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(...) Funny, I thought it meant what John thought. Must be some east coast Borg collective thought thing, J-1... -John aka J-2 (25 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) ...Well, we could do it now... :-)! woohoo! ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wamalug guy ((URL) Guide ((URL) the wildlink ((URL) #160 (25 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Metroliner windows? Where? I still need dozens ;-) (...) ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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(...) That's not what Christopher means, and I think we all know it. HHHmmmmm... Maybe it will be WAMALUG... maybe... just maybe... Just day dreaming out loud... Rich -- Have Fun! C-Ya! Legoman34 ***** Legoman34 (Richard W. Schamus)... (No, I don't (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The GMLTC 'paves' some of our roads with 1x black bricks turned sideways. That way we can use a row of yellow plates down the middle for the center stripe. It is kinda hard to work around the corners though... JohnG, GMLTC (25 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I have been thinking this for a while, and now that LEGO Direct is up and running I can wonder out loud. Who will be the first to pave all their roads in their train layouts with black tiles? Just day dreaming, Christopher (25 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) So how many floors are you going to add to that skyscraper(1)? Though I did see what you did with all those metroliner windows. :) -chris 1- (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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(...) You're absolutely right. Thin walls were around many years before they were ever used in a train. However, I would rather bulk order thin walls than train windows. What would I do with 300 train windows? I could do lots of things with 300 thin (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) That traffic is containerized, too many balls lost due to shrinkage from open top hoppers. YCLIU. ++Lar (25 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Just to clarify, these: (...) are *not* Train windows. They are thinwalls. It so happens that they were used in 4561. But then, 4561 is barely a train anyway. This: (URL) this: (URL) train windows I ain't complaining. We have a great source of (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) ...Come on now! How do you think they get soccer balls to the soccer fields? :-) ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wamalug guy ((URL) Guide ((URL) the wildlink ((URL) #160 (25 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Naaa... A) Not prototypical. B) I only have 6 of them. Well actually I don't have any! They all technically "belong" to Nik. So far I have only bought 2 soccer sets. C) No time. ++Lar (25 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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Well, This should be my last spamming of Steam Train Wheels, I finished the wheels and everything works I have some picts, as soon as we get some sun up here I wil go outside and snap some nice ones. Anyway, there is one problem that I have run into (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ny.syr, lugnet.trains)
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Florida LEGO Fans, The Greater Florida LEGO Train Club (GFLTC) and the new Greater Florida LEGO Users Group (GFLUG) will be having a meeting in the Tampa Bay Area. The meeting will be at Mark's house near the St. Petersburg/Clearwater Airport on (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Thanks for the instructions. I've made a DAT file of the model and built it. I modified the built one so that two minifigs can fit inside (but no steering wheel, unfortunately). If anyone's interested in seeing how I did it, LMK. --Bram (25 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) One thing I like about the various displays is that while they have some huge creations, it looks like they also display all the actual sets. Nice touch. I like the one with all the soccer balls. I bet we'll be able to re-create that type of (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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Some people thought I was crazy for cutting the hubs however, the plan worked with No screw ups! 2 more hours in the workshop and you will see the (Maybe First) Working 4-8-8-4 Negotiate Switches/Crossings.... I even made some changes to the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ny.syr, lugnet.trains)
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(...) It (...) design (...) design. (...) Great work! I like the artwork design, this is just what I was thinking of for the GFLTC Car, but with our logos. Build on... Robin Werner GFLTC (25 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains)
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I have posted a preliminary scan of the boxcar I plan on sending to the PNLTC for the record breaking event. I should have better pictures up this weekend. It has nothing fancy. It is just a box on wheels using white 2x4 bricks for the body. It is (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains)
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I was playing with a couple of my 12V engines (7735 and 7755) last night with a stopwatch. I don't have a very long stretch of straight track--only about 40"--but from my computations my average speed for both engines pulling nothing was about 2.84 (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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