsed a few other Lionel Auctions (I did not know it existed), some of there stuff is quite impressive. I loved the train on this sign: (URL) I did find this a little quirky: (URL) there a site dedicated to (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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One of the members of WAMALUG spotted this in an ebay auction recently. (URL) a Greenberg show last Feburary, I was talking to a lionel dealer who asked me if I had ever heard that back in the 1950/60's Lionel had a brief deal with LEGO to produce a (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) "don't" know anyone? If that is what you meant, then I guess it would be a cultural thing. There is no higher praise for a man in the US than to be called a stud (synonymous with "The Man" or "Da Man" as in "You da Man!"). Translations aside, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think it has three weight elements in it already... What it needs is to get some weight below the axles on the drive wheels... J1, GMLTC (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) instead (...) hard (...) pushing (...) very (...) of (...) got (...) Hmmm...what about using a boat weight over the trailing wheels? Wouldn't the increased weight improve the trailing wheels tracking characteristics? You'd also lower the (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think the Atlantics had skirting over the drive wheels, that would be hard to simulate in 6 wide... Since the 9volt motor is in the tender, it's pushing the engine - we found that a single trailing axle didn't hold the track very well. So, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:Ft7ryo.ECC@lugnet.com... (...) site: (...) wonder (...) pardon (...) had (...) studs (...) meaning of (...) derived (...) It has the same general meaning here (Scotland/UK) too, but it is (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) In US colloquial usage to be a stud is (derived from breeder, and then derived from "success with the oppposite sex" I guess) to be someone who can pull amazing feats off, or more generally, someone to be admired. It was a weak usage, but the (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) that I took at our last train show. I will let him speak for his (...) Why not chop off a axle at the back, and make it into a 4-4-2 Atlantic instead of a Jubilee? Then it would be right for the Hiawartha Atlantics. Or, even better, make a (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I (...) A small price for such a great model! Maybe Ben and the Bricksmith Guild could work something out? I personally think your building qualities are up to the standards they're aiming for! -- Frank Buiting Visit the LEGO Lexicon: (URL) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) is (...) You are kidding me again, Lar? You know my English is not the best and I had to ask my dictionary which told me that "stud" means first any kind of studs (like we know them from Lego, clothing etc.), but it has the second meaning of a (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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AWESOME>>> Thank you both for your help.....( I am now searching in the lot for the wheels...) regards Dave Jonathan Reynolds <scorch@tinyworld.co.uk> wrote in message news:Ft6K54.E3t@lugnet.com... (...) from (...) motor. (...) than (...) overworked (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Second that emotion. (...) (URL) the last image: (URL) Gerlach's work, also his Milwalkee Road pair) <insert pic here, I couldn't find a good one of his BN diesel> (John Neal's work) (URL) Davenport's work.. note that the studs are NOT aligned (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Truly Brilliant. A tour de force exercise in minimalist impurity. The wonder is that it works at all, not how well it works. You, Ben, are (If you'll pardon the expression) such a STUD! So when can you get these into mass production? ++Lar (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Huw, Very nice work! I love the nose extension. Very characteristic. The 1x4 light brick could be used if the 1x4 quarter round green bricks are used instead of the green 1x1x1.3 with tab. Since the 1x4's don't have the tab, maybe that 1x4 light (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes it does, but since the torque runs via the vertical shaft, the wheel sets are trying to spin and due to this fact, the engine runs on straigt track at least as bad as most engines do in curves, probably worse. But I works and runs just a (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Huw Millington <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:Ft5t6n.IKK@lugnet.com... (...) it (...) piece. (...) How about the 1x4 twin light units from 9v Town vehicles, connected via cable. The bulbs would have to show through the front, (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) KL (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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