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(...) I should note that these tests used a bare motor and a few 2x6 plates. I think the top speed with my GP-35 was about 2.5 mph or so. -chris (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I think I have found some train windows. They are 1x2x2 trans clear with a frame over printed in white. Off an older train I think but which ? Michael Pratt (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Using 1 stud = 1.25" (which is 8 studs wide = a 10' wide train car) it ends up being 128 mph. Of course, pulling some 8 wide cars will undoubtedly slow that down a lot. Mike Poindexter Kevin Loch <kloch@opnsys.com> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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John Neal <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:3926EE0B.9E36BF...est.net... (...) Is that John Neal, the man who puts 4 wide trains on HO trucks, 14 wide on G scale trucks and recently tried to convince others to forsake Lego track (...) (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The addicted kind;-) (...) Oh, you are absolutely right. TLC got the window shape down perfectly. Of course, scale was never an issue in Billund anyway. For all intents and purposes, use those babies! And thanks for that bit of revelation (...) (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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All right. All of you...hands on the wall where I can see them-- this is the on-topic police. You are all under arrest..... ;-) John (...) (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Which Skoda was this? The new 2.0 Golf engined one or a very special 130 Rapide? I hope you are going to say the latter. Jon (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well... It's only been a few days since I started to seriously consider eight wides and you are already trying to get me hooked on 14's. What kind of pusher are you? :) I do see what you mean about the size of the windows... but the shape of (...) (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I have seen the watches in Zany Brainy, though I think just about the first time I saw them, they were on clearance, and mostly all they had was the Time Cruisers one, but I'm pretty sure I've seen the space one also in a ZB (I have yet to (...) (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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That's the good news. Here's the bad news.... Look at how tall the windows are in that pic. They are about as high as the distance from the bottom of the car up to the bottom of the windows. A LEGO train window is 3 bricks high, so that means the (...) (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Supposedly you can enter in the diameter of the wheel to calibrate it. It would be interesting to enter in the minifig scale equivalent diameter for the wheel and get minifig-scale speed measurements. KL (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | BrickFest June 9 - 11, 2000 Washington DC, USA!!!
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fut: lugnet.org.us.wamalug What: BrickFest 2000 When: June 9-11, 2000 Where: Washington DC, USA Web : (URL) is an across the boards announcement about the upcoming BrickFest!!! The BrickFest will include a train/town display, a castle display, (...) (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) year, (...) It's "fairly" common in the US, in that I have seen it at the VA outlet, the LIC in MN and the LIC in FL, all of which I've been to within the last 6 months. However I don't think you'll find it at any of the normal stores, just (...) (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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While purusing the "EL Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment" I came across this photo of a Pullman car that has a window design very similar to the standard train window. It also seems to use a solid piece of glass not one with the line (...) (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Using the new speed computer (URL) Stembel and I discovered the top speed along a ten foot section of track is about 5.42 km/h (3.37 mi/h). Of course, there is no replication on this experiment since we only tried one motor. The computer also read (...) (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I got some cool models done this weekend, in brickshelf gallery (URL) new is a UP autorack from LDraw. And for those who have ldraw a mpd file is there as well. LMKWYT. Tburger "again I stand against the faceless man" - CREED (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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News from the NGLTC : Free display at the North Georgia Premium Outlet Mall, May 27th On Saturday May 27th the NGLTC will be presenting a layout in front of the LEGO Outlet store at the North Georgia Premium Outlet Mall in Dawsonville, Georgia. This (...) (24 years ago, 21-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.loc.us.ga.atl) !
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(...) Since I am a well known Lego®-fan, what should I do with a cocain dealers clock like a Rolex? of course I wear my original Lego-Watch-System® clock in the coul colour blue black grey. it has a very cool self enlighting star map and a (...) (24 years ago, 21-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thank you. (...) Cornering, of course, is the rub when creating larger locos because of the unnaturally tight curvature of the track. We are trying to design something that works yet in real life is impossible. So compromises are inevitable. (...) (24 years ago, 20-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I was looking at this site: (URL) and saw the steam engine at the top of the main page. That is one of the best and most detailed I've seen. Alan (24 years ago, 20-May-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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