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(...) There are two operating inclines in Pittsburgh, the Duquesne and the Monongahela. The Monongahela is operated by the city port authority while the Duquesne is run by a not-for-profit org. IMO, Duquesne is the neater of the two for much of the (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) What seperates a "funicular" from an "incline" besides being in a French-speaking area? eric (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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There's one in Niagara Falls, ONT too...it's a true Funicular, runs from Table Rock up to Clifford St. James (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) And, if we're going to bring inclines into it, there's one in Pittsburgh: (URL) I think there's another one, too, but I actually rode the Duquesne (that doo-kane) Incline, so it's the one I remember. eric (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's the ISO standard, when you see (if you ever have) a container ship listing, it will be for xyz TEU- for example, ASL Sanderling (that cruises between here and somewhere else, Halifax I think) has roughtly 5x8x4.5x2=360 TEU (which is (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hey everybody, I just purchased a Sony Mavica series 85 digital camera. Is there anybody out there who uses this particular model to photograph their Train MOC's? I thought a floppy disc camera would be the best for this type of stuff. I'm looking (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) My wife and I rode one in St. Moritz, at the eastern end of the Swiss mountain railway system. It was a wonderful view from the top - the Alps were visible reaching into Austria and Italy, all covered with a layer of fresh snow. Steve (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Great design, Steve! I like the front of the boiler and the details of the drivers cab as well as the coulor of that engine. "Leg Godt!" Ben my homepage: (URL) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) standard (...) 5-wide is definitely the best looking solution. I think it might look even a little better if you build them not in the same height as the 6-wides... "Leg Godt!" Ben (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Our GP-38-2's have the same arrangement. At the very end of the raised platform, where it drops back down to the lower level, on the engineer's side is a small storage area used to hold extra knuckles and a length of heavy duty chain. As far (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) standard (...) Your idea and Frank's are different. I think yours may be more economical of parts. To be even MORE economical on the 1x2 with center top stud part which is a somewhat hard to come by part, consider plugging in 1xn plates into (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Since nearly a year now, there are no news on Matt's Lego Train Depot. I found this to be a very good site in matters of Lego trains. But wy is this site so quiet now? Does somebody know what happened? Michael (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Sweet. How many cars in your RG set? 50 feet of straight track. That must have been quite a sight. Beautiful work, Steve. later, James Mathis (...) set (...) colorized (...) This (...) 50' (...) both (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi All, I modified my Canadian Pacific Royal Hudson 4-6-4. The stripe is McD set purple. The camera I shot the pics with keeps thinking its blue so I colorized most of the pics... in Photoshop. The pics can be found on BrickShelf. This version was (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) standard (...) The 5-wide container looks great on the 6-wide train. Looks like 5-wide may be the winner. (...) Sorry, ASCII art just doesn't work well anymore, no one ever used fixed space fonts anymore. My method was different, but your (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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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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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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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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