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On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Larry Pieniazek (<FyDE6y.IFo@lugnet.com>) wrote at 19:01:46 (...) I hate to be iconoclastic, but see James' other post. LNER 4472 'Flying Scotsman' (but it's a train as well :-) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Check out this updated US LTC Map... (URL) has all the URL's I know of at the moment. Eric Kingsley The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi, I'm looking for the URL's of all the American Train clubs, as there are GMLTC,PNLTC,.. Who can send me the URL's of those locations? You can send them to me at : ludo.soete@village.uunet.be Thanks a lot; Ludo (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I did... And MS didn't!!! The Flying Scotsman is a train (*!*), not an engine. (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) of (...) Scotsman... (...) Exactly my point, thanks for the confirmation. Although the MS flacks did qualify it by saying "arguably", they're no more entitled to claim what's famous than you or I are. And arguably less, since they're just (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Richard: (...) This turns out to be mostly not true. You can indeed date bricks, not precisely to the day they were molded but the more common elements have went through many variations. Ask Gary Istok, one of the experts in this area, or root (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, you can date bricks to some degree. I have some bricks that I know are from the 60s because they're CA. (...) The uniqueness factor certainly is a good point. I just hope the owners of the parts for three incomplete Guarded Inns (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) Hehehe...4472 (The Flying Scotsman) _is_ a individual loco, as well as describing a class (A1 Gresley Pacific), and the train. I would say it is as well known _around the world_ if not better than any other engine. It is one of 2 locos I know (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) OK, give me a _name_ or _number_ of a equally famous US _engine_, without looking it up. Not Class/Train name, but _engine_ name. (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Part of me would bet on The General. Reason? It's been featured in at least one movie, and as we know, US movies get circulated the world over (for good or bad). (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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