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(...) Wonderfuuuuuuuul!!!! Many of the stuff in these pages is also in my picture... look on page 70: the station is very similar to the one in my picture ,and, what's running under it? A Santa fe f7 (quite primitive,but it's a f7). And look at the (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) After showing the picture to a collegue, it doesn't exist anymore and I wasn't born yet, the inverted pyramid was "Katimavik" the canadian pavillon, other building like in front of the picture with the top floor at 45º angle look like the (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hy to all, I just released V1.9R2 of MLCad which contains bug fixes for the mentioned errors. You can download the executeable or the whole package as you like from (URL) I've updated the model section on my home-page with an example mpd file (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.trains)
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"Reinhard "Ben" Beneke" <r.beneke@tu-bs.de> wrote in message news:Fu8LEB.AIt@lugnet.com... (...) northern (...) I think we are all doing this all over the world now - just encase we find that little set we are after, or can trade/sell. Pretty soon (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.trains)
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I made a tour through the Lüneburg Heath (densely populated area in northern germany) on last friday. I visited at least 20 shops in mainly smaller villages and found some nice old sets there. Best finds have been two remote controlled 12V points (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Anybody notice page 89's simularity to Man and his World, Expo 1967 in Montreal Canada? I was 8 then, but clearly remember standing on top of the inverted pyramid overlooking the park and watching the monorail and hovercraft. Don't know why, but I (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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These look good. The non-alignment of the black stripes is a bit jarring though. I've been surprised at the value of the 6557 cab you've used, these must be one of the more expensive 9v train parts. Scott A Mike Walsh <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> (...) (24 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug)
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(...) In the US & Canada it varies. Depending on the size of the station and the type of train, either high or low platforms are used. A high platform comes to the height of the car door. A low platform is not much (if any) higher than the railhead (...) (24 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm (...) flat (...) The U-shaped ones are the same height at each end compared to the straight ones. (...) I think basically the top of the platform should line up within a plate to the height of the bottom of the train door - this is roughly (...) (24 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Cool (...) What a feast for the eyes! Check out the architecture to the rear of page 69 and the MonoRail on page 94. Jon (...) (24 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Eric Brok wrote in message ... (...) Did you use anything for glass, or is it just the frame? I guess if one were desperate for LEGO pure glass material for such a large expanse, one could use larger parts bags from sets, and use little bits of (...) (24 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I used znap to build a classic iron-and-glass platform roof (with large arches). Looks ok. No pics yet. Eric (24 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Thanks for the pointer, that is a cool idea book. But I am left wondering, are those bridges really strong enough? The brigde on page 86 is pretty short, but the one on page 79 is fairly long (3 tracks). Just wondering out loud. Thanks, Chris P.S. I (...) (24 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yep. Just a single gap works fine. The period that the motor is bridging both power supplies will not substantially affect either one. The motor may stall if you have the 2 power supplies giving opposite polarities of near the same voltage, (...) (24 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Mindstorms has more than 2 voltage outputs (8+, you can write a program to split it in NQC to 100 discrete power levels, from 0.01 sec power on to 1. sec power on) I have a fair amount of experence doing exactly what you are proposing to do, (...) (24 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yup, I used this method for the 12 to 9V signal conversion. You can read more about it on my webpage: (URL) have also been thinking about isolating two stretches to use different powersupplies in one layout. I'm a little puzzled how to do it, (...) (24 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) There are other precedents for this sort of bridge. See (URL) particular, pages 79 and 86. This is my favorite train idea book. It also has a roller coaster on page 88. /Eric McC/ (24 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ah. Set 344, Bungalow. Thanks, Frank! That explains why all my former attempts to find it using search terms like 'house' and 'chalet' failed :) Simon (URL) (24 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Note the bridge, it's made out of blue rails. We have seen several AFOL creations that do that, but I had no idea there was a precedent for it. Cool ++Lar (24 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's set 344 (in Pause (URL) ) I have posted a same mail via my newsclient over 5 hours ago, but it didn't appear so now I post it via the web. If the other post also comes through later then my apologies for the double posting. -- Frank (...) (24 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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Has anyone tried making isolating rails? By this I mean a purposely modified section of track with a cut in one or both rails (can be done with a modelling grinder etc.). All the postings I have read refer to using 1 stud gaps between the rail ends (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If you put a wagon plate on a 2 axle bogie which utilizes a bogie plate then you will be 4 bricks high as it stands on the track. The LEGO platforms which come with the train station are 2 bricks high. You could stack 2 ramp platforms and (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I'm building a train station with passenger platforms and I'm wondering how high to make the platforms. Currently I only have two axle train cars, but I'm plaining to get some of the dual boggy cars in the future. I'd like the platform to be the (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hmmmm - towards the bottom left of that picture is a small house with a red roof and an arrangement of black and white tiles in front. Anyone happen to know what set number it is? It's one of my favourite sets from the seventies - but I've so (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Gianluca, Thanks for posting these photos of your creations. They're wonderful. I particularly like the stud-up and stud-down orientation of the arches used on the side of the EMD f7 locomotive. What a nice circular hole of good proportion. (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm sorry,no informations are available. Yes,it was on an italian encyclopedia at the voice "toys". It seems to feature official Lego sets,so maybe it's an official Lego picture. Bye Gianluca (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Do you have more information as to the source of the picture? Do you mean it was pictured in an encyclopedia (like Brittanica)? (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) That's so cool. Check out that mountain! How many pieces in that??? And the station's a winner too!!! Some of the older stuff is really good, as it predated this morbid facination of juniorisation that TLC has developed. With less specialised (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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Hi all,I've put this old pic (I'm very fond of it) on brickshelf gallery. www.brickshelf.com/g...pedia0.jpg It is a lego train layout from the seventies,that was on an old encyclopedia of mine (since its name) . I really like it,because it's like I (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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Hi all,I have put 3 more pics of my trains (pics 17,18,19) in pic 17 you can see the front of Santa Fe EMD f7.I'm sorry it is a bit fuzzy,so it will be a little difficult for you to understand how it was built. www.brickshelf.com/g...rain17.jpg In (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi,John first of all thanks for your "excellent work" (and,of course thanks to all who appreciated my trains!) My first lego train was a metroliner,in 1993. I soon got bored of it,because it was so small and light.... About in 1994 I had this (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.it)
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(...) Non apprezzo particolarmente la parte ferroviaria Lego ... pero' ... ... Complimenti !!!! Visto che sei di Torino posso portarti in pellegrinaggio un amico a cui piace il genere 8-)))) CiaoCiaoSergio (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.it)
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I have uploaded some (not very good) pictures of a MOC GE Diesel Locomotive I built. (URL) based this model on an actual engine ((URL) owned by the New Hope Valley RailRoad ((URL) which operates a train museum out of Bonsall, North Carolina (not too (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug)
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(...) I think your models deserve better photographs Gianluca, they all look superb and we wan't to see more! The photograph showing the end of the 'Metroliner' coach really emphasises the profile shape available with 8-wide. I would love to see (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.it)
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Somebody has done a quite cool copy of my April fool jokes "Rheingold Express" but in a different colour scheme. Take a look on under the URL: (URL) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) you can just ignore the trains.htm part and then follow the links, or (URL) follow the links .com should work same as co.uk which shortens it by 2 regards lawrence (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Bravo, Gianluca! Another disciple;-) Welcome to the 8 wide side{:^D You've built almost as many 8 wides as I have! I especially enjoyed your Santa Fe Warbonnet. I would be interested in hearing your experiences in building 8 wide, as I'm sure would (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.it)
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Hey those look great. I'd love to see some more close ups of the box car. I like the "wood slat" look that it has. jt gianluca morelli wrote in message <20000504150630.7885...oo.com>... (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.it)
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Hi all, I've put some pics of my 8-wide trains on brickshelf's gallery. First of all I'm sorry because they are a bit fuzzy,but I'm not an expert photographer... You can see them on www.brickshelf.com click on "members" and then on "Gianluca (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.it)
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No one buy any (smirk). Call every Monday morning to see if they have gone on special and then start buying. Chris P.S. Wouldn't it be really nice if LEGO gave a discount on large purchases of track? But I am sure we have all thought this before. (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains)
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Chris, Thanks, It looked like a good size. Big enough to get a bunch of different things in it, but not so big as to make it to big for a room in a house. Have fun at the show. Chris (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <snipped description> Thanks for sharing your experiance... Hopefully it won't rain here that weekend. Also the show is on;y one day so there shouldn't be any security problems. -chris (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) indicated (...) I spoke with someone at S@H last week and she said that the "train stuff" never goes on special because they have no problems selling it... I guess it depends on who you talk to. Ryan (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains)
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Lego S@H has a limited # of sets available for $73.00. The person indicated that because this set is discontinued, it might become a S@H special on Monday. The quantity available was just less than 100 sets. Hope everyone that needs one gets one! (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains)
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Outside events? Experiences to share? Well, since you ask, yes. When PNLTC did our layout with the LEGO 25th Anniversary truck tour in Portland back in 1998, we were setup underneath a tent right next to the cab of the LEGO truck. Our layout was (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Various MOC's metamorphosed from Sets
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(...) unable to find it. (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I picked up a large box of miscellaneous train parts at a sale. Much of it duplicated sets I already had, though the sets in the box were incomplete. So I threw these parts together with my complete sets to create some MOCs that have evolved from (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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hello I know Reinhard "Ben" Beneke did a show outside at a garden show here in germany, with ponds and bridges and the workd, i also know he had different experiences with it, if you ask him, i know he will be glad to help you with info on outdoors (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sorry, forgot to post that. June 3rd. We'll post more info when we get it about location and times for anyone who would like to come down for it. The show supplies the tent. I hope the poles don't interfere witht the layout. Good luck on your (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.trains.org)
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Well the NGLTC will be doing it's first outside layout this month at the North Georgia Premium Outlet Mall, I'm a bit nervous about the weather since we won't have a tent. We do have some covered walkways to set up in if we have to, but if the (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Whist not a show as such, I set up my train stuff outside before leaving victoria for VictoriaLUG. Did it right onto the ground, and a grand time was had by all of us there at the time (included a bunch of kids). I now have more track, so (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) It's 10 by ~17 feet. This is WAMALUG's layout at the Sixth Annual Manassas Railway Festival in VA. There will be several layouts in all the major scales and even 'real' trains. Virginia Railway Express(a local commuter line) will be sponsoring (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: News from EJLTC (@Shiri Dori, now off-topic)
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(...) Monorail has been part of town and space as you can see on the numbering too. (...) addressed to Mike, but of course it's more an open letter to be read by anyone interested. Just some kidding..... (...) Be sure: the monorail hoax will not be (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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The Greater Florida LEGO Train Club will have a small (3ft X 10ft) LEGO Train display at the Largo Enviro Fair Saturday, May 6th... ~~~...~~~ ENVIRO FAIR Find out how fun and easy it is to be green! Participate in demonstrations, seminars and (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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Chris, Just tool a look at your layout. After a few minutes I thought, "Wow, that is a pretty big layout." So, how big is it? Thanks, Chris (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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(...) Uh... Ben? Did you intend to send this post to lugnet, or to Mike personally...? (URL) <snicker> <burst out laughing> Well, I'll be VERY excited when the monorail 2001 comes out... <grin, duck and run> -Shiri XFUT .off-topic.fun (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I uploaded some pictures of a black and white Metroliner-like train I have been working on lately. It is basically finished although I would like to add one more Club Car to it. Unfortunately I am out of white train doors. ;-( (URL) Walsh - (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug)
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In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes: . In fact I have the plan to complete (...) 3 (...) Does that include all the faked sets too Ben? When you aquire the missing sets I think you will have the most desirable Lego collection of all time (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp)
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| | Gratitude! Excitement!
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"AMIGOoooo! ! AMIGOoooo! ! " Nice to meet you! I am Masaki"INOSUKE"Kikuchi of Japan. Mr.Todd! Mr.Paul! Thank you for the word to mysterious "the crystal train" of Japan! Give the feeling valve although my sentence is useless translation English (^^; (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp, lugnet.build)
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Thanks to everyone who gave me suggestions on designing a yard. Here is the current plan for the layout. (URL) 20 baseplates by 12 baseplates. Ignore the roadplates under the rails on the righthand side, they are just placeholders for the table (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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(...) Notice: this is no hoax mail! I realy do not own a single set or even rail from any of the Lego®-monorail sets. Personally I do not like them too much, and I have enough stuff of the "real" Lego® trains to fill my appartement. In fact I have (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp)
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(...) Definitely "No"! But I fear with telling you this, you might expect to see them even more.... So let me tell you: I have a georgeous plan for an April fool hoax which will be based on the theme monorail. That's the only reason, why there is no (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp)
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This sounds like just what train-heads love, especially the organised clubs struggling to grt recognition amongst the conventional railway modelling fraternity. (...) trackage (...) You could also build them so that a passing train mechanically (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Reinhard "Ben" Beneke <r.beneke@tu-bs.de> wrote in message news:Ftw6K5.7JG@lugnet.com... (...) for my (...) Does this mean we will be seeing the "New 2001 Monorail Sets" soon? Mike (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp)
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(...) Congratulations to you and your friends of the EJLTC! I loved to surf through all your pictures and got a lot of inspirations for my future work on Lego trains. Leg Godt! Ben (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp)
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(...) touch (...) end (...) RCX, (...) reset (...) I've posted a listing of the RCX program I use to control a 9v train around a closed loop. It's an example of what's possible, but it's simplified. I left out the uncoupler logic and hardware for (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Train set 127
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This train has a new home, thank you for all inquires. Steven (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) :-) (...) Reminds me of the OLFoF queue at PKI. (...) I guess I don't believe it's a fake, because I can't understand how you'd get the boxes in different perspectives like that unless you actually owned (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) Now THAT is a brilliant train. Sheer genius. SUGOOOOOOEIIII!!!...!!! "As for the LEGO train way of playing, is more colorful and more attractive in comparison with other railroad models and railroad toy. "I (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp, lugnet.build)
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Dear Kevin: I can understand what you wanna say (^^); (...) OK,here is an explanation: The owner of the transparent train models is Mr.INOSUKE who is one of my best friends. To tell the truth,he is NOT good at English and the English commentary (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp)
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Dear James: Unfortunately the pictures of the monorails are not ready yet. The owner of the monorails is Mr,Kotaro Ono but he is really busy recently so I can't have a enough time to meet him and take his monorail's picture. I will catch up with (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp)
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(...) Thanks. later, James Mathis (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp)
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Pardon me, but I'm dizzy! I just got off the monorail!!! What a ride! Bravo to the camera on-board the monorails. What a ride!!!! Just awesome. And the monorail designs look GREAT, too!! Too much fun. :-) :-) Thank you!! later, James Mathis (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp)
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(...) It is available here in New Zealand. It is shown in the catalogue and on the retailer's price list. Grahame (25 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) but the English commentary is the most delightfully garbled I've ever seen. (Not a criticism, understand - my Japanese is non-existent!) Kevin (25 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp)
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(...) --Todd (25 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp, lugnet.build)
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(...) of (...) It is also in the 2000 German catalouge. (25 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Here's something I've always wondered. What determines if something is "part of the lineup"? Just being (or not being) in S@H catalog isn't definitive. ++Lar (25 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Dear all train lovers: East Japan LEGO Train Club official web site has been updated. Now we have a gallery page of our creations: (URL) interesting update is a page of some movies at latest event OLEGO LAND Vol.1 at Akihabara ,Tokyo. (URL) last (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp) !!
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I'm interested in joining or starting a lego train club in the south central region of Pennsylvania.If anybody has a club in this region or would be interested in starting one please send me an e-mail.Thanks,Jack Reyer (25 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Maybe not in Finland, but it still part of the 2000 line-up in the US. (25 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 (25 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 (...) (25 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 (25 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 (25 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)
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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)
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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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Oh, and here's something I DON'T quite agree with (...) A lead track often runs down parallel to the main. It is usually connected to the main by a crossover that faces the opposite way you'd expect and is at the opposite end you'd expect Something (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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Ever heard of The Boy Who Cried Wolf? "Kid" (lie) enough around here, and people aren't going to believe a thing you say after a while. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I have this set that I picked up in a large lot, does this set interest anyone? I am afraid it does not really fit anything I am doing currently. Steven (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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The Union Pacific yard in Portland OR uses a heavy-duty fork-type loader to lift trailers onto and off of spline cars. -Cheese (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It is actually possible, you just need to have the legs come in on a straight so you can make an electrical gap by leaving a 1 stud space between two pieces of track. (C) (A) ----\---...---x--/----- -> main -----\ /-----x-- || || / | (B) The (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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What is the general method of unloading spline cars as in this pic? (URL) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Frank Filz wrote: <frank's excellent description sniiped for space> Thanks for your insights... I might try to make a wye. I think we may be able to get around some of the polarity issues because we use DCC to run our layout. And as I stated in my (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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Thanks for the ideas, I should be able to incorporate a lead of at least five feet into the layout plan without two much difficulty. -chris (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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Since reading some of the other peoples ideas (Thanks Dean!...I stole your track plan :) and so on, having been in the process of rebuilding the trackage on my layout anyway, I decided to make a signal box. The points are easy enough...first I have (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) back (...) ;^) OK - I won't say it! Slam-o-rama, but it's not as bad as it sounds. The RCX ramps down the engine speed when it's backing down a siding, until it clicks on a car and bumps into a buffer that's got a touch sensor embedded within. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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