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(...) hmm... difficult to model that in our medium. The prototype i saw was only carrying five wheelsets and they weren't staggered- I'll have to look for more pics. (...) I'm working on modeling a wreck train. It's slow going. (...) (24 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: How much is a 4558 Metroliner worth?
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A good feel for what the current market price for your item would be to look at ebay.com. Doa search for your item and see what other people are willing to pay for the same item you have. (...) (24 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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| | Looking for windshield from set 4564
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If anybody has these windshield pieces from set 4564 and would like to sell them, I'm interested (trying to complete a project). (24 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) As with all american prototype questions, the answer is "it depends"... :-) However the ones I have seen use 2 or (rarely) 3 sets of rails, welded or bolted to the deck. The sets of rails are staggered about 6 inches apart so that you can (...) (24 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New MOC: Cargo Sprinter
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James does it again... (...) Nice model James. VERY However I would say, why compress it? Try it with the power unit able to carry 2 containers... (although actually, if you use the standard 4x8 container, I suspect it WILL carry two..) So what I (...) (24 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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For a tension tamer before the first week of classes, I dug out a lot of the lego that has been packed away for several weeks due to my move and built this wheel carrier car. (URL) was inspired from a reference picture that I saw in an (...) (24 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PNLTC breaks guiness record!
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(...) I had about 200 pieces of track as the loop (my upper loop), and about 30 bogie cars, plus the rest 2 axle cars (so, about 240 axles towed)...the train was 5-7 cars short of being connected at both ends :). Loop was just straight and corner (...) (24 years ago, 26-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) etc. I think it was in Rail, just really a mockup that they took for a couple of trial runs, a comment that under unit engines wouldn't work in the UK (because you only have 1.5' for the engine in the UK loading gauge) and 2 photos...it was 2 (...) (24 years ago, 26-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The problem is the length of the first car - how long is it? In real life it would take a half container which in LEGO 6-wide container terms would be around 12 to 14 studs long. I think you've got the main part of the cab there which is the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I can't remember that, Rail Magazine had a review of the Cargo Sprinter, saying how the cost compares to lorries. The closest that RailTrack (who run all of Britain's track signalling and stations(1)) have got to the CS is the MPV (...) (24 years ago, 26-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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