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I've used this kind of glass roof on a building before, with both ends fixed. I'll try to get a picture. Eric (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A piece in 4551
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(...) is this the piece you mean? (URL) 1 in black, and 5 in gray... (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Help from the train experts ...
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(...) Mike, The locomotive you are describing is an EMD GP60B (B as in booster). 23 of these were built by GM between July and September of 1991. With a 710G prime mover, they develop 3,800 HP. Santa Fe was the only railroad to purchase the cabless (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A piece in 4551
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(...) I'd call it a "2x2 tile with top peg". They are often in Basic sets (used to hold helicopter propellers), although it is unusual for Basic sets to have the most desirable color for trains - black or gray. Steve (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | A piece in 4551
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I want to know what name of a piece in 4551, it is a 2x2 plate with a spin, like a small bogie plate, could you tell me which sets include this piece and where I can get them? Br Zhengrong (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This is a beaut. Really reminds me of Budd stainless steel fluted even though it doesn't have any fluting and it isn't stainless. But the way the tail rounds around but not too much really is nice. Clever use of the large thinwall panels. (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I've already spent considerable time pondering this problem, but I haven't found a solution I liked. If I were to add a table in the middle and shuffle/squeeze the track on both sides to accommodate a fourth "main" line as you suggest, there's (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Just confirming what everyone else is saying, it's a "B" unit. These are less and less common these days as the savings you get on initial purchase from not buying a cab isn't as much as it used to be and the operating flexibility you lose is (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I want to say a B unit of a EMD/ 1980 engine something like that. i e-mailed the dude to see if he knew anything (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's a "B" unit, that is to say, it does not have a crew cab. That's the only difference from a normal unit...it is designed to go in the middle of a consist, and not at the driving end. It's cheaper for the railway, when they are going to (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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