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(...) There's a reply now, your URL didn't work, the URL I got from the search is: (URL) like you're off to a favorable start. (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Chris Gray wrote in message ... (...) over a (...) one (...) I took a few photos of some of the other displays. They'll be available as soon as I find time to make some scans... John (remove the obvious to reply) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:39CFD2F7.7DE1@m...ing.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) What Frank really needs is a bigger house! ;-) Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com PS: This probably doesn't belong in .trains (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 8 wide trolley??? (was new interurban/trolley from MTW
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"John Neal" <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:39CFCFC2.A51B3B...est.net... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) that (...) Well its a lot to me! I have a bunch more smaller piles lying around my office in these square plastic picnic plates (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Mine are still not uploaded. I've been busy catching up here, and watching Kevin's videos. I'll let you all know when they are up, but having looked at the other two sets, I doubt there is much extra, although I do have one or two of the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) <KNOWS he's being trolled but can't resist rising to the bait anyway> Oh, I have the *ability*, I just don't have the *desire*. Why bother with the crutch of the larger amounts of detail possible in the larger scale, when I'm so darn good at 6 (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think this is good advice for teardown or cleanup sorting. However I think it's BAD advice for parting out sorting. The kids and I sorted 74 soccer buses and 30 or so Siths over the course of the week in the evenings last week and what we (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) the (...) er, ah, c/loudest and most argumentative/brightest, hardest working, most photogenic, most eloquent, and just plain nicest pair of/ All kidding aside, it's not really 8 wide, I was just stirring up trouble... As you say, many "6 (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: NALUG takes 2nd at Great Edmonton Train Show
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(...) Big Red is my fave engine from your group... nice and beefy. Just don't tell me it's 8 wide. LOL. (...) Remember how I said every club needs a Thomas? I'm thinking every club that has the space ought to have a JJMP on their layout. What a (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Hehe, did I miss you posting YOUR show report? We saw a lot of pictures but not a lot of talk yet. Gotta agree, though, NALUG rocked the place. Nice work guys, especially for an inaugural show. The hits (GMLTC, PNLTC, NGLTC, WAMALUG, (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes: <about my "PCC", of which I am pretty darn proud in case you can't tell> I decided that this model was good enough to submit to the withering gaze of the rec.models.railroad crowd so I posted something. (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) No flaming here, J-1, because of course you are correct, sir! Just because someone slaps something on their train car that sticks out on the side doesn't make it a bona fide 8 wide.... (hey, I like the sound of that:) The real litmus is (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I can definitely second this. I use two stage sorting when sorting new sets. Actually, in some cases I use single stage sorting. Certain parts go through single stage sorting, I have three trays from 1298 which have 24 compartments each. Many (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I realize that I announced this once before but that was a more limited announcement as the Shelf Railway was not quite complete. Anyway I have now applied the final coat of paint to the shelf that supports our LEGO Shelf Railway and I slightly (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.fun.crafts, lugnet.trains) !
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(...) Krike! If I had that self imposed rule at my house, I'd never play with bricks again! Right now I have (mostly thanks to my kids) prolly 5 times that in loose bricks to be sorted:-( -John (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, I forgot my camera, and it's not as good as Chris', Kevins, and James', so I guess it's up to me to use words instead of pictures. Friday I leave work early in the hopes of having enough time to finish getting things ready for the show. (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) We've spent about 150 (?) man-hours dismantling and sorting so far, we've got 6 sections - of 14 - pretty much done. We build scenery mostly out of 2x2 and 2x4 bricks, so those are sorted by color into large bins. Smaller pieces we were (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm not sure there is a flame suit strong enough for me to stand in between the two loudest and most argumentative GMLTC members, but being the fool that I am, I'm going to dive in here. How are we measuring width? Widest part of a locomotive (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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"John Neal" <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:39CFB496.1769C5...est.net... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) resorted.... (...) Purely out of curiousity, how long (man hours?) do you expect it to take to dismantle and resort the layout? I have a (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: NALUG takes 2nd at Great Edmonton Train Show
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(...) well, now that I'm awake, I'll give it a shot. :) The layout was 90" by 120", pretty small, really. As a result it was a bit cramped, especially for whoever was operating at the time. Next time around we should be able to get more layout space (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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