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(...) Er, one of the tracks isn't connected. So, thats 1173 pieces of train track. My guess is about a minute to place each one. Some as little as a couple seconds, but overall, I think that's a not unexpected rate. That's a *lot* of time! P.S. I've (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)
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| | Lego Cog Train
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Hey all, first time poster. I got an uncontrollable urge the other day to build myself a Lego Cog Train. I have done this using a 9v train engine, and a 9v motor attached to the train engine. Things are going along fairly smoothly in my mind. Does (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: SuperTrain 2001 layout - Mountain Switching
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(...) ? Why do you want the spurs so close together? If there's one thing we *aren't* short of, it's space. Stick with the geometry. Even a space-eating ladder-style yard works just fine. James (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Future of Belville
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(...) While I haven't read HP yet (but my daughter has), I can speak about Belville, which I like. And does my daughter (13), who also likes Scala (I kiddingly curse TLC for duplicate doll themes;) Although the palettes of both are a bit off for my (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: SuperTrain 2001 layout - Mountain Switching
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(...) Two feet by eight feet (or 6 or 4, but what point is a 2'x4' table?) (...) For the track designer impaired, here's what he's talking about... (URL) nice, but it still doesn't get the tracks any closer together than the standard switch width. (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: SuperTrain 2001 layout - Mountain Switching
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(...) Two feet by eight feet (or 6 or 4, but what point is a 2'x4' table?) (...) For the track designer impaired, here's what he's talking about... (URL) nice, but it still doesn't get the tracks any closer together than the standard switch width. (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: SuperTrain 2001 layout - Switching Yard
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(...) I killed the whole morning (I could never do this with a regular paying job) making it, but I've got a switching yard that I like. The overall "industrial end" is 8'x18', with the yard 3' across. (Any wider and we wouldn't be able to reach it (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Future of Belville
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(...) Yes, and the built-in mystical theme, including props and designs might make it more attractive. It's no big deal to squirt dark grey plastic into a Belville mold rather than pink or purple. (...) Yes, but now that I think of it, the (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: What's "a car" & what's a "digital picture"? (was:Re: LEGO Trains on trial?)
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(...) Interesting thought on this: many, perhaps most or even all, photo processing services use digital processing these days. The negatives are stilled developed the old-fashioned way (no way to avoid that), but then they are fed into a unit that (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: SuperTrain 2001 layout - Mountain Switching
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(...) Hmm. I don't think we can pull off a 15 footer, quite. Quick question: How *wide* are our tables? I've been thinking that they're 30", standard banquet table width, but I seem to recall you saying "2 feet" somewhere... (...) One way of getting (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO Trains on trial?
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(...) For the record: I am very confident of the future of trains and I do not think this contest has grand significance. But I do not think ANY company runs "just a fun contest." If trains were doomed, we'd hear nothing about it. They'd just (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Another 8-wide engine
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Hi Frank, (...) Thanks, the cardoors give the chimney a more aerodynamical style. I thought about cutting the white round 2x2x1 and use just one half in front, followed by the cardoors... BUT: I won't cut LEGO bricks!! The rods-maniac is simple! (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: SuperTrain 2001 layout - Mountain Switching
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I'm posting this also in the main trains group in case someone has indeed cut the edge off some switches or found a way to make a switching yard close together like this. I'm going to try an interleaved yard to get the tracks the way I want - I'll (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)
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| | A little "cat"-astrophe...
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Here's a link to a post in the German Lego Forum from Michael Schian under the title "We're eating roast cat this weekend!": (URL) you'd like to see a couple of the (former) engines in the pile, go to (URL) and look for the BR23 and the Mallet. Alan (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Future of Belville
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(...) An interesting twist on the Belville format and theme, to be sure. I'm not sure I would like to see Harry Potter et. al. taking over Belville anymore than the other commentators in that thread, but I can see where the Belville scale would give (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Another 8-wide engine
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(...) Hi Holger, Great model! I like the details, especially the use of minifig cardoors to mimic the shape of the chimney. One thing has got me puzzeled however: the rods next to the big wheels seem to be firm so how is it able to drive around (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Another 8-wide engine
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Hi folks, As surprise MOC I build an 8-wide steam engine for the Train-Event just after X-Mas in Braunschweig/Germany. Now I have collected all pictures by various people (Thanks to Ben and Jan.K) and opened a new brickshelf gallery: (URL) wasn't (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Town building contest begins!
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Announcing the first annual Town building contest! Go here for details: (URL) must be in by Feb 15th. Kevin ---...--- Victorian House: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits & Custom Lego models: (URL) store: (URL) auctions: (URL) Lego Web page: (URL) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general) !!
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| | Re: My Latest MOC-- a Chateau
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(...) <SNIP> (...) Exactly - after I went to Legoland Windsor, I came home with stars in my eyes, and a burning desire to get ahold of tens of thousands of tan bricks... (...) Yeah, I figured you used something like 336 of the little windows in that (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: What's "a car" & what's a "digital picture"? (was:Re: LEGO Trains on trial?)
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(...) I definitely agree on this, the contest should draw a few more trainheads into the fold. And as for my method of picture-taking, I have no choice but to use a disposable for this. (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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