 | | Pics of WAMALUG's layout at Greenberg train and toy show, Chantilly, VA
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Well, it's all over now... Here's some pics and mpgs :) (URL) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The Green Machine has arrived
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That's pretty darn cool James! I see you've picked up a few of those "Green Service Packs". ;-) You certainly have put them to good use! BTW: I got my 4559's in the mail Friday. I'll be stepping off the deep end in to trains pretty soon. - Greg (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) James, COOL! I'm in! Lets race! It must meet my FireStorm Racing Train... I don't have any pictures of it:( But I will take some soon! Build on... Robin W. GFLTC (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | The Green Machine has arrived
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I've built the standard LEGO train sets. I've built a few LEGO prototypes. But the time had come for me to build a train that breaks all boundaries, a train that can run at full speed on even the toughest of layouts, a train that makes you say (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The NOLTC is growing by leaps and bounds!
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(...) Chris, You go! Get two more members and you will catch us:) Is your server is down or is it just me? ~~~...~~~ The server could not complete the request at this time because of limited resources (such as out of memory or disk space). ~~~...~~~ (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: My current project, a train station
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(...) Hello Frank, Maybe you don't have to wait until then. I'm a member of the dutch Lego club "De Bouwsteen". They held regular meatings and sometimes I build up a train layout there. Until now I've done layouts on my own (and mostly with standard (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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The NOLTC has just doubled its membership, from 1 to 2 members. In honor of the club's new member I have changed the intro picture on my homepage. (URL) joined the club on July first and his mother and I are happy to have him around. Chris (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: My current project, a train station
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"Robin Werner" <robstormer@cs.com> wrote in message news:Fxss9w.6K5@lugnet.com... (...) you (...) Thanks! I have a lot to build a nice town, unfortunately I don't have enough space to setup a town - most models sit on shelves or one the storage (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: P42DC Amtrak Loco with SOUND
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Great work Kevin, What did you use for the latch on the door that hides the codepilot? I am not sure what you mean by "when the sensor reads in", did you find room for that special white gear thing? I tried, and tried on a coal tender, and finally (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Frank, Great work, Keep it up! I hope your parts come soon, so you can finsh the roof. I like how it fits on a large gray base plate and how you used parts from <set:7824> and <set:4555>. I also like all the cool pre-Town Jr. sets you have, you need (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: OK then I'll try again... more MOCS
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"John Warren" <warren71@webtv.net> wrote in message news:FxsK86.3At@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Grey ones can be found in 6748 Boulder Cliff Canyon. (URL) boulder has four facet top bricks sand four facet bottom bricks in grey. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I've got a question Steve. What sets did you use to get all of those grey octogon pieces and caps you used to make those three tank cars? They look great! John (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | My current project, a train station
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Hi, I'm currently working on a trainsatation, since I'm waiting for the bulk packs of black slopes I took some pictures of the building in progress... (URL) a train station with two platforms, and three tracks. It features a walkway to move between (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Collision Avoidance of trains using LEGO Mindstorm
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Hello all, I'm not sure if this is the right area to post this to or not. I've been working with my Mindsotrm set of late and have created a program that will control and detect when two trains cross at a crosstrack. My program will stop once track (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | LEGO, Harry Potter & the Hogwarts Express?
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"The LEGO Company Is Granted Global Harry Potter License." I saw this in the paper and there is a press release on lego.com I was wondereind what sets they will produce apart from a minifig with glasses. Then I realsised that one of the books has a (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ah, that is why the 1x1 cylinders are there, huh? I was wondering what they were for. If backwards is a problem the thing that pops to mind is, does the rounded technic beam need to pivot? If not maybe it could be locked down in two places? I (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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<verbose on> Thanks for the comments guys. I really like the feedback (and its fun to show off a bit). Sometimes you're just too close to your own designs to make valid crtiques. Boxcar Doors They do not slide. I used technic beams with the stud-end (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hey Steve, I really like your work. One question regarding (URL) similar. How did you do the sliding doors? Eric Kingsley did something similar on his box cars and sent a short explanation. He did his with single stud 1x2 plates as the 'rails' on (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sometimes when you put up so much stuff, there is too much to talk about, so I just look. (...) Still love those box cars. The State of Maine one could really use some decals. With decals it would look perfect. Also, I am glad you have both (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, it's not necessary that I comment on EVERY train MOC posted, you know. :-) (...) wheel hubs as cylindrical sections, and using them vertically the way you did is an idea worth more exploration. Not sure it's prototypical, though. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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