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(...) Yes, he does!! <grin> (...) I guess I'll volunteer to be the contact for the GMLTC, since our designated 'public relations officer' (John Neal) is offline for a few days. This is going to be great - we'll get most of our club together, bring (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) John Gerlach wants to see video! OK, I can help. I have just over two hours, including the duration of the longest layout, and longest train attempts. It's on a hi-8 master. I'm planning to make a VHS copy to send to Dan Parker for passing (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Do you have enough to challenge the PNLTC record? /Eric M/ (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) [snip] (...) Dear Wayne, thanks for posting this interesting informations about your bridge. In fact I was highly interested to get to know more abaout it. So far it was my bridge to hold the record (and from purists view it still might be). (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Cool design! Ben (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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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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(...) please (...) One suggestion...put these into a zipfile or make the raw dat file available for download :-) Will Lego Beach Department of Emergency Services www.crosswinds.net/~hokie (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I've recently added instructions to build my wagontop box car. Please check it out at: (URL) . In order to reduce the weight, the instructions differ slightly from the model I built, so if anyone notices any flaws please let me know. If you have any (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I must know - how long did it take for a train to complete a single circuit?? Well done!! JohnG, GMLTC (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) What did you use to power the track? Experience shows that a standard LEGO train regulator wouldn't do the job. How does that affect the record qualifications? KL (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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