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(...) You've seen the signs saying 'Dont lean out of the window' - how heavy was that Minifig? Jon (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) After a weekend of world records, I think PNLTC was aiming for one last world record (largest train wreck, or perhaps largest ambassador car train wreck?) before they cleaned up the last of their display. Of course, this one is entirely (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) looking at photos of actual large train stations in cites (...) In the UK there were some odd practises, despite the railway regulations being proudly followed to the letter. One such case was at Dorchester South station. This was actually a (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Very nice instructions on the wagontop box car. Now I'd like to see some instructions on the SD-40, I'd have to say that yours if very impressive, but it's hard to get a feel for it since the black hides all the detail in the pictures. jt -- ---- (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Ah very nice indeed. Notice the break away doors on the NGLTC box car (blue & white). I planned it that way... really..well maybe not...but it does look cool. ---- James J. Trobaugh North Georgia LEGO Train Club (URL) Masi (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Just to clarify a few details about the World Record LEGO Bridge. It is, as far as I know, a World Record length of bridge span - officially measured (with guidance from a bridge engineer) at 16 feet 10 inches. The bridge has been called a (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) (US practice) Back marker lights are typically always red I think. However for passenger trains there are a number of light colors that may be used as "marker lights". Which are which is escaping me. Green to denote "extra" (non scheduled) and (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Oh boy, can we relate to THAT picture! Except when trains derail on the GMLTC layout, they usually end up falling three feet to the floor. At one show, I was finding pieces to my locomotive underneath the layout next to ours! Dang - now I'm (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi, and wow. The long shots reveal just how impressive the PNLTC layout really was. I am curious about the number of ambassador cars that ran at the display. Can you estimate how long, in feet, inches, or meters etc., the ambassador train was? By (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) John It took roughly 30 minutes to run the ~3343 feet of the layout. We maintained a fairly regular speed thru that - hit a few slow spots when we slowed to a crawl. I think we had 6 controllers - each connected to 2-3 track locations - and (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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