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Posted w/permission from: (URL) HIS WHISTLE This fellow who had spent his whole life in the desert comes to visit a friend. He'd never seen a train or the tracks they run on. While standing in the middle of the RR tracks one day, he hears this (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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[this should be FUT'ed to somewhere else, but I'm just briefly jumping in, someone else can take the ng-management lead] (...) Good point. There was a very nice discussion about 'what is the soul of a set?' some time ago. (...) Guarded Inn is (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Slightly OT - Microsoft Train Simulator
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(...) J2 is right again. While the train itself may be famous (but arguably, the Orient Express is more famous) the locomotive is no great shakes, and there were more than one of them, with nothing to make one particular instance stand out (it says (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm talking about trains, silly boy, not what you were thinking of. After all, although 8 wide is "morally wrong"(1), it feels good to you and you do it. What's neat about trains is that there are prototypes for a lot of really weird things, (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) in (...) Car - again these very difficult question, collecting or building :-) BTW, anyone has those windows (clear) and want to sell or trade :-) ??? grüßle a. (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Interesting that it takes that long to reset. When I was a kid, I had a train powerpack which used some kind of overload cutoff which reset fairly quickly. I think it was basically a bi-metal strip (which bends when the temperature gets too (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Ben, (...) other (...) 4559 (...) assembly mode! : ) Scott "Who will set up a train layout one year!!!!!" S. -- Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (URL) LEGO Parts at Great Prices? Visit The Sanburn Systems Company! (URL) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Windows Railroad Club Car
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(...) Or much cheaper in level crossing 4532 (URL) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello, (...) windows - (...) sets (...) You can try this set, I don't know how available it is anymore. It is 4559 Cargo Railway. (URL) S. -- Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (URL) LEGO Parts at Great Prices? Visit The (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sorry, they only came in the Club Car (clear). They have appeared elsewhere in light trans blue on the 4559 (URL) Luck, John (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I just had to respond to this subject line... Perhaps the Windows Railroad Club Car will go with the Microsoft Train Simulator Bryan Kinkel mentioned. follow-ups to: lugnet.off-topic.fun (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) "Microsoft Train Simulator" comes from the simulations group at Microsoft, distinguished for developing the world's best-selling PC-game software, "Microsoft Flight Simulator." Hmmmm.... Didn't Microsoft *buy* "Flight Simulator" from another (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi ! Does anybody know if the windows for the Railroad Club Car (the above windows - slightly curved) are only available at these set or are there any other sets where I can get those windows (to build my own Club Car) ? thanks a. (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Whoa, Nellie! Never advocated *that*;-) This hedonistic approach will result in misery beyond measure IMHO. FUT .debate John (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Looks like you have a choice of 9 trains. Here's a blurb from one: · The Flying Scotsman Railways. Enthusiasts chug along some of England's most beautiful countryside in the late 1920s in what is arguably the world's most famous steam (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Slightly OT - Microsoft Train Simulator
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Microsoft will be releasing a product called "Train Simulator" in the spring of 2001. Here is some more information with a link to slew of screenshots - (URL) prominently in some of the shots is the Amtrak Acela. It will be interesting to see if you (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Some minor disagreements with J2: (...) drive) (...) entirely a (...) Yes, it does matter. If you only have one motor, put it under the heavier end of the locomotive. Weight helps adhesion. It may be that the ends are close, but if you have a low (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Harvey, We all look forward to seeing your creations! (...) I do not think so. (...) I do not run my trains for long periods of time, but I have done four motors on 1 power supply. I didn't notice any problems (...) Nope, never thought of that. If I (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Nope. I use motors for both trucks to get a consistent look, but it is entirely a matter of taste IMO. (...) Nope. (...) Nope. Sounds good. If it's a solvent, be careful around the ABS. (...) Harvey, Harvey-- no one is here to judge you:-) If (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I have just completeed my version of an ALCO-like diesel switcher and have some questions... 1.Does it matter which end I put the power truck on?(mine is rear wheel drive) 2.My large(three unit) gas turbine locomotive has four(4)motors.Does anyone (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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