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(...) I understand perfectly. A magazine has to get things right. Including the spelling and grammer. Being in the UK ISTR a newspaper called The Garduian - which had frequent errors. I belive publishing practice is to have an independet person (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
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(...) Right. Which supports what people were saying, boxcars have gotten taller since cabooses were designed. That caboose, even though it has modern features like an extended vision cupola, is much older in general design than the hi- cube boxcar (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think your effort is laudable, but I would *strongly* suggest that you employ a spell checker, or better yet, get some human to review any copy that you personally write (spell checkers are not infallible, one thing they miss is InCorrect (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Full Report: PNLTC unofficially breaks Guinness Book Record for longest rail line.
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Not to upstage my comrades here, I've been asked by many to provide a full report including many detailed notes of the event. 12:45PM, Saturday, August 19th, 2000: PNLTC broke the official Guinness Book World Record for Longest LEGO Train Line of (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) I thought the dessert section *was* the kids' menu.. ;-) -Tom McD. (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.trains, lugnet.publish, lugnet.build)
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(...) My $0.02: LEGO ZNAP uses all the same basic unit measurements as LEGO SYSTEM and LEGO TECHNIC. LEGO ZNAP includes a few pieces (short axle connectors come to mind) that are identical in form and color to LEGO TECHNIC. LEGO ZNAP is just as much (...) (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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I own a single yellow 22° standard roof brick in 3x3x1. (I do not mean the corner brick at the front and rear side of the engine.) Does this brick come in any other set? My brick looks very shiny and new: so I do suppose it's not from a 7740. But (...) (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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SD40-2 Instructions are online! LMKWYT. thanks, Tom "James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message news:FznqnD.AAA@lugnet.com... (...) if (...) (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi, my name Is Alex Farlie, I hope that by now Lugnet has heard about my intetions to get together a fan- writen web-zine. Mecaano magzine style- Lego(R)realted Content. As the lego Trains range is VERY popular I intende to include a coloumn and/or (...) (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's made by LEGO, it's designed to work with 'normal' LEGO bricks. I see absolutely no problem with using Znap and considering it 'pure LEGO'... When I first saw Technic sets I didn't like them, because I didn't think they were 'real LEGO'. (...) (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Master.........ummmm aka Monorail Master? (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Why does the Znap qualify? Please check all that apply: (1) Because it was sold under the Lego name. (2) Because it has holes that Technic pins fit in. (3) Some other reasons (please state). Things to think about: * If TLC bought Knex, would (...) (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) I don't know what if any record there is, but I'm going to try to set/break it in one month at our show here in Edmonton. I read about a 30" (one table) span at a PNLTC show, and Tim Courtney's sounds like it would be about a two table span. (...) (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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Well, after posting and asking I discovered that one of the pictures I downloaded as a guide had the answer I was looking for. On this page (URL) is a picture of a caboose right behind a box car (URL) main roof line of the caboose is below the roof (...) (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) work that I don't (yet) have the budget to challange. I wrestle with the use of string as a non-LEGO element, (the Znap qualifies) but suspension bridges allow for much greater span lengths. One might even say they have an unfair advantage for (...) (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Would like to know if anyone has any train stickers to sell
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(...) sets.........Try BAYLIT he has stickers under Misc (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Does anybody have any of the <-O-> stickers sold in sets such as 4565, 4556, ect. that they don't want? I'm a LEGO purist who doesn't put any other types of stickers on my trains, so I'm willing to buy these sticker sets. (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) into (...) at (...) I also had the problem of twisting/rolling at first when a train crossed. This seemed to be reduced when I added the stretchers across the width of the span at intervals, although there was still some roll. Even before the (...) (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Connected and crossed by a train. I think the record requires both that the track be contiguous and formed into a layout, and that a train of some sort traverse it. (...) The train itself I don't think was all that long! 6-8 cars with the (...) (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm presuming Ben / David means 7752 pieces of track connected? In lugnet.trains, Tony Hafner writes: (...) I'm very interested in the technical details of this project. How many motors and how far apart were they spaced? How did you keep it (...) (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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