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(...) (about doing flying passes)-yes, you can, but usually you run out of room to do it rather than anything else. You can also do what is called a "sawbuck", which is when you have one train longer than the siding take the siding to pass the other (...) (24 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hmmm look a little like the ones there were in Tallinn after the 2nd world war. Then the Berlin "s-bahn" trains was brought to Tallinn in 1944-45. I have only seen a few pictures of them; the seem to be very low. Are these the same ones? Sonnich (...) (24 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Just jumping in here... I believe one name for this is a passing track ----<=====>----- What ever you call it, I have found it very useful at train shows to have a few of these off the main line, each long enough to accomidate the entire length of a (...) (24 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Depends on the length of the passing track and the number of blocks. I think to do it legally, the passing track would have to be three times as long as the longest train plus some (so that each leg of the passing track can be three blocks), (...) (24 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Can't do it with prototypes either, I think. Not legally, anyway,... ;-) Rick C. (24 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Dear Todd, I'm sorry I did not take notice of that open date so far. The people of our club have done the first train event in late 1997 (on Dec. 27th till 29th). But the club has been formed in early December 1999. So the date of 1999-12-09 (...) (24 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.de)
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(...) John - Thanks for the compliments & feedback. I had thought about "bragging" in my original post that I am at least clued in enough to know that the proper train width is 8 studs wide. I picked up this tip from the GMLTC folks during (...) (24 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Steve, the flexible passageways between passenger cars are known as diaphrams.I just wanted to let you know...-Harvey (24 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This assumes you don't want an additional 16 or 20 black corrugated bricks per car to stick out the ends as the flexible passageway connector thingies (I have no idea what the correct terminology is for those). Steve (24 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) exams, (...) (warning, horible coding for the photos...Geocities hates me...) (URL) link on my homepage yet) James (24 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I've been co-opted. I am now building a FP9 (or something that looks slightly like one...) for NALTC. That, and some more Blue/Yellow Stripe coaches. The FP is coming along, except for the almost total lack of 1x4 blue arches. One set had them, and (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Why don't Lego trains sell (was Re: Walmart revisited)
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(...) points of model railroading, though it didn't really mention one that I think is a very strong point, the fact that of all the types of things you can model, railroads are the thing which can most extensively be modeled by physical models (as (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Nice work, Greg! I like a lot of the details-- lights, wreaths, etc. Though it seems, however, that you have already picked up the most valuable building tip you could get -- to build your train 8 wide!! {:^D As an aside, trains which run (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.trains)
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Season's Greetings Fellow LEGO-Fans! I saw Adrian's post the other day about the Christmas Train that he had built and it inspired me to get mine finished. I finally finished it a few days ago and have it now set up under our table-top tree. Today I (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Never underestimate the power of nostalgia and the cyclical nature of life... (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That reminds me -- does anyone know when FGLTC was formed? I've got it listed here: (URL) the date of 1999-12-09 (9 Dec 1999) is in question -- it's the date of the first public mention of it that I could find. Thanks for any additional (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.de)
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Model trains, in general, seem to be in decline, at least in the US. Of course, there is a group of hard-core enthusiasts that really love them, but the general populous seems more interested in other toys. My father always comments that model (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I believe from my memory that I can build four 30"x45" modules with about 200 of the blue tubs. It would build 3 normal modules and one 2x4/2x6 hybrid module. The hybrid would use 2x4 for the walls and 2x2 for the towers, but use 2x6 for the lattice (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Actually we had the green farm module before they were really selling green bricks in quantity. Before they were selling the green 2x4s in sets, about 100-150 of them followed me home from the model shop. (They let me keep all of my creations that (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) To do it in 12v you need a 7860 (remote controlled stop). This allows you to cut off power to a section of track. Hook it up on the lane where you want the train to stop, and let the main line have the right of way (and continuous power). (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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