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You don't have to go to Europe. Here's one in Tennessee: (URL) rode it this summer. Pretty cool. A bit thrilling at the top. :-) - Greg (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Container Width (was Re: New MOC: Cargo Sprinter)
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I've attempted a 5-wide container to place on my Cargo Sprinter or the standard LEGO road trucks with trailers that hold the "normal" 4 wide by 16 long LEGO design containers. This 5-wide container can stack above or below 4 wide containers. It (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi again, folks. I posted before, but it was a sub-thread to another message, and I've lost track of the replies. I've put together a 2-hour video of random stuff during the G2K event, including the longest track run, and most of the longest train, (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Container Width (was Re: New MOC: Cargo Sprinter)
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James Powell <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote in message news:G01vM9.9Er@lugnet.com... (...) trains (...) be (...) TEU (...) by (...) but (...) 8' wide and 8'6" high is correct. I suppose that the industry you are in would determine what is (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) color (...) Oh, yes. That's great! I bought several Flash Speeder sets. I can't believe I forgot it has the window. I was too focused on all the cool green pieces! (...) Thanks. later, James Mathis (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I did mine more as a example of a minimalisitic aproach to a container train than a copy of the real thing. (more like freelance design for the <o> company than a copy). Design constraints included: using the small train wheels (because I (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's very available in clear these days: just buy a Landspeeder or a Flash Speeder (both of which have lots of other good parts too). Great models as usual, thanks for sharing. Steve (the GMLTC fan of European trains) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) as (...) minimizing (...) Cool! I look forward to seeing the pictures. Trailing trucks? Are these the central cars that do not have a cab? later, James Mathis (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Christopher Masi <cmasi@cmasi.chem.tulane.edu> wrote in message news:39AAE89A.25CEB7...ane.edu... SNIP (...) Woo hoo! Another convert! Mike Poindexter (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Again, excellent work. Thanks for the picture. It really cleared up how the 1/2 stud offset is achieved. Bryan "Christopher Masi" <cmasi@cmasi.chem.tulane.edu> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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The other day I finally noticed that the base of an SD40-2 is not the same on both sides. On the side with the bulge that contains the blower, the base is thick, and it thins out just after reaching the rear truck. On the other side, the base is the (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Cargo Sprinter cab window alternate
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(...) I look forward to seeing it. Chris (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) No, if the cab is 6 wide, and the trailing trucks are 4 wide (the same width as the containers) it doesn't look too weird, it looks like someone was minimizing the train to be the smallest/lightest it could be (which is what I have done)...No (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It may be a while be fore I get more things made, but when I make more I'll let everyone know. Many of the details on the 8-wide engine comes right off my 6-wide version. The vents, the blower housing, the railing, and parts of the radiator (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Actually, the big thing I did that does not agree with the pictures of the N-20's that I have seen is that I put the chimney on the long side of the caboose. All the pictures I saw have the chimney on the short side. Oh well. By the way, I (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Bryan, Thanks, the cupola is stacked on top of some 1x2 center stud plates. I added a picture to show how the cupola is attached. (URL) "Christopher Masi" <cmasi@cmasi.chem.tulane.edu> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Man, a four wide cargo sprinter would look VERY strange. Everything you have said makes a lot of sense. Five wide containers would look nice on a six wide car, they are certainly possible, but they are not practical. I would also guess that (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) No, I certainly wasn't!!! :-) I'd go 6 wide flat with racks that were 7 wide to hold the rails one plate off the floor and staggered a half stud. I find that I am OK with things hanging over the edge a bit, many of my models are a bit wider (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) (to (...) Arguably if your SD is 8 wide, a Cargo Sprinter to the same "scale" (I know, I know, there is no scale) should be 6 wide because containers are narrower than standard rail cars. However a 4 wide Cargo Sprinter would look pretty (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Container Width (was Re: New MOC: Cargo Sprinter)
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(...) One way to do this would be to build the bottom layer as 4 wide (actually, probably 2 or 3 plate heights). If one didn't mind having to slightly modify 4-wide containers to work on your car designed for 5-wide containers, and don't mind having (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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