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(...) tight (...) Strangely enough, I have seen photos of boxcabs and 40 ft boxcars going around 60' radius curves. They _do_ look funny doing it though. (The pic's are of NYC harbor railways)...I'm aware that some of the logging railways claimed (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) John, Hey, I am not that happy with the W.C./head/toilet/pot...t/whatever in my caboose...you got any pointers? Chris (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Awesome work, James! That is *exactly* what I like to see-- regional clubs exhibiting regional stuff! It is things like that which make particular train layouts memorable and unique. Hey, let's see some pics taken outside from the same camera (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.loc.us.ga.atl, lugnet.trains.org)
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Hi All, We are having some minor tech difficulties with the site. You can still get to it via the IP address (URL) . All will be back in order sometime next week. Sorry if we may have caused any inconveniences. SteveB PNLTC (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) What a relief:-) Actually, I had to check it out for myself and had forgotten how nice your models really are! Very nice, Gianluca! -John (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Oh, I'll give you that. But remember, even if prototypes *could* negotiate tight curves like that, they would look as ungainly doing it. (...) Yikes. Need a better reason than that! :-) (...) Actually, the wheels are a bit large (if we are (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) $15,000 for your entire collection? Sounds like a bargain to me... Hmmm, now I covet your LEGO collection AND your new jeep;-) -J-2 (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi all, just to announce that my 8wide trains are back again: (URL) now the pics of the first folder have a name that describes what you see,and not silly names such as "mcfrefg24565gt" Ciao Gianluca (...) That's no more necessary,John... ;-)) (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'd (...) If LEGO were stupid enough to stop making trains, I'd probably dump my entire collection and start building HO or O scale... Anyone want to offer me about $15,000 for the entire collection? Considering the intelligence that LEGO has (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Right, since every train is wider than the track.... But I think with the small radius of track 8-wides in curves (especially when they are a little longer) look not too good. But I don't want to restart the 8-wide discussion. I have decides (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) too.[1] (...) I don't know and I even do not have the e-mail of the builder of the engine. :-( I just wanted to share the pictures and do some promotion for the www.1000steine.de galleries. (...) In this case it is right, but in most case the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: What if 9V went away? (Was re: LTMA vs NMRA
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Err...um...in some ways it is a tough question in other ways it is an easy question, and of course the answer is that it depends. What if 9v trains went away... If LEGO is discontinuing trains, shame on them, but I'll continue to build. After all, (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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John, Well I guess the first thing I'd have to do (like many others) is hord all the 9V stuff I could get my hands on, mainly track, engines and wheel sets. Really I don't think I would "bail" on trains, in the past year and a half I haven't bought (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think I would remain active in Lego Trains. Whether or not I stayed with 9V or converted to the putative new system depends on the details. I convert all my 12V stuff to 9V, not because (V is better than 12V operationally, (it isn't, 12V has (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Harvey- Thanks for resurrecting this thread. I had to go back and read all of it and found it all very interesting, especially in the light of this recent post which went by mostly unnoticed: (URL) I realize that being discontinued can mean the end (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Ben, Thanks for posting announcements of these beautiful MOC's. I'm loving seeing the "new to me" stock. These posts of yours make for very welcome viewing of MOC LEGO train creations. later, James Mathis (...) (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Wie schön! Ben- Please commend Andreas for me for his nice model! He uses 2 of my favorite building techniques-- building 8 wide and covering as many studs as possible with tiles. An excellent looking MOC. Which makes me think: Have I ever seen a (...) (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hey, that is a great switcher. I noticed that it had an 8/5 wide set up too.[1] I think the mix of 5 wide hoods with 8 wide cabs looks great. Unfortunately, I think that this is going to make 1x2-center-stud plates harder to come by. It looks (...) (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) And another must-seen-MOC for John Neal and other 8-wides... (URL) yellow diesel by Andreas Bürgel. Regards, Ben (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) And again Michael Schian has built a nice German diesel: now a type BR212 engine. Pictures are to be found here: (URL) is it holiday time in the US: this newsgroup get's nearly boring these days... My train pages: (URL) (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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