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<calm police negotiator voice ON> Steve ... put the gun down...you have a lot to live for...your minifigs are counting on you...<calm police negotiator voice OFF> I wonder though has anyone ever tried to figure out what the LEGO scale speeds are? (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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Steve - LOL - I love it! :^) Ed (...) yourself! (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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If I ever have to run my LEGO trains at scale speeds according to pseudo time tables I will shoot my self and have my collection ground up and sprinkled over the nearest train yard! SteveB (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Lego layout from the seventies
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Yes gray bricks were not available during the 60's, only gray plates. But that doesn't mean that LEGO didn't produce them for their models. They still do it today with bricks and pieces that are not produced for the general public. Just go to a (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | 9V train collection completed
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After buying the LegoLOCO® software to get the small and limited edition promoset 2585 on saturday, I'm now proud owner of all 9V train items. Two weeks ago my collection of the grey era got into state of completenes too. Since I bought the long (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 6990 Trans Galaxy Express on sale
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I have phoned a store looking for TRAIN sets 12V or 9 V, They did not have any rare stuff excpet this 6990 which seems to be a MONORAIL serie which I'm not collecting. The lady on the phone told me it is from 1988 and has 9V motor + light + rail ... (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Pictures of GFLTC at the Enviro Fair...
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(...) Thnks for the construction details. Can you speak as to how you came to build it? Do you know some of the people in SkyTrain company or just thought it was neat, or what? Their site has a prototype made of lego that was built some years ago, (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Pictures of GFLTC at the Enviro Fair...
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(...) The Sky Train model I built for this event uses a lot of different parts not designed to work together. Like 4.5 track in a narrow gage configuration (4 studs) and Mindstorms. The track is held together in a 6 stud wide housing (walls and (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Chessie Steamer
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Darn cut and paste! My version is here (URL) (...) with (...) (See (...) I (...) red (...) post (...) the (...) <cut> (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Chessie Steamer
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I did put 8 wide in the folder description but it kind of gets lost at the top of the screen. The width of 8 wide really helped the train look a lot better than what I could create in six wide, which leads to the whole 8 vs. 6 discussion but I (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO and the NMRA
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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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| | LEGO and the NMRA
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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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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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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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