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(...) When will they ever learn? Aaron (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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I was reading this months NMRA (Nation Model Railroad Assoc.) magazine and it featured garden railroads. What caught my attention was some comments from the editor. He mentioned that many in the NMRA didn't consider garden railroads "real" model (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Pictures of GFLTC at the Enviro Fair...
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Robin, The layout looks cool, I like the inverted monorail. How does the "Sky Train" work? is it using a standard monorail engine or do you have some special MOC drive configuration? Also I like the layout outside of your standard cabinet, makes the (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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Hi all, Pictures of the Greater Florida LEGO Train Club(GFLTC) at the Enviro Fair in Largo, Florida are now on-line. Check them out at: (URL) Ya... Robin W. GFLTC (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org) !
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| | Re: Lego layout from the seventies
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Did you notice all the grey bricks used for the mountain. I don't recall grey bricks being available at the retail level in the 60s, there were only grey plates, weren't there? Michel Magnan (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Real Steamer
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"James Mathis" <thakius@nmt.edu> wrote in message news:FuHG8y.8pF@lugnet.com... (...) The train is operated by a bunch of railway fanatics you can find more pictures of the trains they own at: (URL) site is in Dutch). The passenger coaches can be (...) (24 years ago, 14-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Chessie Steamer
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Excellent work, Nick! Welcome to the dark side;-) Nick, of course, failed to mention that his new train is 8 wide:-) I noticed that you did some selective shortening of your passenger cars. Was this because you experienced magnet holding problems, (...) (24 years ago, 14-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Monorail Request
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I am trying to complete a set 6990 and I am missing the front and rear bogie and wheels. Does anyone have a spare ? I have spares of the large trans blue oblong windows to trade. Also if anyone has any spare track and stanchions, high or low I (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Real Steamer
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Frank, Thanks for posting this picture. What did the passenger coaches look like? I'm pretty excited by the loco pictured. I think I have a Marklin model of this steam engine. All my Marklin stuff is at my parent's home now, but it is soon to be (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Monorail switch track repair question
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I received two switching pieces in a recent eBay auction. They were severely damaged by sand and dirt which virtually made the switch un-switchable. In fact there were signs of damage where the sled was unable to move the switching pin and caused (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I have a pair of monorail switches that don't move well. I have new ones and know how they should work. Is it possible to open up one of the switches without damaging it? I was about to try, but decided to seek expert advise from one of you before (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Old yellow and red train parts
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I came across what I believe are older train parts, I figure they are from the 12V series. This is all I have, but they are in great shape. They are of no use to me, and are a shame to store away, do these parts interest anyone? The 3, 1x4 yellow (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Following is my attempt at the translation. Comments between parentheses are my own words. The rest of the translation is a bit loose in some sentences. Read well, Andreas Stabno (URL) Ballmann in his little empire The little basement (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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Hi, On the stretch Eindhoven - Den Bosch in the Netherlands the track is doubled from 2 to 4 tracks with a new station in Best. To celebrate the opening of the station today, the first train to stop at it was steamloc (model DB 23 071, a 2-6-2 loc (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Halftoning is incredibly easy with a good image editor, like Corel PhotoPaint. Could someone translate the article? My German's not very good either (ie, I can sometimes guess what something says...) --Bram Bram (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) Just some Corel Draw, you know? (...) Do I remember right with you, Larry finding a dozen of london busses in a small german shop? (Or was this a hint on Gary being the lucky finder? So long ago I read that story....) (...) Never been in (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Cool, Ben. How did you get the newspaper halftone look? That is some forgery, you've outdone yourself with that one! Really, you ought to slow down, though, you're so far ahead of us in the forgery trade that we'll NEVER catch up, you keep (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Anyone know what set two white piece 4511 (sliding train door) came in?
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(...) I aggree, as a former owner of a 740. (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Isolating rails
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(...) Yes, It is possible to cut trough the metal strip only (well, almost only), on de spots where there are gaps in the plastic supporting these strips. I've done this using a mini tool with a thin cutting disk. It makes a very smooth cut, thin (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | NGLTC May layout
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For those of you who are planning on participating at the North Georgia LEGO Train Club display on May 27th at the Georgia LEGO Outlet store, a preliminary layout is available at : (URL) set the tables up last weekend to get a feel for the amount of (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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