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| (...) Maybe not in Finland, but it still part of the 2000 line-up in the US. (24 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Well, according to the Lego Finland it is not. And I haven't seen it in any of the 2000 catalogs. Mika (24 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) roads (...) In the US the yard goat is whatever power has yard duty. Yardmaster's whim, to a certain extent. Sometimes it's a relatively small engine, like a SW (which I modeled). Almost never would it be a rigid frame like, you only see those (...) (24 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| (...) No, it is a smallish animal, somewhat larger than a dog that eats grass...but, in a railway context, it would be about eq. to a 08 or such like (if not a 2x class engine in the UK, american ones tend to be 1500 HP and up. James (24 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| (...) In Britain all railway lines are designated up or down - then fast or slow. All lines go 'up' to London - how they work out lines parallel to London I don't know. Is a goat a shunter, a bit like 7760? Carbon 60 (24 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| (...) Yes. There will be no new trains this year. Usually, we get new train sets every two to three years. (...) 4565 is not selling-off. It is still in the 2000 line-up. (...) I would say so. (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| I have not been keeping up with this group since the great April Fools joke, so excuse me if this question is redundant. Have we seen the entire lot of new mid-year release Lego sets? Don't they release new train sets every year? I have not seen any (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Query (was Re: Yards)
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| James B. wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> Yes please!. Industries are always neat to see track plans for. I know of books written on industrial railways (INCO for one, a fairly hefty book, but they had _a lot_ of track for quite a long time) (...) If (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Query (was Re: Yards)
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| (...) <mondo snippage> I've been following this thread with vague interest, since I think railyards are neat, and was wondering... I work at a major industrial plant, which ships upwards of 70%(1) of it's product via rail and there is a large rail (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) "please" assumed since, after all, it's Jonathan we're dealing with. you need to avoid shorting. Standard ways, discussed here already: - Use a sticker to insulate - leave a gap of a stud between the tracks so they don't actually connect. (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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