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(...) coming?!? :)P (...) Dang, that is in-freaking-credible! (...) Did they have to pull special strings to get space there at the GC or does the GC welcome mega-serious builders? In any event (ha, pun), what a great display for the GC!!! (...) (...) (26 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.loc.us.wi.eau)
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I think he's in Tampa Bay as his site makes references to some Tampa Bay teams. Nevertheless, I am convinced there is value in aligning with whatever club is the closest, especially if you travel. (...) Larry Pieniazek (URL) Know your Customer is (...) (26 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Robin, I cannot remember, are you in Pensicola or was it Jacksonville? I am in New Orleans, ca. 4 hours from Pensicola. So, if you are talking about Pensicola then maybe... Chris (...) (26 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Greeting Lego Railroaders, I am getting my display ready for the H & R Trains Spring show and was wondering if any one here is going to have a chance to stop by? Also with all the talk about Lego Train Clubs, I was thinking of starting one in the (...) (26 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Great Create is held in the HHH (Hubert H. Humphrey) dome in downtown Minneapolis. Note that this picture was taken before I started hanging with these guys. To Steve's bridge questions. I am on hearsay and other pictures I have seen, as I (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I want to see a close up of that black biulding on the corner. It looks like the corner is runded off. These cities/street scenes (this one and the stuff all you other guys do) alway impress me. My layout has no buildings (well a train station, (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Dear friends are you able give me same suggestion to contact Italian people that like to discuss about trains and to found a Train club. Francesco (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Many tanks Eric you are very kind. Francesco (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Tamyra Teed writes: [snip] (...) If you're talking about the Deluxe Track Kit and ilk, I just ordered one of those Wednesday, and they said it would be here on Monday. :) I can't wait to not have my train going around in a very (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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COOL!! When do we get to see some close ups of some of those buildings?? I really want to see what I think is the grey "train station?" and my color might be a little off though it looks a little purple? (might be pink, looks kinda like the slides (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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That is very impressive! Is the white bridge is curved to match the track? Is that a gray truss bridge to the right? And what is the red truss work supporting? The 6 slides really make a cool carnival ride! SteveB (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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As promised, here is a teaser pic: (URL) entire layout is built from Lego. All those red sides with black streaks are Lego! Only the supporting tables (the boards and draping) are not. Conan Callopy (much of the bricks are his and his uncle's) is in (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) setting (...) ...That correction would be the menu bar options View>>Options>>Element Registry. Enter the appropriate path to the .tdl, or click on the Browse button. Ed (...) (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I am on a Minneapolis based project and pop by (it's about 10 min from where I'm working) on thursdays. So no, I don't fly in every thursday. Just Sunday through friday. (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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There is also a class of truck cabs that are 5 studs wide. The 1/2 stud granularity gives a less course model. The Indy Transport 6335 is an example. I've used this technique a lot on trains as well. SteveB www.PNLTC.org (...) (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I second that! I love the consistancey of the URLs! Larry do you fly in every Thrus? SteveB PNLTC (...) (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) Ford plants use them to move Auto Racks around. NS also owns some for MoW uses. They use the regular wheels to drive the rail wheels, the rail wheels don't move on their own, i.e. there is no traction motor in them, interesting however, is (...) (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'll be watching for the new site to come up, and we'll set a link to it when it's ready. (Folks may have heard that BAYLUG is finally getting off the ground, and I'll be working on the Trains theme page, since we don't have a strict "LTC" (...) (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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Not that our minifig engineers would *need* that much sand;-) It was hilarious (no pun intended:) to watch Larry in FBM [1], using my son (&me!) as his brick fetchers, as he raced the clock to finish the tower before needing to leave to catch his (...) (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Is this your coming out party? If so, allow me to be the first to officially welcome the Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club. Myself and other PNLTC members have eyed photographs of the GMLTC layout and have been overwhelmed with the details in their (...) (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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