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Finally, I have taken some time to post some pics of my 4-8-8-4 Big Boy steamer. (URL) take a moment to check it out and as always, comments and snide remarks are welcome. Thanks, Stacy (24 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | New lego Club in Missouri
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Hearye, Hearye, Let it be known that Missouri has a new Lego club the CMLUG or Central Midwest Lego Users Group. The membership so far is Wayne Green and my self-Andrew Reynolds, we both live in the Saint Louis area. Our first meeting, on the phone, (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.il)
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| | Re: Has anyone tried building a Thomas?
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(...) My EP-2 Bipolar (also part of the GMLTC layout) is also 7 wide. It fits in well with the 6 wides but has a nice beefy look to it. Steve (24 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Has anyone tried building a Thomas?
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(...) Well, first off, Bill/Ben are yellow-- You must mean Percy. The saddle tank effect for them came using this element in yellow: (URL) BTW train fans, I need a few more of those buggers, so if anyone has a few to trade/sell, LMK:-) The saddle (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Has anyone tried building a Thomas?
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(...) I'm glad to hear this - I pioneered the 7 wide Lego train back in the 1970s, but nobody was looking. Necessity was the Mother of invention, I'd run out of 6 wide plates/trainy elements and had to use the leftover oddments to build some (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Display your train layouts at Greenberg shows!
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(...) see (...) Nashville, (...) Please (...) Novi, huh? Hmmm.... I guess I can try to get my trains together, or maybe build something for once. I am rather busy with Sanburn Systems lately, say the last 8 months. When is the Novi, Michigan one (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | OK I hope I'm not beating a dead horse but check this out...
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Followups to lugnet.org.us.nelug Well I just saw this message in .train.org inviteing LEGO Groups to display their layouts at Greenburg shows. (URL) there are 2 shows in New England. One is in Hartford CT on Nov. 25,26 and Willmington MA on Dec 2,3. (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ny)
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| | Re: Display your train layouts at Greenberg shows!
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(...) Wow thanks for the invite!!! Maybe now I can convince some NELUG'ers ( (URL) to try some train. Eric Kingsley The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) My Creations at: (URL) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Display your train layouts at Greenberg shows!
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We would like to invite Lego enthusiasts to display their layouts at our shows. Please check our schedule on the web at www.greenbergshows.com to see which show fits your location. We will also be hosting a show in Nashville, TN and Novi, MI and are (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Has anyone tried building a Thomas?
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(...) lol-- "totally unacceptable"?? It is a pity that the new light green which comes in some plates doesn't come in the bricks one needs to properly create a Percy or a Henry, but regular green works ok IMO, especially since the 7124 Flashspeeder (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Has anyone tried building a Thomas?
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(...) I've built a Thomas and a Toby, both on 4.5v motors. The obvious candidates are the blue, red and black ones though because even if you have enough green bricks, they will not be 'Percy' or 'Henry' Green which is totally unacceptable in the (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Lego® train motors from 1966 till now...
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(...) including the gears. The USA/Canada gears are of a different type than the European gears. The European gears were connected to axles, whereas the Samsonite gears were connected to bricks, plates and wheels. What makes dating even more (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: July meeting of the NGLTC (revised)
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(...) Hey James, A meeting sounds like a great idea. Please send me the info. Thanks, Stacy (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Follow the travels of Bitter Bob and the NELUG Boxcar...
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(...) What!?! How could you *say* that? I'm a New Englander, and I'm not bitter about *anything*! Well. Except maybe this stereotype you're foisting off on us. Wait. Dang. I guess it's true, then. (...) This is great! Perhaps when Bitter Bob makes (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Follow the travels of Bitter Bob and the NELUG Boxcar...
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Well this morning I shipped of the NELUG Boxcar to the folks at GMLTC for the kidvention in July. After the kidvention the Boxcar will be routed north to be included in the PNLTC world record event. Included with the boxcar is Bitter Bob a local (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New MOC Pics
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(...) Wow!...I missed this when it was posted....Great pics...your creations seem to capture that "European" look very well...much better than many of TLG's recent offerings. As I have said before, I am not a tain expert, but that may change (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Has anyone tried building a Thomas?
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(...) That is priceless:-) Both of my kids were nuts about Thomas, albeit from the videos. We look forward to the movie:-) Actually, my son (10) and I just finished up our LEGO version of James and are just about finished with Percy, Bill and Ben. (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Has anyone tried building a Thomas?
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(...) Yes. Here is Thomas at our last show meeting the infamous world traveling Colin and Wanda: (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Box cars for display at the "Kidvention"
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(...) Hey Chris- I'm chiming;-) Sorry, been out of town and and just catching up on email. As to answer your question- yes, the extreme low slopes are perfect for 8 wide box cars-- I have collected enough to build box cars of blue, yellow, dark (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | GMLTC where do I send the Boxcar?
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GMLTC Members, Where do I send the GFLTC Boxcars for the Kidvention/PNLTC Event? Please email me a U.S. mailing address... Robin Werner GFLTC/GFLUG (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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